Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ardra and Uttara Phalguni nakshatra matching
20.5–22.5 of 36 with Ardra as bride, 19.5–21.5 with Uttara Phalguni as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ardra: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Manushya gana | Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Ardra as bride
20.5–22.5
of 36
Uttara Phalguni as bride
19.5–21.5
of 36
Across all padas
20.5–23.5
spread of 3
Ardra and Uttara Phalguni come to 20.5–22.5 of 36 with Ardra on the bride's side and 19.5–21.5 with Uttara Phalguni on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Gana and Bhakoot score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Vashya (0 of 2), Tara (1.5 of 3), Graha Maitri (4 of 5) and Yoni (1–3 of 4) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo 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 20.5 to 23.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 3 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 Ardra with Uttara Phalguni. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Ardra bride | Uttara Phalguni bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya · Ardra: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 0 | 0 | Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar · Ardra: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ardra: Vadha (7) · from Uttara Phalguni: Kshema (4) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Phalguni: Cow · Ardra: Dog |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Uttara Phalguni: Sun · Ardra: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Uttara Phalguni: Manushya · Ardra: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Leo and Gemini — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) · Ardra: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 20.5–22.5 | 19.5–21.5 | Acceptable |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) · Ardra: Adi (Vata). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Vashya, 0 of 2 — Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar · Ardra: Manav. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ardra: Vadha (7) · from Uttara Phalguni: Kshema (4). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Uttara Phalguni: Sun · 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 — Uttara Phalguni: Cow · 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 Uttara Phalguni’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ardra runs Gemini 6°40′ – 20°00′ and Uttara Phalguni runs Leo 26°40′ – Virgo 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ardra as bride first, Uttara Phalguni as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 19.5 at the lowest and 23.5 at the highest.
| Ardra ↓ / Uttara Phalguni → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Virgo | Pada 4Virgo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Gemini | 20.5 / 19.5 | 23.5 / 22.5 | 23.5 / 22.5 | 23.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 2Gemini | 20.5 / 19.5 | 23.5 / 22.5 | 23.5 / 22.5 | 23.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 20.5 / 19.5 | 23.5 / 22.5 | 23.5 / 22.5 | 23.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 20.5 / 19.5 | 23.5 / 22.5 | 23.5 / 22.5 | 23.5 / 22.5 |
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
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 — 0 of 8
Ardra and Uttara Phalguni are both Adi (Vata), so the plain rule gives nothing. None of the three recognised cancellations reaches this pair — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — so the eight guna are lost and 28 is the ceiling for Ardra with Uttara Phalguni however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Leo and Gemini — 3/11 — 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. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.
Two Tests Outside the 36
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Ardra and Uttara Phalguni alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.
- Mahendra — present. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Ardra to Uttara Phalguni is 7. 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: 7 from Ardra and 22 from Uttara Phalguni, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Uttara Phalguni as the bride and not with Ardra.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ardra is Tikshna (sharp), Uttara Phalguni 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: 20.5 of 36 puts Uttara Phalguni 17th among Ardra's 27 possible partners and Ardra 15th among Uttara Phalguni's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ardra’s table
17th of 27
Uttara Phalguni 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 Uttara Phalguni’s table
15th of 27
Ardra scores 20.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Uttara Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 33 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Ardra and Uttara Phalguni or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: Venus, and what it decides about a marriage and the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ardra page and the Uttara Phalguni page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Ardra and Uttara Phalguni to sixteen answers between 20.5 and 23.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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