Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Bharani and Chitra nakshatra matching
3–6 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 7–10 with Chitra as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Elephant yoni · Manushya gana | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana
Bharani as bride
3–6
of 36
Chitra as bride
7–10
of 36
Across all padas
7–16.5
spread of 9.5
Bharani and Chitra come to 3–6 of 36 with Bharani on the bride's side and 7–10 with Chitra on it. What sits behind those two figures: nothing scores in full. All eight kootas take a deduction — Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1) — and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.
A swing of 9.5 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 7 at the bottom, 16.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2. 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 Bharani with Chitra. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Bharani bride | Chitra bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Chitra: Vaishya · Bharani: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Chitra: Manav · Bharani: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Bharani: Kshema (4) · from Chitra: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Chitra: Tiger · Bharani: Elephant |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Chitra: Mercury · Bharani: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Chitra: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Virgo and Aries — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 3–6 | 7–10 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Virgo and Aries — 6/8. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Chitra: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Chitra: Mercury · Bharani: 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 Bharani: Kshema (4) · from Chitra: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Chitra: Tiger · Bharani: Elephant. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Chitra: Manav · Bharani: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Chitra: Vaishya · Bharani: 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 Bharani’s table and Chitra’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 146°40′ and 173°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Bharani as bride first, Chitra as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 3 at the lowest and 16.5 at the highest.
| Bharani ↓ / Chitra → | Pada 1Virgo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Libra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 3 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 12.5 / 16.5 | 12.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 2Aries | 3 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 12.5 / 16.5 | 12.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 3Aries | 3 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 12.5 / 16.5 | 12.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 4Aries | 3 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 12.5 / 16.5 | 12.5 / 16.5 |
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
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
Bharani and Chitra are both Madhya (Pitta), 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 Bharani with Chitra however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In 8 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Mars and Mercury, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
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 Bharani and Chitra 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 Bharani to Chitra is 13. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. This one is directional in earnest: 13 from Bharani and 16 from Chitra, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Bharani is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Chitra is Mridu (tender) — 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: 7 of 36 puts Chitra 27th among Bharani's 27 possible partners and Bharani 27th among Chitra's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Bharani’s table
27th of 27
Chitra scores 7 there outright. Bharani’s 27 partners run from 7 to 32 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Bharani can reach — all 27 rows.
In Chitra’s table
27th of 27
Bharani scores 7 there outright. Chitra’s 27 partners run from 7 to 29 with a median of 20, so this one sits below the middle of what Chitra can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Bharani and Chitra or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: Venus, and what it decides about a marriage and the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Bharani page and the Chitra page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Bharani and Chitra to sixteen answers between 7 and 16.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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