Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashlesha and Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
22–24 of 36 with Ashlesha as bride, 19–21 with Uttara Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Ashlesha as bride
22–24
of 36
Uttara Bhadrapada as bride
19–21
of 36
Across all padas
22
one answer
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 Uttara Bhadrapada that leaves 4 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Vashya, Tara and Nadi — and 4 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (3 of 6), Graha Maitri (4 of 5) and Yoni (1–3 of 4). The heaviest of them is Bhakoot, where Pisces and Cancer — 9/5 gives 0 of 7.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Ashlesha with Uttara Bhadrapada 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
All eight kootas for Ashlesha and Uttara Bhadrapada, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Ashlesha bride | Uttara Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Brahmin · Ashlesha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Ashlesha: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Ashlesha: Ati-Mitra (9) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Sampat (2) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Ashlesha: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Ashlesha: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Ashlesha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Pisces and Cancer — 9/5 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 22–24 | 19–21 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Pisces and Cancer — 9/5. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Ashlesha: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Ashlesha: Moon. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Ashlesha: Cat. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Ashlesha’s table and Uttara Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Uttara Bhadrapada runs Pisces 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 120°00′ and 146°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashlesha as bride first, Uttara Bhadrapada as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Ashlesha ↓ / Uttara Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 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
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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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. 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. 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 Uttara Bhadrapada is 18 and back is 11, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 18 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 — 18 with Ashlesha as bride, 11 with Uttara Bhadrapada — 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), Uttara Bhadrapada is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 22 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 9th place in Ashlesha's table, 11th in Uttara Bhadrapada's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Ashlesha’s table
9th of 27
Uttara Bhadrapada scores 22 there outright. Ashlesha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 18, so this one sits above the middle of what Ashlesha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Uttara Bhadrapada’s table
11th of 27
Ashlesha scores 22 there, level with 1 other partner. Uttara Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Bhadrapada 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 acceptable and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ashlesha page and the Uttara Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Ashlesha and Uttara Bhadrapada score?
Are Ashlesha and Uttara Bhadrapada compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Ashlesha and Uttara Bhadrapada?
Do Ashlesha and Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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