Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ardra and Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
25–28 of 36 with Ardra as bride, 24–27 with Uttara Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ardra: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Manushya gana | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Ardra as bride
25–28
of 36
Uttara Bhadrapada as bride
24–27
of 36
Across all padas
25
one answer
Of the eight kootas, 4 leave something on the table for this pair and 4 do not. Graha Maitri is the largest at 0.5 of 5 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Ardra: Mercury. The complete ones are Varna, Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 22 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Ardra with Uttara Bhadrapada is one of them: every one of the sixteen cells in the grid below repeats the same total, so knowing the two birth stars is knowing the score.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ardra with Uttara Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Ardra bride | Uttara Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Brahmin · Ardra: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Ardra: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ardra: Vipat (3) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Ardra: Dog |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Ardra: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Ardra: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Pisces and Gemini — 10/4 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Ardra: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 25–28 | 24–27 | Good |
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Ardra: Mercury. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ardra: Vipat (3) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Ardra: Dog. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · 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 Uttara Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ardra runs Gemini 6°40′ – 20°00′ and Uttara Bhadrapada runs Pisces 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 80°00′ and 106°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ardra as bride first, Uttara Bhadrapada as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Ardra ↓ / Uttara Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Gemini | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 |
| Pada 2Gemini | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 | 25 / 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
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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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
Pisces and Gemini — 10/4 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.
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 Uttara 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 Ardra to Uttara Bhadrapada is 21. 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: 21 from Ardra and 8 from Uttara Bhadrapada, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Ardra as the bride and not with Uttara Bhadrapada.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ardra is Tikshna (sharp), Uttara Bhadrapada 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: 25 of 36 puts Uttara Bhadrapada 5th among Ardra's 27 possible partners and Ardra 8th among Uttara Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ardra’s table
5th of 27
Uttara Bhadrapada scores 25 there, level with 3 other partners. 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 Uttara Bhadrapada’s table
8th of 27
Ardra scores 25 there, level with 1 other partner. Uttara Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Ardra and Uttara 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: 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 Ardra page and the Uttara Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Ardra and Uttara Bhadrapada score?
Are Ardra and Uttara Bhadrapada compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Ardra and Uttara Bhadrapada?
Do Ardra and Uttara Bhadrapada have Bhakoot dosha?
Is it better for Ardra to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Ardra and Uttara Bhadrapada, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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