ashtakoot · guna milan score
28 Out of 36 Guna Milan: What a 28 Is Made Of
585 of 11,664 pairings · 5.0% · 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, 432 total exactly 28 and 153 total 28.5, on the strict reading that takes the bottom of the two kootas whose middle grades lineages dispute. Together that is 5.0% of all pairings; 8.4% score 28 or more and 91.6% score less. On the generous reading of the same two kootas, 978 pairings land on 28 or 28.5.
Families commonly read 28 as “good”, the band between 25 and 32; it clears 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 28 Usually Loses
Averaged over the 585 pairings at 28 and 28.5, the guna lost to each koota are: Nadi 4.9 of 8, Yoni 1.04 of 4, Gana 0.63 of 6, Vashya 0.47 of 2, Tara 0.39 of 3, Graha Maitri 0.35 of 5, Varna 0.1 of 1 and Bhakoot 0 of 7. So a 28 is mostly made by what Nadi, Yoni and Gana take away. Every pairing at 28 scores full Bhakoot.
| Koota | Out of | Scores 0 | Scores full |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna | 1 | 9.6% | 90.4% |
| Vashya | 2 | 23.4% | 76.6% |
| Tara | 3 | 0.0% | 74.0% |
| Yoni | 4 | 0.0% | 65.3% |
| Graha Maitri | 5 | 0.0% | 86.0% |
| Gana | 6 | 1.7% | 81.2% |
| Bhakoot | 7 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Nadi | 8 | 61.2% | 38.8% |
Nadi and Bhakoot at 28
358 of the 585 pairings at 28 (61.2%) score nothing on Nadi, the condition called Nadi dosha; 358 of those meet one of the recognised cancellations (the same star in different padas, the same Moon sign, or two signs with one lord). None has Bhakoot dosha. A 28 with Nadi dosha and a 28 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 28
56 pairs of birth stars produce 28 or 28.5 for at least one combination of padas and direction, including 358 pairings of a star with itself. The most frequent: Ashwini with Ashwini (16), Bharani with Bharani (16), Rohini with Rohini (16), Ardra with Ardra (16), Pushya with Pushya (16), Pushya and Ashlesha (16), Ashlesha with Ashlesha (16), Magha with Magha (16). Each pair’s page shows all sixteen pada combinations scored both ways.
To see whether your own total is a 28, 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.
27 out of 36 · every total · 29 out of 36. For how the eight kootas work, see the 36 gunas explained and the kundli milan guide. In Hindi: 36 में से 28 गुण.