Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Ardra and Chitra nakshatra matching

27–29 of 36 with Ardra as bride, 29–31 with Chitra as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Ardra: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Manushya gana | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana

Ardra as bride

27–29

of 36

Chitra as bride

29–31

of 36

Across all padas

23–29

spread of 6

Of the eight kootas, 2 leave something on the table for this pair and 6 do not. Gana is the largest at 0 of 6 — Chitra: Rakshasa · Ardra: Manushya. The complete ones are Varna, Vashya, Tara, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 26 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.

A swing of 6 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 23 at the bottom, 29 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2. Since 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, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.

Koota by Koota

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ardra with Chitra. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Ardra with Chitra at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Ardra bride	Chitra bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Chitra: Vaishya · Ardra: Shudra
Vashya / 2	2	2	Chitra: Manav · Ardra: Manav
Tara / 3	3	3	Counting from Ardra: Ati-Mitra (9) · from Chitra: Sampat (2)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Chitra: Tiger · Ardra: Dog
Graha Maitri / 5	5	5	Chitra: Mercury · Ardra: Mercury
Gana / 6	0	3	Chitra: Rakshasa · Ardra: Manushya
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Virgo and Gemini — 4/10
Nadi / 8	8	8	Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) · Ardra: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	27–29	29–31	Good

Gana, 0 of 6 — Chitra: Rakshasa · Ardra: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Chitra: Tiger · Ardra: Dog. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.

Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Ardra’s table and Chitra’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Ardra runs Gemini 6°40′ – 20°00′ and Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ — 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: Ardra as bride first, Chitra as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 20 at the lowest and 29 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Ardra with Chitra across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Ardra as bride then Chitra as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Ardra ↓ / Chitra →	Pada 1Virgo	Pada 2Virgo	Pada 3Libra	Pada 4Libra
Pada 1Gemini	27 / 29	27 / 29	20 / 23	20 / 23
Pada 2Gemini	27 / 29	27 / 29	20 / 23	20 / 23
Pada 3Gemini	27 / 29	27 / 29	20 / 23	20 / 23
Pada 4Gemini	27 / 29	27 / 29	20 / 23	20 / 23

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 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

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 — 8 of 8

Ardra is Adi (Vata) and Chitra is Madhya (Pitta). 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 8 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: both signs answer to Mercury.

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 Ardra and Chitra 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 Ardra to Chitra 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 Ardra and 20 from Chitra, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Chitra as the bride and not with Ardra.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ardra is Tikshna (sharp), Chitra is Mridu (tender) — 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: 29 of 36 puts Chitra 1st among Ardra's 27 possible partners and Ardra 1st among Chitra's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Ardra’s table

1st of 27

Chitra scores 29 there outright. Ardra’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Ardra can reach — all 27 rows.

In Chitra’s table

1st of 27

Ardra scores 29 there outright. Chitra’s 27 partners run from 7 to 29 with a median of 20, so this one sits above the middle of what Chitra can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

The whole of Ashtakoot for Ardra and Chitra 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 Ardra page and the Chitra page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Ardra and Chitra score?

27–29 of 36 with Ardra as the bride and 29–31 with Chitra as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 23 to 29, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 guna to every cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Ardra and Chitra compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Ardra with Chitra at good. The guna are lost on Gana (0 of 6) and Yoni (1–3 of 4). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Gana — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Ardra and Chitra?

Yes. Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are read from the Moon rashi rather than from the nakshatra, so 15 of the 36 guna move with that boundary. The total ranges from 23 to 29 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 6 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Ardra and Chitra have Bhakoot dosha?

In 8 of the sixteen pada combinations, yes — a sign boundary decides it. 8 of those 8 carry the classical cancellation. In the remaining 8, Bhakoot is full at seven. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.

Is it better for Ardra to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Chitra on the bride's side scores higher — 29–31 against 27–29. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 1 with Ardra as bride to 0 with Chitra as bride and Gana goes from 0 with Ardra as bride to 3 with Chitra as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Ardra and Chitra to sixteen answers between 23 and 29. Two birth times pick one of them.

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