Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Anuradha and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
24.5–27.5 of 36 with Anuradha as bride, 25.5–28.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Deer yoni · Deva gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Anuradha as bride
24.5–27.5
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
25.5–28.5
of 36
Across all padas
23–25.5
spread of 2.5
Of the eight kootas, 5 leave something on the table for this pair and 3 do not. Graha Maitri is the largest at 0.5 of 5 — Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Anuradha: Mars. The complete ones are Tara, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 18 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada decides part of this one. Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces after pada 3, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are all read from the Moon rashi rather than from the star, which puts 15 of the 36 guna on that boundary. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 23 and 25.5, a swing of 2.5 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Anuradha with Purva Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Anuradha bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Anuradha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Anuradha: Keet |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Anuradha: Ati-Mitra (9) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Sampat (2) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Anuradha: Deer |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Anuradha: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Anuradha: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Scorpio — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 24.5–27.5 | 25.5–28.5 | Good |
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Anuradha: Mars. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Anuradha: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Anuradha: Deer. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Anuradha: Keet. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Anuradha runs Scorpio 3°20′ – 16°40′ and Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 93°20′ and 120°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Anuradha as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 23 at the lowest and 25.5 at the highest.
| Anuradha ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Scorpio | 24.5 / 25.5 | 24.5 / 25.5 | 24.5 / 25.5 | 23 / 23 |
| Pada 2Scorpio | 24.5 / 25.5 | 24.5 / 25.5 | 24.5 / 25.5 | 23 / 23 |
| Pada 3Scorpio | 24.5 / 25.5 | 24.5 / 25.5 | 24.5 / 25.5 | 23 / 23 |
| Pada 4Scorpio | 24.5 / 25.5 | 24.5 / 25.5 | 24.5 / 25.5 | 23 / 23 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. All sixteen combinations clear the conventional threshold of 18. 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 Purva Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Anuradha is Madhya (Pitta) and Purva Bhadrapada 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
In 4 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers each of those cells: Mars and Saturn 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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada is 9. 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: 9 from Anuradha and 20 from Purva Bhadrapada, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Purva Bhadrapada as the bride and not with Anuradha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Anuradha is Mridu (tender), Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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: 25.5 of 36 puts Purva Bhadrapada 5th among Anuradha's 27 possible partners and Anuradha 6th among Purva Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Anuradha’s table
5th of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 25.5 there outright. Anuradha’s 27 partners run from 12 to 31 with a median of 20, so this one sits above the middle of what Anuradha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Purva Bhadrapada’s table
6th of 27
Anuradha scores 25.5 there outright. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Anuradha and Purva Bhadrapada rests on two arcs of the zodiac 13°20′ wide. Everything a chart is usually read for — the seventh house and its lord, Venus and Mars, Mangal dosha, the dasha each partner is running — sits outside those two arcs and outside this total, which is why good is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Anuradha page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Anuradha and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 23 and 25.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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