Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Bharani and Ashlesha nakshatra matching
22.5–25.5 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 24.5–27.5 with Ashlesha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Elephant yoni · Manushya gana | Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana
Bharani as bride
22.5–25.5
of 36
Ashlesha as bride
24.5–27.5
of 36
Across all padas
24.5
one answer
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 Bharani with Ashlesha that leaves 3 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Bhakoot and Nadi — and 5 carrying a deduction: Gana (0 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Graha Maitri (4 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). The heaviest of them is Gana, where Ashlesha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya gives 0 of 6.
Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Bharani and Ashlesha 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
All eight kootas for Bharani and Ashlesha, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Bharani bride | Ashlesha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Ashlesha: Brahmin · Bharani: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Ashlesha: Jalachar · Bharani: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Bharani: Mitra (8) · from Ashlesha: Vipat (3) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Ashlesha: Cat · Bharani: Elephant |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Ashlesha: Moon · Bharani: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Ashlesha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Cancer and Aries — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 22.5–25.5 | 24.5–27.5 | Acceptable |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Ashlesha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Bharani: Mitra (8) · from Ashlesha: Vipat (3). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Ashlesha: Moon · Bharani: Mars. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Ashlesha: Cat · Bharani: Elephant. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Ashlesha: Jalachar · Bharani: 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 Bharani’s table and Ashlesha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°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: Bharani as bride first, Ashlesha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Bharani ↓ / Ashlesha → | Pada 1Cancer | Pada 2Cancer | Pada 3Cancer | Pada 4Cancer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 22.5 / 24.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 |
| Pada 2Aries | 22.5 / 24.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 |
| Pada 3Aries | 22.5 / 24.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 |
| Pada 4Aries | 22.5 / 24.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 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
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
Bharani is Madhya (Pitta) and Ashlesha 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
Cancer and Aries — 4/10 — 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: Bharani to Ashlesha is 8 and back is 21, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 8 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 — 8 with Bharani as bride, 21 with Ashlesha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Ashlesha as the bride and not with Bharani.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Bharani is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Ashlesha is Tikshna (sharp) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 24.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 8th place in Bharani's table, 5th in Ashlesha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Bharani’s table
8th of 27
Ashlesha scores 24.5 there, level with 2 other partners. Bharani’s 27 partners run from 7 to 32 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Bharani can reach — all 27 rows.
In Ashlesha’s table
5th of 27
Bharani scores 24.5 there outright. Ashlesha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 18, so this one sits above the middle of what Ashlesha 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 Bharani 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 acceptable and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers and the guide to all 27 birth stars. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Bharani page and the Ashlesha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Bharani and Ashlesha score?
Are Bharani and Ashlesha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Bharani and Ashlesha?
Do Bharani and Ashlesha have Bhakoot dosha?
Is it better for Bharani to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Bharani and Ashlesha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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