Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashwini and Ardra nakshatra matching
15–18 of 36 with Ashwini as bride, 16–19 with Ardra as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashwini: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Deva gana | Ardra: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Manushya gana
Ashwini as bride
15–18
of 36
Ardra as bride
16–19
of 36
Across all padas
16
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 Ashwini with Ardra that leaves 1 of the eight at full marks — Bhakoot — and 7 carrying a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Nadi, where Ardra: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata) gives 0 of 8.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Ashwini with Ardra 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 Ashwini and Ardra, 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 | Ashwini bride | Ardra bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Ardra: Shudra · Ashwini: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Ardra: Manav · Ashwini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashwini: Sadhaka (6) · from Ardra: Pratyari (5) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Ardra: Dog · Ashwini: Horse |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Ardra: Mercury · Ashwini: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Ardra: Manushya · Ashwini: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Gemini and Aries — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Ardra: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 15–18 | 16–19 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Ardra: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Ardra: Mercury · Ashwini: Mars. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashwini: Sadhaka (6) · from Ardra: Pratyari (5). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Ardra: Manushya · Ashwini: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Ardra: Dog · Ashwini: Horse. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Ardra: Manav · Ashwini: Chatushpada. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Ardra: Shudra · Ashwini: Kshatriya. 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 Ashwini’s table and Ardra’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashwini runs Aries 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Ardra runs Gemini 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 53°20′ and 80°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashwini as bride first, Ardra as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Ashwini ↓ / Ardra → | Pada 1Gemini | Pada 2Gemini | Pada 3Gemini | Pada 4Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 |
| Pada 2Aries | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 |
| Pada 3Aries | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 |
| Pada 4Aries | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 |
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
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 — 0 of 8
Ashwini and Ardra are both Adi (Vata), 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 Ashwini with Ardra however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Gemini and Aries — 3/11 — 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: Ashwini to Ardra is 6 and back is 23, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 6 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 one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 6 with Ashwini as bride, 23 with Ardra — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Ardra as the bride and not with Ashwini.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ashwini is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Ardra is Tikshna (sharp) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 16 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 20th place in Ashwini's table, 23rd in Ardra's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Ashwini’s table
20th of 27
Ardra scores 16 there, level with 1 other partner. Ashwini’s 27 partners run from 9 to 32 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Ashwini can reach — all 27 rows.
In Ardra’s table
23rd of 27
Ashwini scores 16 there, level with 1 other partner. Ardra’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Ardra 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 Ashwini 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: 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 Ashwini page and the Ardra page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Ashwini and Ardra score?
Are Ashwini and Ardra compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Ashwini and Ardra?
Do Ashwini and Ardra have Nadi dosha?
Is it better for Ashwini to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Ashwini and Ardra, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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