Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashwini and Mrigashira nakshatra matching
21.5–23.5 of 36 with Ashwini as bride, 22.5–24.5 with Mrigashira as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashwini: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Deva gana | Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana
Ashwini as bride
21.5–23.5
of 36
Mrigashira as bride
22.5–24.5
of 36
Across all padas
22.5–25
spread of 2.5
Of the eight kootas, 5 leave something on the table for this pair and 3 do not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Taurus and Aries — 2/12. The complete ones are Vashya, Gana and Nadi, which is 16 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada decides part of this one. Mrigashira runs from Taurus into Gemini 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 22.5 and 25, a swing of 2.5 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ashwini with Mrigashira. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Ashwini bride | Mrigashira bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Mrigashira: Vaishya · Ashwini: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Mrigashira: Chatushpada · Ashwini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashwini: Pratyari (5) · from Mrigashira: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Mrigashira: Serpent · Ashwini: Horse |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Mrigashira: Venus · Ashwini: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Mrigashira: Deva · Ashwini: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Taurus and Aries — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 21.5–23.5 | 22.5–24.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Taurus and Aries — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Mrigashira: Venus · Ashwini: Mars. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashwini: Pratyari (5) · from Mrigashira: Sadhaka (6). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Mrigashira: Serpent · Ashwini: Horse. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Mrigashira: Vaishya · Ashwini: Kshatriya. The groom's rank has to reach the bride's and does not. One guna, and no tradition treats it as disqualifying.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Ashwini’s table and Mrigashira’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashwini runs Aries 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 40°00′ and 66°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashwini as bride first, Mrigashira as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 21.5 at the lowest and 25 at the highest.
| Ashwini ↓ / Mrigashira → | Pada 1Taurus | Pada 2Taurus | Pada 3Gemini | Pada 4Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 |
| Pada 2Aries | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 |
| Pada 3Aries | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 |
| Pada 4Aries | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the 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 Mrigashira rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Ashwini is Adi (Vata) and Mrigashira 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 Venus, 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 Mrigashira 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 Mrigashira is 5. 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: 5 from Ashwini and 24 from Mrigashira, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Mrigashira 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), Mrigashira 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 Mrigashira 12th among Ashwini's 27 possible partners and Ashwini 11th among Mrigashira's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ashwini’s table
12th of 27
Mrigashira 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 Mrigashira’s table
11th of 27
Ashwini scores 22.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Mrigashira’s 27 partners run from 9 to 35 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Mrigashira can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Ashwini and Mrigashira 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: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ashwini page and the Mrigashira page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Ashwini and Mrigashira to sixteen answers between 22.5 and 25. Two birth times pick one of them.
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