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Tarabalam and Chandrabalam – today, chart and how to calculate

Today in Hyderabad (IST): While the nakshatra is Uttara Ashadha (until 3:38 PM): favourable tarabalam for Bharani, Rohini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati. While the nakshatra is Shravana (from 3:38 PM): favourable tarabalam for Ashwini, Krittika, Mrigashira, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada. Moon in Makara (all day): favourable chandrabalam for Mesha, Karkataka, Simha, Vrischika, Makara, Meena; ashtama chandra (8th) for Mithuna rasi.

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Tarabalam chart

#	Tara	Count from birth star	Result
1	Janma	1, 10, 19	janma (avoid new work)
2	Sampat	2, 11, 20	favourable
3	Vipat	3, 12, 21	unfavourable
4	Kshema	4, 13, 22	favourable
5	Pratyak	5, 14, 23	unfavourable
6	Sadhana	6, 15, 24	favourable
7	Naidhana	7, 16, 25	unfavourable
8	Mitra	8, 17, 26	favourable
9	Parama Mitra	9, 18, 27	favourable

Example: born in Rohini (4th nakshatra), on a day with Hasta (13th): count 4 → 13 = 10, remainder after 9 = 1, Janma tara – avoid new work. With Chitra (14th) the count is 11 → 2, Sampat – favourable.

How tarabalam and chandrabalam work

Tarabalam (strength of the star) and chandrabalam (strength of the Moon) are the two personal checks a Telugu panchangam applies before choosing a time for travel, a purchase, a ceremony or any new start. Tarabalam counts the nakshatras from your birth nakshatra (janma nakshatra = 1) to the nakshatra of the day and reduces the count by nine: 1 Janma, 2 Sampat, 3 Vipat, 4 Kshema, 5 Pratyak, 6 Sadhana, 7 Naidhana, 8 Mitra, 9 Parama Mitra. Sampat, Kshema, Sadhana, Mitra and Parama Mitra (2, 4, 6, 8, 9) are favourable, Vipat, Pratyak and Naidhana (3, 5, 7) are not, and the Janma tara is avoided for new work. Chandrabalam counts the rasis from your birth rasi (Moon sign) to the rasi the Moon is in today: the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are favourable, the 4th and 12th are not, and the 8th, ashtama chandra, is the position most strictly avoided. Both change when the Moon changes nakshatra or rasi, so the tables below have one column for each part of the day. These are the rules given in Muhurta Chintamani and in B. V. Raman's Muhurtha; the nakshatra and rasi change times are computed for this city from the NASA/JPL ephemeris with the Lahiri ayanamsa.