Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Anuradha and Uttara Ashadha nakshatra matching
20.5–23.5 of 36 with Anuradha as bride, 21.5–24.5 with Uttara Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Deer yoni · Deva gana | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana
Anuradha as bride
20.5–23.5
of 36
Uttara Ashadha as bride
21.5–24.5
of 36
Across all padas
21.5–24
spread of 2.5
Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12. The complete ones are Graha Maitri and Nadi, which is 13 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1, 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 21.5 to 24 of 36 depending on the padas. At 2.5 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Anuradha with Uttara Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Anuradha bride | Uttara Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya · Anuradha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Anuradha: Keet |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Anuradha: Pratyari (5) · from Uttara Ashadha: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Anuradha: Deer |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Anuradha: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Anuradha: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 20.5–23.5 | 21.5–24.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Anuradha: Pratyari (5) · from Uttara Ashadha: Sadhaka (6). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Anuradha: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Anuradha: Deer. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Anuradha: Keet. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Uttara Ashadha: 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 Uttara Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Anuradha runs Scorpio 3°20′ – 16°40′ and Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 40°00′ and 66°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Anuradha as bride first, Uttara Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 20.5 at the lowest and 24 at the highest.
| Anuradha ↓ / Uttara Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Scorpio | 20.5 / 21.5 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 |
| Pada 2Scorpio | 20.5 / 21.5 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 |
| Pada 3Scorpio | 20.5 / 21.5 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 |
| Pada 4Scorpio | 20.5 / 21.5 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 |
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
The two heavy kootas, checked with their cancellations. Neither gives a partial score, so each is worth 8 and 7 guna outright or nothing at all.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Anuradha is Madhya (Pitta) and Uttara Ashadha is Antya (Kapha). 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 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 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 Uttara Ashadha 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 Uttara Ashadha is 5. 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: 5 from Anuradha and 24 from Uttara Ashadha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Uttara Ashadha as the bride and not with Anuradha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Anuradha is Mridu (tender), Uttara Ashadha is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 21.5 of 36 puts Uttara Ashadha 11th among Anuradha's 27 possible partners and Anuradha 15th among Uttara Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Anuradha’s table
11th of 27
Uttara Ashadha scores 21.5 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 Uttara Ashadha’s table
15th of 27
Anuradha scores 21.5 there outright. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Anuradha and Uttara Ashadha 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 acceptable is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Anuradha page and the Uttara Ashadha page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Anuradha and Uttara Ashadha to sixteen answers between 21.5 and 24. Two birth times pick one of them.
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