Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashwini and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
15–18 of 36 with Ashwini as bride, 16–19 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashwini: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Deva gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Ashwini as bride
15–18
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
16–19
of 36
Across all padas
13.5–16
spread of 2.5
Of the eight kootas, 7 leave something on the table for this pair and 1 does not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata). The complete one is Bhakoot, which is 7 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces after pada 3, 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 13.5 to 16 of 36 depending on the padas. At 2.5 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ashwini with Purva Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Ashwini bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Ashwini: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Ashwini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashwini: Vadha (7) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Kshema (4) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Ashwini: Horse |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Ashwini: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Ashwini: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Aries — 11/3 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 15–18 | 16–19 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · 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: Vadha (7) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Kshema (4). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Ashwini: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Ashwini: Horse. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Ashwini: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashwini runs Aries 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 26°40′ and 53°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashwini as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 12.5 at the lowest and 16 at the highest.
| Ashwini ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 13.5 / 12.5 |
| Pada 2Aries | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 13.5 / 12.5 |
| Pada 3Aries | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 13.5 / 12.5 |
| Pada 4Aries | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 15 / 16 | 13.5 / 12.5 |
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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
In 4 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers each of those cells: Mars and Saturn 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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada is 25. 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: 25 from Ashwini and 4 from Purva Bhadrapada, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Ashwini as the bride and not with Purva Bhadrapada.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ashwini is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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: 16 of 36 puts Purva Bhadrapada 20th among Ashwini's 27 possible partners and Ashwini 23rd among Purva Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ashwini’s table
20th of 27
Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s table
23rd of 27
Ashwini scores 16 there, level with 1 other partner. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Ashwini and Purva Bhadrapada 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 below the conventional threshold is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ashwini page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Ashwini and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 13.5 and 16. Two birth times pick one of them.
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