Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashlesha and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
14–17 of 36 with Ashlesha as bride, 12–15 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Ashlesha as bride
14–17
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
12–15
of 36
Across all padas
14–20.5
spread of 6.5
Of the eight kootas, 7 leave something on the table for this pair and 1 does not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Cancer — 8/6. The complete one is Nadi, which is 8 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada decides part of this one. Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces 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 14 and 20.5, a swing of 6.5 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 Ashlesha with Purva Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Ashlesha bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Ashlesha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Ashlesha: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashlesha: Mitra (8) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Vipat (3) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Ashlesha: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Ashlesha: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Ashlesha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Aquarius and Cancer — 8/6 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 14–17 | 12–15 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Cancer — 8/6. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Ashlesha: Moon. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Ashlesha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashlesha: Mitra (8) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Ashlesha: Cat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Ashlesha: Jalachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashlesha as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 12 at the lowest and 20.5 at the highest.
| Ashlesha ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 14 / 12 | 14 / 12 | 14 / 12 | 20.5 / 17.5 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 14 / 12 | 14 / 12 | 14 / 12 | 20.5 / 17.5 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 14 / 12 | 14 / 12 | 14 / 12 | 20.5 / 17.5 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 14 / 12 | 14 / 12 | 14 / 12 | 20.5 / 17.5 |
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. 4 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 12 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 Ashlesha and Purva Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Ashlesha is Antya (Kapha) and Purva Bhadrapada 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 Saturn, 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 Purva 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 Ashlesha to Purva Bhadrapada is 17. 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: 17 from Ashlesha and 12 from Purva Bhadrapada, 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), Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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: 14 of 36 puts Purva Bhadrapada 22nd among Ashlesha's 27 possible partners and Ashlesha 26th among Purva Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ashlesha’s table
22nd of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 14 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s table
26th of 27
Ashlesha scores 14 there outright. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Ashlesha and Purva 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 below the conventional threshold 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 Ashlesha page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Ashlesha and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 14 and 20.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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