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Vadha Tara (7) in Guna Milan
Tara counts the nakshatras from one birth star to the other, inclusively, and reduces the count to one of nine; Vadha is the 7th, so a star 7th, 16th or 25th from another sits at Vadha 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 Vadha from the bride’s, the bride’s is always at Kshema (4) from the groom’s, because both counts are the same distance read from opposite ends.
Vadha is one of the three inauspicious counts, the 3rd, 5th and 7th, and Kshema, its reverse, is not, so every pairing with Vadha counted from the bride scores exactly 1.5 of the Tara koota’s 3 — all 1,296 of them. One inauspicious count is the most a Vadha pairing carries, since its partner count is Kshema, and because no two inauspicious counts ever pair, Tara never scores nothing.
Which Stars Sit at Vadha From Each Birth Star
| From | At Vadha |
|---|---|
| Ashwini | Punarvasu, Vishakha, Purva Bhadrapada |
| Bharani | Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada |
| Krittika | Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Revati |
| Rohini | Ashwini, Magha, Mula |
| Mrigashira | Bharani, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha |
| Ardra | Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha |
| Punarvasu | Rohini, Hasta, Shravana |
| Pushya | Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishta |
| Ashlesha | Ardra, Swati, Shatabhisha |
| Magha | Punarvasu, Vishakha, Purva Bhadrapada |
| Purva Phalguni | Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada |
| Uttara Phalguni | Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Revati |
| Hasta | Ashwini, Magha, Mula |
| Chitra | Bharani, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha |
| Swati | Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha |
| Vishakha | Rohini, Hasta, Shravana |
| Anuradha | Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishta |
| Jyeshtha | Ardra, Swati, Shatabhisha |
| Mula | Punarvasu, Vishakha, Purva Bhadrapada |
| Purva Ashadha | Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada |
| Uttara Ashadha | Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Revati |
| Shravana | Ashwini, Magha, Mula |
| Dhanishta | Bharani, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha |
| Shatabhisha | Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha |
| Purva Bhadrapada | Rohini, Hasta, Shravana |
| Uttara Bhadrapada | Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishta |
| Revati | Ardra, Swati, Shatabhisha |
Whether the groom's star sits at Vadha 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: Janma, Sampat, Vipat, Kshema, Pratyari, Sadhaka, Mitra and Ati-Mitra. Vadha in the context of the whole koota is on the Tara page; the method in the 36 gunas explained. In Hindi: वध तारा.