Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashlesha and Shatabhisha nakshatra matching
17–20 of 36 with Ashlesha as bride, 18–21 with Shatabhisha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana
Ashlesha as bride
17–20
of 36
Shatabhisha as bride
18–21
of 36
Across all padas
18
one answer
Reading the eight kootas in order for Ashlesha and Shatabhisha: Bhakoot is where the largest deduction falls — Aquarius and Cancer — 8/6, so 0 of 7, with Graha Maitri at 0.5 of 5, Tara at 1.5 of 3, Yoni at 1–3 of 4, Vashya at 0–1 of 2 and Varna at 0 of 1 behind it. The remaining 2 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 17–20 one way round and 18–21 the other.
Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Ashlesha and Shatabhisha the padas change nothing. Sixteen combinations, one answer. The exact minute of birth still decides plenty in a chart — it just does not decide this.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Ashlesha and Shatabhisha, 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 | Shatabhisha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Shudra · Ashlesha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Shatabhisha: Manav · Ashlesha: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashlesha: Vadha (7) · from Shatabhisha: Kshema (4) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shatabhisha: Horse · Ashlesha: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Shatabhisha: Saturn · Ashlesha: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Ashlesha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Aquarius and Cancer — 8/6 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 17–20 | 18–21 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Cancer — 8/6. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Shatabhisha: Saturn · Ashlesha: Moon. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashlesha: Vadha (7) · from Shatabhisha: Kshema (4). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shatabhisha: Horse · Ashlesha: Cat. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shatabhisha: Manav · Ashlesha: Jalachar. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shatabhisha: Shudra · 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 Shatabhisha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Shatabhisha runs Aquarius 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 146°40′ and 173°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashlesha as bride first, Shatabhisha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Ashlesha ↓ / Shatabhisha → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 |
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
The two heavy kootas, checked with their cancellations. Neither gives a partial score, so each is worth 8 and 7 guna outright or nothing at all.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Ashlesha is Antya (Kapha) and Shatabhisha 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Ashlesha to Shatabhisha is 16 and back is 13, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 16 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 both ways. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 16 with Ashlesha as bride, 13 with Shatabhisha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ashlesha is Tikshna (sharp), Shatabhisha is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 18 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 14th place in Ashlesha's table, 17th in Shatabhisha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Ashlesha’s table
14th of 27
Shatabhisha scores 18 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 on the middle of what Ashlesha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Shatabhisha’s table
17th of 27
Ashlesha scores 18 there outright. Shatabhisha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Shatabhisha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: how to check compatibility in a kundli and Venus, and what it decides about a marriage. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ashlesha page and the Shatabhisha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Ashlesha and Shatabhisha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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