Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashwini and Anuradha nakshatra matching
22.5–25.5 of 36 with Ashwini as bride, 21.5–24.5 with Anuradha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashwini: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Deva gana | Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Deer yoni · Deva gana
Ashwini as bride
22.5–25.5
of 36
Anuradha as bride
21.5–24.5
of 36
Across all padas
22.5
one answer
Of the eight kootas, 4 leave something on the table for this pair and 4 do not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Scorpio and Aries — 8/6. The complete ones are Varna, Graha Maitri, Gana and Nadi, which is 20 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
All sixteen combinations give the same answer. Neither star crosses a boundary of any kind between its padas, so the totals below are the whole result and the birth times only need to be accurate enough to fix the nakshatra. This pair is one of the 120 of 351 where that is true.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ashwini with Anuradha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Ashwini bride | Anuradha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Anuradha: Brahmin · Ashwini: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Anuradha: Keet · Ashwini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashwini: Mitra (8) · from Anuradha: Vipat (3) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Anuradha: Deer · Ashwini: Horse |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Anuradha: Mars · Ashwini: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Anuradha: Deva · Ashwini: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Scorpio and Aries — 8/6 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 22.5–25.5 | 21.5–24.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Scorpio and Aries — 8/6. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashwini: Mitra (8) · from Anuradha: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Anuradha: Deer · Ashwini: Horse. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Anuradha: Keet · Ashwini: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Ashwini’s table and Anuradha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashwini runs Aries 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Anuradha runs Scorpio 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashwini as bride first, Anuradha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Ashwini ↓ / Anuradha → | Pada 1Scorpio | Pada 2Scorpio | Pada 3Scorpio | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 22.5 / 21.5 | 22.5 / 21.5 | 22.5 / 21.5 | 22.5 / 21.5 |
| Pada 2Aries | 22.5 / 21.5 | 22.5 / 21.5 | 22.5 / 21.5 | 22.5 / 21.5 |
| Pada 3Aries | 22.5 / 21.5 | 22.5 / 21.5 | 22.5 / 21.5 | 22.5 / 21.5 |
| Pada 4Aries | 22.5 / 21.5 | 22.5 / 21.5 | 22.5 / 21.5 | 22.5 / 21.5 |
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
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 Ashwini and Anuradha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Ashwini is Adi (Vata) and Anuradha 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: both signs answer to Mars.
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 Ashwini and Anuradha 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 Ashwini to Anuradha is 17. 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: 17 from Ashwini and 12 from Anuradha, 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 — Ashwini is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Anuradha is Mridu (tender) — 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: 22.5 of 36 puts Anuradha 12th among Ashwini's 27 possible partners and Ashwini 10th among Anuradha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ashwini’s table
12th of 27
Anuradha scores 22.5 there, level with 2 other partners. Ashwini’s 27 partners run from 9 to 32 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Ashwini can reach — all 27 rows.
In Anuradha’s table
10th of 27
Ashwini scores 22.5 there outright. Anuradha’s 27 partners run from 12 to 31 with a median of 20, so this one sits above the middle of what Anuradha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Ashwini and Anuradha 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 acceptable 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 Ashwini page and the Anuradha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Ashwini and Anuradha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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