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Janma Tara (1) in Guna Milan
Tara counts the nakshatras from one birth star to the other, inclusively, and reduces the count to one of nine; Janma is the 1st, so a star 1st, 10th or 19th from another sits at Janma from it. The koota counts both ways, bride to groom and groom to bride, and the two counts are not independent: when the groom’s star is at Janma from the bride’s, the bride’s is always at Janma again from the groom’s, because both counts are the same distance read from opposite ends.
Janma is not one of the three inauspicious counts, the 3rd, 5th and 7th, and its reverse is itself, so every pairing with Janma counted from the bride scores exactly 3 of the Tara koota’s 3 — all 1,296 of them. A Janma pairing carries no inauspicious count in either direction, and because no two inauspicious counts ever pair, Tara never scores nothing.
Which Stars Sit at Janma From Each Birth Star
| From | At Janma |
|---|---|
| Ashwini | Ashwini, Magha, Mula |
| Bharani | Bharani, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha |
| Krittika | Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha |
| Rohini | Rohini, Hasta, Shravana |
| Mrigashira | Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishta |
| Ardra | Ardra, Swati, Shatabhisha |
| Punarvasu | Punarvasu, Vishakha, Purva Bhadrapada |
| Pushya | Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada |
| Ashlesha | Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Revati |
| Magha | Ashwini, Magha, Mula |
| Purva Phalguni | Bharani, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha |
| Uttara Phalguni | Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha |
| Hasta | Rohini, Hasta, Shravana |
| Chitra | Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishta |
| Swati | Ardra, Swati, Shatabhisha |
| Vishakha | Punarvasu, Vishakha, Purva Bhadrapada |
| Anuradha | Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada |
| Jyeshtha | Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Revati |
| Mula | Ashwini, Magha, Mula |
| Purva Ashadha | Bharani, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha |
| Uttara Ashadha | Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha |
| Shravana | Rohini, Hasta, Shravana |
| Dhanishta | Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishta |
| Shatabhisha | Ardra, Swati, Shatabhisha |
| Purva Bhadrapada | Punarvasu, Vishakha, Purva Bhadrapada |
| Uttara Bhadrapada | Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada |
| Revati | Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Revati |
Whether the groom's star sits at Janma from the bride's is fixed by the two birth stars; the full match needs 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.
The other taras: Sampat, Vipat, Kshema, Pratyari, Sadhaka, Vadha, Mitra and Ati-Mitra. Janma in the context of the whole koota is on the Tara page; the method in the 36 gunas explained. In Hindi: जन्म तारा.