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Ashwini and Mula nakshatra matching

10–13 of 36 with Ashwini as bride, 11–14 with Mula as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Ashwini: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Deva gana | Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana

Ashwini as bride

10–13

of 36

Mula as bride

11–14

of 36

Across all padas

one answer

Ashwini and Mula come to 10–13 of 36 with Ashwini on the bride's side and 11–14 with Mula on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Tara and Graha Maitri score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.

Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Ashwini and Mula the padas change nothing. Sixteen combinations, one answer. The exact minute of birth still decides plenty in a chart — it just does not decide this.

Koota by Koota

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ashwini with Mula. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Ashwini with Mula at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Ashwini bride	Mula bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	1	Mula: Kshatriya · Ashwini: Kshatriya
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Mula: Manav · Ashwini: Chatushpada
Tara / 3	3	3	Counting from Ashwini: Janma (1) · from Mula: Janma (1)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Mula: Dog · Ashwini: Horse
Graha Maitri / 5	5	5	Mula: Jupiter · Ashwini: Mars
Gana / 6	0	1	Mula: Rakshasa · Ashwini: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	0	0	Sagittarius and Aries — 9/5
Nadi / 8	0	0	Mula: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	10–13	11–14	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Mula: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Aries — 9/5. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
Gana, 0 of 6 — Mula: Rakshasa · Ashwini: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Mula: Dog · Ashwini: Horse. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Mula: Manav · 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 Mula’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Ashwini runs Aries 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 106°40′ and 133°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashwini as bride first, Mula as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Ashwini with Mula across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Ashwini as bride then Mula as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Ashwini ↓ / Mula →	Pada 1Sagittarius	Pada 2Sagittarius	Pada 3Sagittarius	Pada 4Sagittarius
Pada 1Aries	10 / 11	10 / 11	10 / 11	10 / 11
Pada 2Aries	10 / 11	10 / 11	10 / 11	10 / 11
Pada 3Aries	10 / 11	10 / 11	10 / 11	10 / 11
Pada 4Aries	10 / 11	10 / 11	10 / 11	10 / 11

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

The two heavy kootas, checked with their cancellations. Neither gives a partial score, so each is worth 8 and 7 guna outright or nothing at all.

Nadi Koota — 0 of 8

Ashwini and Mula 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 Mula however well everything else goes.

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: Mars and Jupiter are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.

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

The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Ashwini and Mula alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.

Mahendra — present. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Ashwini to Mula is 19. 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: 19 from Ashwini and 10 from Mula, 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), Mula is Tikshna (sharp) — 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: 11 of 36 puts Mula 25th among Ashwini's 27 possible partners and Ashwini 27th among Mula's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Ashwini’s table

25th of 27

Mula scores 11 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 Mula’s table

27th of 27

Ashwini scores 11 there outright. Mula’s 27 partners run from 11 to 30 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Mula 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 Mula 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 Mula page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Ashwini and Mula score?

10–13 of 36 with Ashwini as the bride and 11–14 with Mula as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The padas do not change it — all sixteen combinations give the same answer, which makes this one of the 146 pairs of 351 where the two birth stars settle the score outright. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Ashwini and Mula compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Ashwini with Mula at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Ashwini and Mula?

No. Every one of the sixteen pada combinations returns the same total for Ashwini and Mula. Neither star crosses a boundary between its padas, so all four sit in one rashi and one half of it, and no koota can move. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way.

Do Ashwini and Mula have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Adi (Vata), and a shared nadi scores 0 of 8 — the largest single deduction in Ashtakoot. The three recognised cancellations — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — do not apply to Ashwini with Mula, so the eight guna are genuinely lost. That leaves a ceiling of 28 for this pair however well the other seven go. Across every possible pairing, 33.3% carry Nadi dosha and 23.2% of those are cancelled.

Is it better for Ashwini to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Mula on the bride's side scores higher — 11–14 against 10–13. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Gana goes from 0 with Ashwini as bride to 1 with Mula as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The score is settled for Ashwini and Mula, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.

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