ashtakoot · guna milan score
4 Out of 36 Guna Milan: What a 4 Is Made Of
28 of 11,664 pairings · 0.2% · 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, 24 total exactly 4 and 4 total 4.5, on the strict reading that takes the bottom of the two kootas whose middle grades lineages dispute. Together that is 0.2% of all pairings; 99.1% score 4 or more and 0.9% score less. On the generous reading of the same two kootas, 16 pairings land on 4 or 4.5.
Families commonly read 4 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 4 Usually Loses
Averaged over the 28 pairings at 4 and 4.5, the guna lost to each koota are: Nadi 8 of 8, Bhakoot 7 of 7, Gana 5.57 of 6, Graha Maitri 4.5 of 5, Yoni 3 of 4, Vashya 2 of 2, Tara 1.29 of 3 and Varna 0.57 of 1. So a 4 is mostly made by what Nadi, Bhakoot, Gana, Graha Maitri, Yoni, Vashya, Tara and Varna take away.
| Koota | Out of | Scores 0 | Scores full |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna | 1 | 57.1% | 42.9% |
| Vashya | 2 | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Tara | 3 | 0.0% | 14.3% |
| Yoni | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Graha Maitri | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Gana | 6 | 57.1% | 0.0% |
| Bhakoot | 7 | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Nadi | 8 | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Nadi and Bhakoot at 4
28 of the 28 pairings at 4 (100.0%) score nothing on Nadi, the condition called Nadi dosha; 0 of those meet one of the recognised cancellations (the same star in different padas, the same Moon sign, or two signs with one lord). 28 (100.0%) score nothing on Bhakoot, and 0 of those have the sign lords that cancel it. 28 carry both at once. A 4 with Nadi dosha and a 4 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 4
2 pairs of birth stars produce 4 or 4.5 for at least one combination of padas and direction. The most frequent: Punarvasu and Jyeshtha (24), Punarvasu and Shatabhisha (4). Each pair’s page shows all sixteen pada combinations scored both ways.
To see whether your own total is a 4, 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.
3 out of 36 · every total · 5 out of 36. For how the eight kootas work, see the 36 gunas explained and the kundli milan guide. In Hindi: 36 में से 4 गुण.