Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashwini and Krittika nakshatra matching
25.5–27.5 of 36 with Ashwini as bride, 26.5–28.5 with Krittika as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashwini: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Deva gana | Krittika: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Sheep yoni · Rakshasa gana
Ashwini as bride
25.5–27.5
of 36
Krittika as bride
26.5–28.5
of 36
Across all padas
17.5–26.5
spread of 9
Ashwini and Krittika come to 25.5–27.5 of 36 with Ashwini on the bride's side and 26.5–28.5 with Krittika on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi score in full, while Gana (0 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3) and Yoni (1–3 of 4) do not, and Gana on its own accounts for 6 of the guna that go missing.
A swing of 9 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 17.5 at the bottom, 26.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Krittika runs from Aries into Taurus after pada 1. Since 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, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ashwini with Krittika. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Ashwini bride | Krittika bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Krittika: Kshatriya · Ashwini: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Krittika: Chatushpada · Ashwini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashwini: Vipat (3) · from Krittika: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Krittika: Sheep · Ashwini: Horse |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Krittika: Mars · Ashwini: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Krittika: Rakshasa · Ashwini: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aries and Aries — 1/1 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Krittika: Antya (Kapha) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 25.5–27.5 | 26.5–28.5 | Good |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Krittika: Rakshasa · Ashwini: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashwini: Vipat (3) · from Krittika: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Krittika: Sheep · Ashwini: Horse. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Ashwini’s table and Krittika’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashwini runs Aries 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Krittika runs Aries 26°40′ – Taurus 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 13°20′ and 40°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashwini as bride first, Krittika as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 15.5 at the lowest and 26.5 at the highest.
| Ashwini ↓ / Krittika → | Pada 1Aries | Pada 2Taurus | Pada 3Taurus | Pada 4Taurus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 25.5 / 26.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 |
| Pada 2Aries | 25.5 / 26.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 |
| Pada 3Aries | 25.5 / 26.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 |
| Pada 4Aries | 25.5 / 26.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 guna to every cell. 4 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 12 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
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
Ashwini is Adi (Vata) and Krittika is Antya (Kapha). 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
In 12 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 Mars, 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
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Ashwini and Krittika 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 Krittika is 3. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. This one is directional in earnest: 3 from Ashwini and 26 from Krittika, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Krittika 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), Krittika is Mishra (mixed) — 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: 26.5 of 36 puts Krittika 5th among Ashwini's 27 possible partners and Ashwini 3rd among Krittika's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ashwini’s table
5th of 27
Krittika scores 26.5 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 above the middle of what Ashwini can reach — all 27 rows.
In Krittika’s table
3rd of 27
Ashwini scores 26.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Krittika’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 30 with a median of 20, so this one sits above the middle of what Krittika can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Ashwini and Krittika or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ashwini page and the Krittika page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Ashwini and Krittika to sixteen answers between 17.5 and 26.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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