Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashwini and Chitra nakshatra matching
11–14 of 36 with Ashwini as bride, 13–16 with Chitra as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashwini: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Deva gana | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana
Ashwini as bride
11–14
of 36
Chitra as bride
13–16
of 36
Across all padas
13–22.5
spread of 9.5
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 Chitra that leaves 1 of the eight at full marks — Nadi — and 7 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 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 Bhakoot, where Virgo and Aries — 6/8 gives 0 of 7.
The pada decides part of this one. Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2, 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. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 13 and 22.5, a swing of 9.5 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Ashwini and Chitra, 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 | Ashwini bride | Chitra bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Chitra: Vaishya · Ashwini: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Chitra: Manav · Ashwini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashwini: Pratyari (5) · from Chitra: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Chitra: Tiger · Ashwini: Horse |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Chitra: Mercury · Ashwini: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Chitra: Rakshasa · Ashwini: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Virgo and Aries — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 11–14 | 13–16 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Virgo and Aries — 6/8. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Chitra: Rakshasa · Ashwini: Deva. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Chitra: Mercury · Ashwini: Mars. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashwini: Pratyari (5) · from Chitra: Sadhaka (6). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Chitra: Tiger · Ashwini: Horse. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Chitra: 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 — Chitra: Vaishya · 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 Chitra’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashwini runs Aries 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ — 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: Ashwini as bride first, Chitra as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 11 at the lowest and 22.5 at the highest.
| Ashwini ↓ / Chitra → | Pada 1Virgo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Libra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 11 / 13 | 11 / 13 | 20.5 / 22.5 | 20.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 2Aries | 11 / 13 | 11 / 13 | 20.5 / 22.5 | 20.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 3Aries | 11 / 13 | 11 / 13 | 20.5 / 22.5 | 20.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 4Aries | 11 / 13 | 11 / 13 | 20.5 / 22.5 | 20.5 / 22.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. 8 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 8 do not. 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 Chitra rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Ashwini is Adi (Vata) and Chitra 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 8 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 Mars and Mercury, 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: Ashwini to Chitra 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 Ashwini as bride, 15 with Chitra — 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 — Ashwini is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Chitra is Mridu (tender) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 13 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 24th place in Ashwini's table, 21st in Chitra's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Ashwini’s table
24th of 27
Chitra scores 13 there outright. 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 Chitra’s table
21st of 27
Ashwini scores 13 there, level with 1 other partner. Chitra’s 27 partners run from 7 to 29 with a median of 20, so this one sits below the middle of what Chitra 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 Chitra page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Ashwini and Chitra to sixteen answers between 13 and 22.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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