ashtakoot · guna milan score
10 Out of 36 Guna Milan: What a 10 Is Made Of
256 of 11,664 pairings · 2.2% · strict reading
Guna milan compares two Moon positions, and there are only 108 of them — 27 nakshatras of four padas each — so every possible pairing can be scored. Of the 11,664 bride-and-groom pairings, 159 total exactly 10 and 97 total 10.5, on the strict reading that takes the bottom of the two kootas whose middle grades lineages dispute. Together that is 2.2% of all pairings; 95.0% score 10 or more and 5.0% score less. On the generous reading of the same two kootas, 106 pairings land on 10 or 10.5.
Families commonly read 10 as “traditionally not recommended”, the band below 18; it is under the 18 that many treat as the minimum. That threshold and those bands are a convention, not a rule in any classical text, and a total says nothing about which kootas it lost — which is what follows.
What a 10 Usually Loses
Averaged over the 256 pairings at 10 and 10.5, the guna lost to each koota are: Nadi 7.94 of 8, Gana 4.39 of 6, Bhakoot 3.86 of 7, Yoni 3.09 of 4, Graha Maitri 3.08 of 5, Vashya 1.9 of 2, Tara 1.05 of 3 and Varna 0.5 of 1. So a 10 is mostly made by what Nadi, Gana, Bhakoot, Yoni, Graha Maitri, Vashya, Tara and Varna take away.
| Koota | Out of | Scores 0 | Scores full |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna | 1 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| Vashya | 2 | 94.9% | 5.1% |
| Tara | 3 | 0.0% | 29.7% |
| Yoni | 4 | 8.6% | 0.0% |
| Graha Maitri | 5 | 19.5% | 24.6% |
| Gana | 6 | 56.6% | 12.5% |
| Bhakoot | 7 | 55.1% | 44.9% |
| Nadi | 8 | 99.2% | 0.8% |
Nadi and Bhakoot at 10
254 of the 256 pairings at 10 (99.2%) score nothing on Nadi, the condition called Nadi dosha; 32 of those meet one of the recognised cancellations (the same star in different padas, the same Moon sign, or two signs with one lord). 141 (55.1%) score nothing on Bhakoot, and 63 of those have the sign lords that cancel it. 139 carry both at once. A 10 with Nadi dosha and a 10 without it are different matches that print the same number, which is why the total alone is never the reading.
Which Birth Stars Produce a 10
24 pairs of birth stars produce 10 or 10.5 for at least one combination of padas and direction. The most frequent: Ashwini and Jyeshtha (32), Magha and Swati (32), Ashwini and Mula (16), Pushya and Chitra (16), Swati and Revati (16), Anuradha and Dhanishta (16), Rohini and Magha (16), Pushya and Purva Ashadha (16). Each pair’s page shows all sixteen pada combinations scored both ways.
To see whether your own total is a 10, and which kootas it lost, you need 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.
9 out of 36 · every total · 11 out of 36. For how the eight kootas work, see the 36 gunas explained and the kundli milan guide. In Hindi: 36 में से 10 गुण.