Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashlesha and Purva Phalguni nakshatra matching
17.5–18.5 of 36 with Ashlesha as bride, 15.5–16.5 with Purva Phalguni as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana
Ashlesha as bride
17.5–18.5
of 36
Purva Phalguni as bride
15.5–16.5
of 36
Across all padas
17.5
one answer
Ashlesha and Purva Phalguni come to 17.5–18.5 of 36 with Ashlesha on the bride's side and 15.5–16.5 with Purva Phalguni on it. What sits behind those two figures: Graha Maitri and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Yoni (0 of 4), Gana (3 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), 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.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Ashlesha with Purva Phalguni is one of them: every one of the sixteen cells in the grid below repeats the same total, so knowing the two birth stars is knowing the score.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ashlesha with Purva Phalguni. 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 Phalguni bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya · Ashlesha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Phalguni: Vanachar · Ashlesha: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashlesha: Vipat (3) · from Purva Phalguni: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Purva Phalguni: Rat · Ashlesha: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Phalguni: Sun · Ashlesha: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Phalguni: Manushya · Ashlesha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Leo and Cancer — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 17.5–18.5 | 15.5–16.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Leo and Cancer — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Purva Phalguni: Rat · Ashlesha: Cat. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Phalguni: Manushya · Ashlesha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashlesha: Vipat (3) · from Purva Phalguni: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Phalguni: Vanachar · Ashlesha: Jalachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Phalguni: 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 Purva Phalguni’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 13°20′ and 40°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashlesha as bride first, Purva Phalguni as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Ashlesha ↓ / Purva Phalguni → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Leo | Pada 3Leo | Pada 4Leo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 |
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
Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Ashlesha is Antya (Kapha) and Purva Phalguni is Madhya (Pitta). 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. 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. 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 Phalguni 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 Phalguni is 3. 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: 3 from Ashlesha and 26 from Purva Phalguni, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Purva Phalguni as the bride and not with Ashlesha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ashlesha is Tikshna (sharp), Purva Phalguni 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: 17.5 of 36 puts Purva Phalguni 16th among Ashlesha's 27 possible partners and Ashlesha 19th among Purva Phalguni's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ashlesha’s table
16th of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 17.5 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 below the middle of what Ashlesha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Purva Phalguni’s table
19th of 27
Ashlesha scores 17.5 there outright. Purva Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 33 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva 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 Ashlesha and Purva 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 Ashlesha page and the Purva Phalguni page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Ashlesha and Purva Phalguni score?
Are Ashlesha and Purva Phalguni compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Ashlesha and Purva Phalguni?
Do Ashlesha and Purva Phalguni have Bhakoot 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 Purva Phalguni, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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