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Ashlesha and Uttara Ashadha nakshatra matching

9.5–12.5 of 36 with Ashlesha as bride, 7.5–10.5 with Uttara Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana

Ashlesha as bride

9.5–12.5

of 36

Uttara Ashadha as bride

7.5–10.5

of 36

Across all padas

9.5–13

spread of 3.5

Of the eight kootas, all eight leave something on the table for this pair and none is complete. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha). With nothing earned in full before deductions, the pair is at 9.5–12.5 of 36 one way round and 7.5–10.5 the other.

Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1, 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 9.5 to 13 of 36 depending on the padas. At 3.5 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.

Koota by Koota

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ashlesha with Uttara Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Ashlesha with Uttara Ashadha at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Ashlesha bride	Uttara Ashadha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya · Ashlesha: Brahmin
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Ashlesha: Jalachar
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Ashlesha: Kshema (4) · from Uttara Ashadha: Vadha (7)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Ashlesha: Cat
Graha Maitri / 5	4	4	Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Ashlesha: Moon
Gana / 6	3	0	Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Ashlesha: Rakshasa
Bhakoot / 7	0	0	Sagittarius and Cancer — 6/8
Nadi / 8	0	0	Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha)
Total / 36	9.5–12.5	7.5–10.5	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Cancer — 6/8. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
Gana, 3 of 6 — Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Ashlesha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashlesha: Kshema (4) · from Uttara Ashadha: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Uttara Ashadha: 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 — Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Ashlesha: Cat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Ashlesha: Jalachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Uttara Ashadha: 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 Uttara Ashadha’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°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, Uttara Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 7.5 at the lowest and 13 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Ashlesha with Uttara Ashadha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Ashlesha as bride then Uttara Ashadha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Ashlesha ↓ / Uttara Ashadha →	Pada 1Sagittarius	Pada 2Capricorn	Pada 3Capricorn	Pada 4Capricorn
Pada 1Cancer	9.5 / 7.5	13 / 11	13 / 11	13 / 11
Pada 2Cancer	9.5 / 7.5	13 / 11	13 / 11	13 / 11
Pada 3Cancer	9.5 / 7.5	13 / 11	13 / 11	13 / 11
Pada 4Cancer	9.5 / 7.5	13 / 11	13 / 11	13 / 11

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 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

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 — 0 of 8

Ashlesha and Uttara Ashadha 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 Uttara Ashadha however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1

In 4 of the sixteen pada combinations, 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. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.

Two Tests Outside the 36

The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Ashlesha and Uttara Ashadha alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.

Mahendra — present. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Ashlesha to Uttara Ashadha is 13. 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: 13 from Ashlesha and 16 from Uttara Ashadha, 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), Uttara Ashadha is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 9.5 of 36 puts Uttara Ashadha 27th among Ashlesha's 27 possible partners and Ashlesha 27th among Uttara Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Ashlesha’s table

27th of 27

Uttara Ashadha scores 9.5 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 Uttara Ashadha’s table

27th of 27

Ashlesha scores 9.5 there outright. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

The whole of Ashtakoot for Ashlesha and Uttara Ashadha 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: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ashlesha page and the Uttara Ashadha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Ashlesha and Uttara Ashadha score?

9.5–12.5 of 36 with Ashlesha as the bride and 7.5–10.5 with Uttara Ashadha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 9.5 to 13, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Ashlesha and Uttara Ashadha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Ashlesha with Uttara Ashadha at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (3 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Graha Maitri (4 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Varna, Bhakoot and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Ashlesha and Uttara Ashadha?

Yes. Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are read from the Moon rashi rather than from the nakshatra, so 15 of the 36 guna move with that boundary. The total ranges from 9.5 to 13 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 3.5 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Ashlesha and Uttara Ashadha have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Antya (Kapha), and a shared nadi scores 0 of 8 — the largest single deduction in Ashtakoot. The three recognised cancellations — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — do not apply to Ashlesha with Uttara Ashadha, so the eight guna are genuinely lost. That leaves a ceiling of 28 for this pair however well the other seven go. Across every possible pairing, 33.3% carry Nadi dosha and 23.2% of those are cancelled.

Is it better for Ashlesha to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Ashlesha on the bride's side scores higher — 9.5–12.5 against 7.5–10.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Ashlesha as bride to 1 with Uttara Ashadha as bride and Gana goes from 3 with Ashlesha as bride to 0 with Uttara Ashadha as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Ashlesha and Uttara Ashadha to sixteen answers between 9.5 and 13. Two birth times pick one of them.

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