Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashlesha and Magha nakshatra matching
14–15 of 36 with Ashlesha as bride, 15–16 with Magha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana
Ashlesha as bride
14–15
of 36
Magha as bride
15–16
of 36
Across all padas
15
one answer
Four of the eight kootas — Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi — are settled by the two birth stars alone, before anyone asks about a pada; the other four are read from the Moon rashi, which a pada can move. For Ashlesha with Magha that leaves 3 of the eight at full marks — Tara, Graha Maitri and Gana — and 5 carrying a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Yoni (0 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Nadi, where Magha: Antya (Kapha) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) gives 0 of 8.
All sixteen combinations give the same answer. Neither star crosses a boundary of any kind between its padas, so the totals below are the whole result and the birth times only need to be accurate enough to fix the nakshatra. This pair is one of the 120 of 351 where that is true.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Ashlesha and Magha, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Ashlesha bride | Magha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Magha: Kshatriya · Ashlesha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Magha: Vanachar · Ashlesha: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Ashlesha: Sampat (2) · from Magha: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Magha: Rat · Ashlesha: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Magha: Sun · Ashlesha: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Magha: Rakshasa · Ashlesha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Leo and Cancer — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Magha: Antya (Kapha) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 14–15 | 15–16 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Magha: Antya (Kapha) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Leo and Cancer — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Magha: Rat · Ashlesha: Cat. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Magha: Vanachar · Ashlesha: Jalachar. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Magha: Kshatriya · Ashlesha: Brahmin. A deliberately one-way test on rank, failed in this direction. It is one point of thirty-six.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Ashlesha’s table and Magha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashlesha as bride first, Magha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Ashlesha ↓ / Magha → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Leo | Pada 3Leo | Pada 4Leo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 1 guna to every cell. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. 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 Ashlesha and Magha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 0 of 8
Ashlesha and Magha are both Antya (Kapha), 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 Ashlesha with Magha however well everything else goes.
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. The commonly cited cancellation covers all of them: Moon and Sun are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Ashlesha to Magha is 2 and back is 27, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 2 stars between them, against a favourable set of 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 and 25. 108 of the 351 pairs land on one of those.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 2 with Ashlesha as bride, 27 with Magha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Magha as the bride and not with Ashlesha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ashlesha is Tikshna (sharp), Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 15 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 20th place in Ashlesha's table, 21st in Magha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Ashlesha’s table
20th of 27
Magha scores 15 there outright. Ashlesha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 18, so this one sits below the middle of what Ashlesha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Magha’s table
21st of 27
Ashlesha scores 15 there outright. Magha’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 33 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Magha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
One number cannot carry a marriage. Ashtakoot reads a single point from each chart — the Moon — so two people born hours apart with the Moon in Ashlesha score identically here whatever else their charts do. The seventh house and its lord, Venus, Mars and Mangal dosha, and the dasha each partner is running are all outside it, and any of them can matter more than the difference between below the conventional threshold and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ashlesha page and the Magha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Ashlesha and Magha score?
Are Ashlesha and Magha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Ashlesha and Magha?
Do Ashlesha and Magha have Nadi dosha?
Is it better for Ashlesha to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Ashlesha and Magha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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