Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashlesha and Mula nakshatra matching
22–25 of 36 with Ashlesha as bride, 23–26 with Mula as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana
Ashlesha as bride
22–25
of 36
Mula as bride
23–26
of 36
Across all padas
23
one answer
Ashlesha and Mula come to 22–25 of 36 with Ashlesha on the bride's side and 23–26 with Mula on it. What sits behind those two figures: Tara, Gana and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Graha Maitri (4 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
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
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ashlesha with Mula. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Ashlesha bride | Mula bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Mula: Kshatriya · Ashlesha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Mula: Manav · Ashlesha: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Ashlesha: Sampat (2) · from Mula: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Mula: Dog · Ashlesha: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Mula: Jupiter · Ashlesha: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Mula: Rakshasa · Ashlesha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Cancer — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Mula: Adi (Vata) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 22–25 | 23–26 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Cancer — 6/8. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Mula: Jupiter · Ashlesha: Moon. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Mula: Dog · Ashlesha: Cat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Mula: Manav · Ashlesha: Jalachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Mula: Kshatriya · Ashlesha: Brahmin. The groom's rank has to reach the bride's and does not. One guna, and no tradition treats it as disqualifying.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Ashlesha’s table and Mula’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°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: Ashlesha as bride first, Mula as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Ashlesha ↓ / Mula → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 |
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 Ashlesha and Mula rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Ashlesha is Antya (Kapha) and Mula is Adi (Vata). 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 Moon and Jupiter, 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 Ashlesha and Mula 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 Ashlesha to Mula 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 Ashlesha and 18 from Mula, 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 — Ashlesha is Tikshna (sharp), Mula is Tikshna (sharp) — 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 Mula 7th among Ashlesha's 27 possible partners and Ashlesha 9th among Mula's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ashlesha’s table
7th of 27
Mula scores 23 there, level with 1 other partner. Ashlesha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 18, so this one sits above the middle of what Ashlesha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Mula’s table
9th of 27
Ashlesha scores 23 there outright. Mula’s 27 partners run from 11 to 30 with a median of 21, so this one sits above the middle of what Mula 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 Ashlesha and Mula 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 Ashlesha page and the Mula page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Ashlesha and Mula score?
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Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Ashlesha and Mula, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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