Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Ashwini and Shravana nakshatra matching

26–28 of 36 with Ashwini as bride, 27–29 with Shravana as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Ashwini: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Deva gana | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana

Ashwini as bride

26–28

of 36

Shravana as bride

27–29

of 36

Across all padas

25–27

spread of 2

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 Shravana that leaves 4 of the eight at full marks — Vashya, Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi — and 4 carrying a deduction: Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Graha Maitri, where Shravana: Saturn · Ashwini: Mars gives 0.5 of 5.

Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar, and Vashya is read from the half of the sign the Moon falls in, so two guna turn on that mid-point — so the total follows, anywhere from 25 to 27 of 36 depending on the padas. At 2 guna the swing sits on the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.

Koota by Koota

All eight kootas for Ashwini and Shravana, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna differs between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Ashwini with Shravana 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	Shravana bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Shravana: Vaishya · Ashwini: Kshatriya
Vashya / 2	2	2	Shravana: Chatushpada · Ashwini: Chatushpada
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Ashwini: Kshema (4) · from Shravana: Vadha (7)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Shravana: Monkey · Ashwini: Horse
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Shravana: Saturn · Ashwini: Mars
Gana / 6	6	6	Shravana: Deva · Ashwini: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Capricorn and Aries — 10/4
Nadi / 8	8	8	Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	26–28	27–29	Good

Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Shravana: Saturn · Ashwini: Mars. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashwini: Kshema (4) · from Shravana: Vadha (7). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shravana: Monkey · Ashwini: Horse. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Shravana: 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 Shravana’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Ashwini runs Aries 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashwini as bride first, Shravana as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 24 at the lowest and 27 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Ashwini with Shravana across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Ashwini as bride then Shravana as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Ashwini ↓ / Shravana →	Pada 1Capricorn	Pada 2Capricorn	Pada 3Capricorn	Pada 4Capricorn
Pada 1Aries	26 / 27	26 / 27	24 / 25	24 / 25
Pada 2Aries	26 / 27	26 / 27	24 / 25	24 / 25
Pada 3Aries	26 / 27	26 / 27	24 / 25	24 / 25
Pada 4Aries	26 / 27	26 / 27	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

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 — 8 of 8

Ashwini is Adi (Vata) and Shravana 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

Capricorn and Aries — 10/4 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.

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 Shravana is 22 and back is 7, counting inclusively.

Mahendra — present. 22 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 one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 22 with Ashwini as bride, 7 with Shravana — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Ashwini as the bride and not with Shravana.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ashwini is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Shravana is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.

How the Pair Ranks on Each Side

The same 27 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 4th place in Ashwini's table, 2nd in Shravana's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.

In Ashwini’s table

4th of 27

Shravana scores 27 there outright. 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 Shravana’s table

2nd of 27

Ashwini scores 27 there outright. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Shravana 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 good 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 Shravana page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Ashwini and Shravana score?

26–28 of 36 with Ashwini as the bride and 27–29 with Shravana as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 25 to 27, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Ashwini and Shravana compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Ashwini with Shravana at good. The guna are lost on Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). It is a filter, and filters do not recommend. A koota scoring zero — here Varna — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Ashwini and Shravana?

Yes. Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar, and Vashya is read from which half of the sign the Moon occupies, so two guna move with that mid-point. The total ranges from 25 to 27 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 2 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Ashwini and Shravana have Bhakoot dosha?

No. The two Moon signs never fall at one of the three forbidden distances — 6/8 Shadashtaka, 5/9 Navapanchaka or 2/12 Dwirdwadasha — in any of the sixteen pada combinations, so Bhakoot scores its full seven throughout. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.

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

On the arithmetic, Shravana on the bride's side scores higher — 27–29 against 26–28. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Ashwini as bride to 1 with Shravana 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 grid above narrows Ashwini and Shravana to sixteen answers between 25 and 27. Two birth times pick one of them.

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