About Shubh Ashubh Nakshatra (Navtara)
The Navtara (Nava Tara, or nine-star) system is a classical Vedic method for judging whether a nakshatra is auspicious (Shubh), inauspicious (Ashubh) or mixed for a particular person. It is counted from your Janma Nakshatra — the nakshatra the Moon occupied at your birth.
Starting from your birth star as position 1 and counting the 27 nakshatras in order, each nakshatra is assigned one of nine Taras in a repeating cycle: Janma, Sampat, Vipat, Kshema, Pratyari, Sadhana, Naidhana, Mitra and Parama Mitra. The cycle of nine repeats three times to cover all 27. Sampat, Kshema, Sadhana, Mitra and Parama Mitra are Shubh; Vipat, Pratyari and Naidhana are Ashubh; and the Janma Tara itself is treated as mixed or neutral. In all there are 15 Shubh, 9 Ashubh and 3 neutral nakshatras for every person.
This tool shows your Janma Nakshatra, the full 27-nakshatra Navtara table with each Tara and its verdict, and — when it can be computed — whether today's Moon nakshatra is Shubh, Ashubh or Neutral for you. It is widely used to pick favourable days for travel, new work and important beginnings. Enter your exact birth time and pick your city from the dropdown for an accurate result. Treat the Navtara as gentle timing guidance in the spirit of Jyotish, not fixed fate.