Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashwini and Uttara Ashadha nakshatra matching
23.5–25.5 of 36 with Ashwini as bride, 23.5–25.5 with Uttara Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashwini: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Deva gana | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana
Ashwini as bride
23.5–25.5
of 36
Uttara Ashadha as bride
23.5–25.5
of 36
Across all padas
23.5–26
spread of 2.5
Of the eight kootas, 4 leave something on the table for this pair and 4 do not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Aries — 9/5. The complete ones are Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Nadi, which is 16 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
A swing of 2.5 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 23.5 at the bottom, 26 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn 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 Uttara Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: here neither one differs, so the two columns agree.
| Koota | Ashwini bride | Uttara Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya · Ashwini: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Ashwini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashwini: Vipat (3) · from Uttara Ashadha: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Ashwini: Horse |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Ashwini: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Ashwini: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Aries — 9/5 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 23.5–25.5 | 23.5–25.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Aries — 9/5. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashwini: Vipat (3) · from Uttara Ashadha: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Ashwini: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · 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 Uttara Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashwini runs Aries 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 80°00′ and 106°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashwini as bride first, Uttara Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 23.5 at the lowest and 26 at the highest.
| Ashwini ↓ / Uttara Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 23.5 / 23.5 | 25 / 26 | 25 / 26 | 25 / 26 |
| Pada 2Aries | 23.5 / 23.5 | 25 / 26 | 25 / 26 | 25 / 26 |
| Pada 3Aries | 23.5 / 23.5 | 25 / 26 | 25 / 26 | 25 / 26 |
| Pada 4Aries | 23.5 / 23.5 | 25 / 26 | 25 / 26 | 25 / 26 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 guna to every 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
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 Uttara Ashadha 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 — 0 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 Jupiter are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
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 Uttara Ashadha 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 Uttara Ashadha is 21. 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: 21 from Ashwini and 8 from Uttara Ashadha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Ashwini as the bride and not with Uttara Ashadha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ashwini is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Uttara Ashadha is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 23.5 of 36 puts Uttara Ashadha 9th among Ashwini's 27 possible partners and Ashwini 13th among Uttara Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ashwini’s table
9th of 27
Uttara Ashadha scores 23.5 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 Uttara Ashadha’s table
13th of 27
Ashwini scores 23.5 there outright. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Ashwini and Uttara Ashadha 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 Uttara Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Ashwini and Uttara Ashadha to sixteen answers between 23.5 and 26. Two birth times pick one of them.
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