Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ardra and Shravana nakshatra matching
20.5–23.5 of 36 with Ardra as bride, 19.5–22.5 with Shravana as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ardra: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Manushya gana | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana
Ardra as bride
20.5–23.5
of 36
Shravana as bride
19.5–22.5
of 36
Across all padas
20.5
one answer
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 — Capricorn and Gemini — 8/6. The complete ones are Varna and Nadi, which is 9 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
A boundary is crossed and the result survives it: Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar. Vashya reads differently either side of it, and yet every one of the sixteen combinations still lands on 20.5 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 Ardra with Shravana. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Ardra bride | Shravana bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Shravana: Vaishya · Ardra: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Shravana: Chatushpada · Ardra: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ardra: Mitra (8) · from Shravana: Vipat (3) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shravana: Monkey · Ardra: Dog |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Shravana: Saturn · Ardra: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Shravana: Deva · Ardra: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Gemini — 8/6 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Ardra: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 20.5–23.5 | 19.5–22.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Gemini — 8/6. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ardra: Mitra (8) · from Shravana: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Shravana: Deva · Ardra: Manushya. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Shravana: Saturn · Ardra: Mercury. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shravana: Monkey · Ardra: Dog. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shravana: Chatushpada · Ardra: Manav. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Ardra’s table and Shravana’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ardra runs Gemini 6°40′ – 20°00′ and Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ardra as bride first, Shravana as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Ardra ↓ / Shravana → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Gemini | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 2Gemini | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
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 Ardra and Shravana rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Ardra is Adi (Vata) and Shravana 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 every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Mercury and Saturn, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
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 Shravana 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 Shravana is 17. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. This one is directional in earnest: 17 from Ardra and 12 from Shravana, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ardra is Tikshna (sharp), Shravana 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: 20.5 of 36 puts Shravana 17th among Ardra's 27 possible partners and Ardra 14th among Shravana's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ardra’s table
17th of 27
Shravana scores 20.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Ardra’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Ardra can reach — all 27 rows.
In Shravana’s table
14th of 27
Ardra scores 20.5 there outright. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Shravana can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Ardra and Shravana 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: 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 Shravana page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Ardra and Shravana, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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