Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Anuradha and Dhanishta nakshatra matching
10–13 of 36 with Anuradha as bride, 12–15 with Dhanishta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Deer yoni · Deva gana | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana
Anuradha as bride
10–13
of 36
Dhanishta as bride
12–15
of 36
Across all padas
12
one answer
Anuradha and Dhanishta come to 10–13 of 36 with Anuradha on the bride's side and 12–15 with Dhanishta on it. What sits behind those two figures: Bhakoot scores in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Gana (0 of 6), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.
A boundary is crossed and the result survives it: Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius after pada 2. Varna, Vashya and Bhakoot all read differently either side of it, and yet every one of the sixteen combinations still lands on 12 of 36 on the conservative reading. 120 of the 351 pairs are untouched by the pada altogether; this one is one of 26 touched everywhere except in the total.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Anuradha with Dhanishta. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Anuradha bride | Dhanishta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Dhanishta: Vaishya · Anuradha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Dhanishta: Jalachar · Anuradha: Keet |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Anuradha: Vadha (7) · from Dhanishta: Kshema (4) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Dhanishta: Lion · Anuradha: Deer |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Dhanishta: Saturn · Anuradha: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Anuradha: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Capricorn and Scorpio — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 10–13 | 12–15 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Anuradha: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Dhanishta: Saturn · Anuradha: Mars. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Anuradha: Vadha (7) · from Dhanishta: Kshema (4). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Dhanishta: Lion · Anuradha: Deer. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Dhanishta: Jalachar · Anuradha: Keet. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Dhanishta: Vaishya · Anuradha: Brahmin. The groom's rank has to reach the bride's and does not. One guna, and no tradition treats it as disqualifying.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Anuradha’s table and Dhanishta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Anuradha runs Scorpio 3°20′ – 16°40′ and Dhanishta runs Capricorn 23°20′ – Aquarius 6°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Anuradha as bride first, Dhanishta as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Anuradha ↓ / Dhanishta → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Scorpio | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 |
| Pada 2Scorpio | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 |
| Pada 3Scorpio | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 |
| Pada 4Scorpio | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. Dimmed cells fall below it; the nakshatra finder returns the pada from a birth date, time and place.
The Two Doshas, and Whether They Are Cancelled
Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.
Nadi Koota — 0 of 8
Anuradha and Dhanishta are both Madhya (Pitta), so the plain rule gives nothing. None of the three recognised cancellations reaches this pair — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — so the eight guna are lost and 28 is the ceiling for Anuradha with Dhanishta however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Capricorn and Scorpio — 3/11 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.
A cancellation is relief, not a score adjustment — the koota still reads zero above. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.
Two Tests Outside the 36
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Anuradha and Dhanishta alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.
- Mahendra — present. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Anuradha to Dhanishta is 7. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. This one is directional in earnest: 7 from Anuradha and 22 from Dhanishta, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Dhanishta as the bride and not with Anuradha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Anuradha is Mridu (tender), Dhanishta is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
A total carries meaning against the alternatives rather than on its own, and the alternatives differ for the two stars: 12 of 36 puts Dhanishta 26th among Anuradha's 27 possible partners and Anuradha 24th among Dhanishta's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Anuradha’s table
26th of 27
Dhanishta scores 12 there, level with 1 other partner. Anuradha’s 27 partners run from 12 to 31 with a median of 20, so this one sits below the middle of what Anuradha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Dhanishta’s table
24th of 27
Anuradha scores 12 there outright. Dhanishta’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 29.5 with a median of 19, so this one sits below the middle of what Dhanishta can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Anuradha and Dhanishta or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: Venus, and what it decides about a marriage and the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Anuradha page and the Dhanishta page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Anuradha and Dhanishta score?
Are Anuradha and Dhanishta compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Anuradha and Dhanishta?
Do Anuradha and Dhanishta have Nadi dosha?
Is it better for Anuradha to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Anuradha and Dhanishta, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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