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Ashwini and Uttara Phalguni nakshatra matching
13.5–16.5 of 36 with Ashwini as bride, 13.5–16.5 with Uttara Phalguni as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashwini: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Deva gana | Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Ashwini as bride
13.5–16.5
of 36
Uttara Phalguni as bride
13.5–16.5
of 36
Across all padas
9–13.5
spread of 4.5
Reading the eight kootas in order for Ashwini and Uttara Phalguni: Nadi is where the largest deduction falls — Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata), so 0 of 8, with Bhakoot at 0 of 7, Tara at 1.5 of 3, Gana at 5 of 6, Yoni at 1–3 of 4 and Vashya at 0–1 of 2 behind it. The remaining 2 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 13.5–16.5 one way round and 13.5–16.5 the other.
A swing of 4.5 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 9 at the bottom, 13.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo 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
All eight kootas for Ashwini and Uttara Phalguni, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: here neither one differs, so the two columns agree.
| Koota | Ashwini bride | Uttara Phalguni bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya · Ashwini: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar · Ashwini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashwini: Vipat (3) · from Uttara Phalguni: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Phalguni: Cow · Ashwini: Horse |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Phalguni: Sun · Ashwini: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Phalguni: Manushya · Ashwini: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Leo and Aries — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 13.5–16.5 | 13.5–16.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Leo and Aries — 5/9. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashwini: Vipat (3) · from Uttara Phalguni: Mitra (8). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Uttara Phalguni: Manushya · Ashwini: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Phalguni: Cow · Ashwini: Horse. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar · Ashwini: Chatushpada. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Ashwini’s table and Uttara Phalguni’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashwini runs Aries 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Uttara Phalguni runs Leo 26°40′ – Virgo 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashwini as bride first, Uttara Phalguni as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 8 at the lowest and 13.5 at the highest.
| Ashwini ↓ / Uttara Phalguni → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Virgo | Pada 4Virgo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 13.5 / 13.5 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
| Pada 2Aries | 13.5 / 13.5 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
| Pada 3Aries | 13.5 / 13.5 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
| Pada 4Aries | 13.5 / 13.5 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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
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 — 0 of 8
Ashwini and Uttara Phalguni 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 Uttara Phalguni 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. 4 of those 16 cells carry the cancellation and the rest do not, so the pada decides not just the score but whether the relief clause is available.
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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Ashwini to Uttara Phalguni is 12 and back is 17, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 12 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 both ways. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 12 with Ashwini as bride, 17 with Uttara Phalguni — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. 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), Uttara Phalguni is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 13.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 23rd place in Ashwini's table, 25th in Uttara Phalguni's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Ashwini’s table
23rd of 27
Uttara Phalguni scores 13.5 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 Uttara Phalguni’s table
25th of 27
Ashwini scores 13.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Uttara Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 33 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: how to check compatibility in a kundli and Venus, and what it decides about a marriage. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ashwini page and the Uttara Phalguni page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Ashwini and Uttara Phalguni to sixteen answers between 9 and 13.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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