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Bharani and Jyeshtha nakshatra matching

16.5–19.5 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 18.5–21.5 with Jyeshtha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Elephant yoni · Manushya gana | Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Deer yoni · Rakshasa gana

Bharani as bride

16.5–19.5

of 36

Jyeshtha as bride

18.5–21.5

of 36

Across all padas

18.5

one answer

Bharani and Jyeshtha come to 16.5–19.5 of 36 with Bharani on the bride's side and 18.5–21.5 with Jyeshtha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Graha Maitri and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.

Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Bharani and Jyeshtha 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

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Bharani with Jyeshtha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Bharani with Jyeshtha at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Bharani bride	Jyeshtha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Jyeshtha: Brahmin · Bharani: Kshatriya
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Jyeshtha: Keet · Bharani: Chatushpada
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Bharani: Mitra (8) · from Jyeshtha: Vipat (3)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Jyeshtha: Deer · Bharani: Elephant
Graha Maitri / 5	5	5	Jyeshtha: Mars · Bharani: Mars
Gana / 6	0	3	Jyeshtha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya
Bhakoot / 7	0	0	Scorpio and Aries — 8/6
Nadi / 8	8	8	Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta)
Total / 36	16.5–19.5	18.5–21.5	Acceptable

Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Scorpio and Aries — 8/6. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
Gana, 0 of 6 — Jyeshtha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Bharani: Mitra (8) · from Jyeshtha: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Jyeshtha: Deer · Bharani: Elephant. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Jyeshtha: Keet · Bharani: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.

Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Bharani’s table and Jyeshtha’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Jyeshtha runs Scorpio 16°40′ – 30°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: Bharani as bride first, Jyeshtha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Bharani with Jyeshtha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Bharani as bride then Jyeshtha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Bharani ↓ / Jyeshtha →	Pada 1Scorpio	Pada 2Scorpio	Pada 3Scorpio	Pada 4Scorpio
Pada 1Aries	16.5 / 18.5	16.5 / 18.5	16.5 / 18.5	16.5 / 18.5
Pada 2Aries	16.5 / 18.5	16.5 / 18.5	16.5 / 18.5	16.5 / 18.5
Pada 3Aries	16.5 / 18.5	16.5 / 18.5	16.5 / 18.5	16.5 / 18.5
Pada 4Aries	16.5 / 18.5	16.5 / 18.5	16.5 / 18.5	16.5 / 18.5

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 Jyeshtha is Adi (Vata). 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 every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers all of them: both signs answer to Mars.

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 Bharani and Jyeshtha 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 Bharani to Jyeshtha is 17. 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: 17 from Bharani and 12 from Jyeshtha, 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), Jyeshtha is Tikshna (sharp) — 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: 18.5 of 36 puts Jyeshtha 19th among Bharani's 27 possible partners and Bharani 15th among Jyeshtha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Bharani’s table

19th of 27

Jyeshtha scores 18.5 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 Jyeshtha’s table

15th of 27

Bharani scores 18.5 there, level with 2 other partners. Jyeshtha’s 27 partners run from 4 to 31 with a median of 19, so this one sits below the middle of what Jyeshtha 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 Jyeshtha 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: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Bharani page and the Jyeshtha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Bharani and Jyeshtha score?

16.5–19.5 of 36 with Bharani as the bride and 18.5–21.5 with Jyeshtha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The padas do not change it — all sixteen combinations give the same answer, which makes this one of the 146 pairs of 351 where the two birth stars settle the score outright. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Bharani and Jyeshtha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Bharani with Jyeshtha at acceptable. The guna are lost on Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Gana and Bhakoot — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Bharani and Jyeshtha?

No. Every one of the sixteen pada combinations returns the same total for Bharani and Jyeshtha. Neither star crosses a boundary between its padas, so all four sit in one rashi and one half of it, and no koota can move. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way.

Do Bharani and Jyeshtha have Bhakoot dosha?

Yes, in every pada combination: Scorpio and Aries — 8/6 puts the signs at a forbidden distance, which costs all seven guna. The commonly cited cancellation does apply — both signs are ruled by Mars — and 108 of the 252 affected pairs are cancelled this way. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.

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

On the arithmetic, Jyeshtha on the bride's side scores higher — 18.5–21.5 against 16.5–19.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 1 with Bharani as bride to 0 with Jyeshtha as bride and Gana goes from 0 with Bharani as bride to 3 with Jyeshtha 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 score is settled for Bharani and Jyeshtha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.

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