Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ardra and Vishakha nakshatra matching
20–22 of 36 with Ardra as bride, 23–25 with Vishakha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ardra: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Manushya gana | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana
Ardra as bride
20–22
of 36
Vishakha as bride
23–25
of 36
Across all padas
15.5–23
spread of 7.5
Ardra and Vishakha come to 20–22 of 36 with Ardra on the bride's side and 23–25 with Vishakha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Vashya, Tara, Graha Maitri and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6) and Yoni (1–3 of 4) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
The pada decides part of this one. Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio after pada 3, 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. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 15.5 and 23, a swing of 7.5 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ardra with Vishakha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Ardra bride | Vishakha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Vishakha: Shudra · Ardra: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Vishakha: Manav · Ardra: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Ardra: Sampat (2) · from Vishakha: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Vishakha: Tiger · Ardra: Dog |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Vishakha: Venus · Ardra: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Vishakha: Rakshasa · Ardra: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Libra and Gemini — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Ardra: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 20–22 | 23–25 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Libra and Gemini — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Vishakha: Rakshasa · Ardra: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Vishakha: 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 Vishakha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ardra runs Gemini 6°40′ – 20°00′ and Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 120°00′ and 146°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ardra as bride first, Vishakha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 13.5 at the lowest and 23 at the highest.
| Ardra ↓ / Vishakha → | Pada 1Libra | Pada 2Libra | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Gemini | 20 / 23 | 20 / 23 | 20 / 23 | 13.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 2Gemini | 20 / 23 | 20 / 23 | 20 / 23 | 13.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 20 / 23 | 20 / 23 | 20 / 23 | 13.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 20 / 23 | 20 / 23 | 20 / 23 | 13.5 / 15.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. 12 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 4 do not. 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 Vishakha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Ardra is Adi (Vata) and Vishakha 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. 12 of those 16 cells carry the cancellation and the rest do not, so the pada decides not just the score but whether the relief clause is available.
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 Vishakha 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 Vishakha is 11. 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: 11 from Ardra and 18 from Vishakha, 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), Vishakha is Mishra (mixed) — 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: 23 of 36 puts Vishakha 12th among Ardra's 27 possible partners and Ardra 8th among Vishakha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ardra’s table
12th of 27
Vishakha scores 23 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 above the middle of what Ardra can reach — all 27 rows.
In Vishakha’s table
8th of 27
Ardra scores 23 there, level with 1 other partner. Vishakha’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29.5 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Vishakha 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 Vishakha 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: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ardra page and the Vishakha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Ardra and Vishakha to sixteen answers between 15.5 and 23. Two birth times pick one of them.
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