Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Anuradha and Mula nakshatra matching
14.5–15.5 of 36 with Anuradha as bride, 16.5–17.5 with Mula as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Deer yoni · Deva gana | Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana
Anuradha as bride
14.5–15.5
of 36
Mula as bride
16.5–17.5
of 36
Across all padas
16.5
one answer
Anuradha and Mula come to 14.5–15.5 of 36 with Anuradha on the bride's side and 16.5–17.5 with Mula on it. What sits behind those two figures: Graha Maitri and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Yoni (0 of 4), Tara (1.5 of 3), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
All sixteen combinations give the same answer. Neither star crosses a boundary of any kind between its padas, so the totals below are the whole result and the birth times only need to be accurate enough to fix the nakshatra. This pair is one of the 120 of 351 where that is true.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Anuradha with Mula. 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 | Mula bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Mula: Kshatriya · Anuradha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Mula: Manav · Anuradha: Keet |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Anuradha: Vipat (3) · from Mula: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Mula: Dog · Anuradha: Deer |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Mula: Jupiter · Anuradha: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Mula: Rakshasa · Anuradha: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Mula: Adi (Vata) · Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 14.5–15.5 | 16.5–17.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Mula: Rakshasa · Anuradha: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Mula: Dog · Anuradha: Deer. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Anuradha: Vipat (3) · from Mula: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Mula: Manav · Anuradha: Keet. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Mula: Kshatriya · 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 Mula’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Anuradha runs Scorpio 3°20′ – 16°40′ and Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 13°20′ and 40°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Anuradha as bride first, Mula as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Anuradha ↓ / Mula → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Scorpio | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 2Scorpio | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 3Scorpio | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 4Scorpio | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 1 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
Fifteen of the 36 guna sit in these two, and both are all-or-nothing. Their cancellations are stated specifically enough to be checked for Anuradha and Mula rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Anuradha is Madhya (Pitta) and Mula is Adi (Vata). Different nadis take the full eight guna, and since Nadi alone is more than a fifth of the total, this pair starts from a position 108 of the 351 pairs never reach.
Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers all of them: Mars and Jupiter are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
A cancellation is relief, not a score adjustment — the koota still reads zero above. The doshas Ashtakoot does not test for are a separate question — Mangal dosha among them.
Two Tests Outside the 36
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Anuradha and Mula alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.
- Mahendra — absent. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Anuradha to Mula is 3. 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: 3 from Anuradha and 26 from Mula, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Mula as the bride and not with Anuradha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Anuradha is Mridu (tender), Mula is Tikshna (sharp) — 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: 16.5 of 36 puts Mula 20th among Anuradha's 27 possible partners and Anuradha 18th among Mula's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Anuradha’s table
20th of 27
Mula scores 16.5 there outright. 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 Mula’s table
18th of 27
Anuradha scores 16.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Mula’s 27 partners run from 11 to 30 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Mula 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 Mula 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: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Anuradha page and the Mula page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Anuradha and Mula score?
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Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Anuradha and Mula, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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