31 Out of 36 Guna Milan: What a 31 Is Made Of

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, 34 total exactly 31 and 26 total 31.5, on the strict reading that takes the bottom of the two kootas whose middle grades lineages dispute. Together that is 0.5% of all pairings; 2.1% score 31 or more and 97.9% score less. On the generous reading of the same two kootas, 154 pairings land on 31 or 31.5.

Families commonly read 31 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 31 Usually Loses

Averaged over the 60 pairings at 31 and 31.5, the guna lost to each koota are: Yoni 1.9 of 4, Gana 1.63 of 6, Tara 0.65 of 3, Vashya 0.6 of 2, Varna 0 of 1, Graha Maitri 0 of 5, Bhakoot 0 of 7 and Nadi 0 of 8. So a 31 is mostly made by what Yoni, Gana, Tara and Vashya take away. Every pairing at 31 scores full Varna, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi.

Nadi and Bhakoot at 31

None of the pairings at 31 has Nadi dosha: every one scores Nadi’s full eight. None has Bhakoot dosha. A 31 with Nadi dosha and a 31 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 31

6 pairs of birth stars produce 31 or 31.5 for at least one combination of padas and direction. The most frequent: Magha and Jyeshtha (16), Anuradha and Jyeshtha (16), Mrigashira and Punarvasu (12), Vishakha and Jyeshtha (8), Dhanishta and Purva Bhadrapada (6), Purva Ashadha and Uttara Ashadha (2). Each pair’s page shows all sixteen pada combinations scored both ways.

30 out of 36 · every total · 32 out of 36. For how the eight kootas work, see the 36 gunas explained and the kundli milan guide. In Hindi: 36 में से 31 गुण.