Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashlesha and Shravana nakshatra matching
11–14 of 36 with Ashlesha as bride, 11–14 with Shravana as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana
Ashlesha as bride
11–14
of 36
Shravana as bride
11–14
of 36
Across all padas
11–13
spread of 2
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 Shravana that leaves 1 of the eight at full marks — Bhakoot — and 7 carrying a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Gana (1 of 6), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Nadi, where Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) gives 0 of 8.
The pada decides part of this one. Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar, and Vashya is read from the half of the sign the Moon falls in, so two guna turn on that mid-point. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 11 and 13, a swing of 2 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Ashlesha and Shravana, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Ashlesha bride | Shravana bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shravana: Vaishya · Ashlesha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Shravana: Chatushpada · Ashlesha: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashlesha: Pratyari (5) · from Shravana: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shravana: Monkey · Ashlesha: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Shravana: Saturn · Ashlesha: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Shravana: Deva · Ashlesha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Capricorn and Cancer — 7/7 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 11–14 | 11–14 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Shravana: Deva · Ashlesha: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Shravana: Saturn · Ashlesha: Moon. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashlesha: Pratyari (5) · from Shravana: Sadhaka (6). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shravana: Monkey · Ashlesha: Cat. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shravana: Chatushpada · Ashlesha: Jalachar. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shravana: Vaishya · 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 Shravana’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 160°00′ and 180°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashlesha as bride first, Shravana as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 11 at the lowest and 13 at the highest.
| Ashlesha ↓ / Shravana → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 11 / 11 | 11 / 11 | 13 / 13 | 13 / 13 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 11 / 11 | 11 / 11 | 13 / 13 | 13 / 13 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 11 / 11 | 11 / 11 | 13 / 13 | 13 / 13 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 11 / 11 | 11 / 11 | 13 / 13 | 13 / 13 |
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. 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 Shravana rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 0 of 8
Ashlesha and Shravana 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 Shravana however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Capricorn and Cancer — 7/7 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.
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 Shravana is 14 and back is 15, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 14 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 — 14 with Ashlesha as bride, 15 with Shravana — 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), Shravana is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 11 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 25th place in Ashlesha's table, 26th in Shravana's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Ashlesha’s table
25th of 27
Shravana scores 11 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 Shravana’s table
26th of 27
Ashlesha scores 11 there outright. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Shravana 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: the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers and the guide to all 27 birth stars. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ashlesha page and the Shravana page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Ashlesha and Shravana to sixteen answers between 11 and 13. Two birth times pick one of them.
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