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Ati-Mitra Tara (9) in Guna Milan
Tara counts the nakshatras from one birth star to the other, inclusively, and reduces the count to one of nine; Ati-Mitra is the 9th, so a star 9th, 18th or 27th from another sits at Ati-Mitra from it. The koota counts both ways, bride to groom and groom to bride, and the two counts are not independent: when the groom’s star is at Ati-Mitra from the bride’s, the bride’s is always at Sampat (2) from the groom’s, because both counts are the same distance read from opposite ends.
Ati-Mitra is not one of the three inauspicious counts, the 3rd, 5th and 7th, and Sampat, its reverse, is not, so every pairing with Ati-Mitra counted from the bride scores exactly 3 of the Tara koota’s 3 — all 1,296 of them. A Ati-Mitra pairing carries no inauspicious count in either direction, and because no two inauspicious counts ever pair, Tara never scores nothing.
Which Stars Sit at Ati-Mitra From Each Birth Star
| From | At Ati-Mitra |
|---|---|
| Ashwini | Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Revati |
| Bharani | Ashwini, Magha, Mula |
| Krittika | Bharani, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha |
| Rohini | Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha |
| Mrigashira | Rohini, Hasta, Shravana |
| Ardra | Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishta |
| Punarvasu | Ardra, Swati, Shatabhisha |
| Pushya | Punarvasu, Vishakha, Purva Bhadrapada |
| Ashlesha | Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada |
| Magha | Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Revati |
| Purva Phalguni | Ashwini, Magha, Mula |
| Uttara Phalguni | Bharani, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha |
| Hasta | Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha |
| Chitra | Rohini, Hasta, Shravana |
| Swati | Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishta |
| Vishakha | Ardra, Swati, Shatabhisha |
| Anuradha | Punarvasu, Vishakha, Purva Bhadrapada |
| Jyeshtha | Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada |
| Mula | Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Revati |
| Purva Ashadha | Ashwini, Magha, Mula |
| Uttara Ashadha | Bharani, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha |
| Shravana | Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha |
| Dhanishta | Rohini, Hasta, Shravana |
| Shatabhisha | Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishta |
| Purva Bhadrapada | Ardra, Swati, Shatabhisha |
| Uttara Bhadrapada | Punarvasu, Vishakha, Purva Bhadrapada |
| Revati | Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada |
Whether the groom's star sits at Ati-Mitra from the bride's is fixed by the two birth stars; the full match needs both Moon positions. The Free Kundli Matching tool gives the eight koota scores and the total, which is the headline answer; the Kundali Milan detailed report works the same arithmetic further from your own birth details, and its page lists what it contains.
The other taras: Janma, Sampat, Vipat, Kshema, Pratyari, Sadhaka, Vadha and Mitra. Ati-Mitra in the context of the whole koota is on the Tara page; the method in the 36 gunas explained. In Hindi: अतिमित्र तारा.