ashtakoot · guna milan score
33 Out of 36 Guna Milan: What a 33 Is Made Of
70 of 11,664 pairings · 0.6% · 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, 70 total exactly 33 and 0 total 33.5, on the strict reading that takes the bottom of the two kootas whose middle grades lineages dispute. Together that is 0.6% of all pairings; 0.8% score 33 or more and 99.2% score less. On the generous reading of the same two kootas, 52 pairings land on 33 or 33.5.
Families commonly read 33 as “excellent”, the band above 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 33 Usually Loses
Averaged over the 70 pairings at 33 and 33.5, the guna lost to each koota are: Yoni 2.31 of 4, Gana 0.69 of 6, Varna 0 of 1, Vashya 0 of 2, Tara 0 of 3, Graha Maitri 0 of 5, Bhakoot 0 of 7 and Nadi 0 of 8. So a 33 is mostly made by what Yoni and Gana take away. Every pairing at 33 scores full Varna, Vashya, Tara, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi.
| Koota | Out of | Scores 0 | Scores full |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Vashya | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Tara | 3 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Yoni | 4 | 0.0% | 22.9% |
| Graha Maitri | 5 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Gana | 6 | 0.0% | 77.1% |
| Bhakoot | 7 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Nadi | 8 | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Nadi and Bhakoot at 33
None of the pairings at 33 has Nadi dosha: every one scores Nadi’s full eight. None has Bhakoot dosha. A 33 with Nadi dosha and a 33 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 33
7 pairs of birth stars produce 33 or 33.5 for at least one combination of padas and direction. The most frequent: Magha and Purva Phalguni (16), Dhanishta and Shatabhisha (16), Mrigashira and Hasta (8), Punarvasu and Pushya (8), Purva Phalguni and Uttara Phalguni (8), Purva Bhadrapada and Uttara Bhadrapada (8), Purva Ashadha and Uttara Ashadha (6). Each pair’s page shows all sixteen pada combinations scored both ways.
To see whether your own total is a 33, 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.
32 out of 36 · every total · 34 out of 36. For how the eight kootas work, see the 36 gunas explained and the kundli milan guide. In Hindi: 36 में से 33 गुण.