Ati-Mitra Tara — the 9th, 18th & 27th Stars From Your Moon

Ati-Mitra — also called Parama Mitra, the great friend — is the ninth and final tara of the cycle, and one of the most favourable. The tradition reads a transit through your Ati-Mitra stars as a strongly supportive, protective window — an intensified version of Mitra's friendly tone. It is encouraging weather: matters helped by support and goodwill are classically favoured here.

How Ati-Mitra tara is counted

Counting from your janma nakshatra (your natal Moon's star) as 1, the 9th, 18th and 27th nakshatras are all Ati-Mitra tara. When a transiting body enters one of those three stars, it is moving through your Ati-Mitra tara. With the 27th star, the nine-tara cycle completes and begins again at Janma.

What the classics say

Transits are judged from the Moon in the gochara method of Phaladeepika (Ch. 26) and the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. The nine-tara overlay is the muhurta tradition's tarabalam check. Ati-Mitra is among the strongest taras — with Sampat, Kshema, Sadhaka and Mitra — favoured for the Moon when electing an auspicious time, and it carries the most supportive, "great friend" tone of all.

How Transit Weather reads it

Mitram's Transit Weather tool surfaces an Ati-Mitra-tara stretch as a supportive theme and a favourable window — the kind of period the tradition associates with strong support and protection.

A favourable tara tilts the odds the classics describe; it is one factor among the whole chart. Read it as good weather, not a guarantee.

FAQ

Is Ati-Mitra the same as Parama Mitra tara?

Yes — Ati-Mitra and Parama Mitra are two names for the ninth tara, the "great friend" that closes the nine-tara cycle.

Which nakshatras are my Ati-Mitra tara?

The 9th, 18th and 27th nakshatras counted forward from your natal Moon's star. You need your janma nakshatra to find them.