Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Bharani and Krittika nakshatra matching
27–29 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 30–32 with Krittika as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Elephant yoni · Manushya gana | Krittika: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Sheep yoni · Rakshasa gana
Bharani as bride
27–29
of 36
Krittika as bride
30–32
of 36
Across all padas
21–30
spread of 9
Reading the eight kootas in order for Bharani and Krittika: Gana is where the largest deduction falls — Krittika: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya, so 0 of 6, with Yoni at 1–3 of 4 behind it. The remaining 6 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 27–29 one way round and 30–32 the other.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Krittika runs from Aries into Taurus after pada 1, and 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 21 to 30 of 36 depending on the padas. At 9 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Bharani and Krittika, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Bharani bride | Krittika bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Krittika: Kshatriya · Bharani: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Krittika: Chatushpada · Bharani: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Bharani: Sampat (2) · from Krittika: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Krittika: Sheep · Bharani: Elephant |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Krittika: Mars · Bharani: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Krittika: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aries and Aries — 1/1 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Krittika: Antya (Kapha) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 27–29 | 30–32 | Good |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Krittika: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Krittika: Sheep · Bharani: Elephant. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Bharani’s table and Krittika’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Krittika runs Aries 26°40′ – Taurus 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Bharani as bride first, Krittika as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 17 at the lowest and 30 at the highest.
| Bharani ↓ / Krittika → | Pada 1Aries | Pada 2Taurus | Pada 3Taurus | Pada 4Taurus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 27 / 30 | 17 / 21 | 17 / 21 | 17 / 21 |
| Pada 2Aries | 27 / 30 | 17 / 21 | 17 / 21 | 17 / 21 |
| Pada 3Aries | 27 / 30 | 17 / 21 | 17 / 21 | 17 / 21 |
| Pada 4Aries | 27 / 30 | 17 / 21 | 17 / 21 | 17 / 21 |
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
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 Krittika 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
In 12 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 Mars, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
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 Krittika is 2 and back is 27, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 2 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 — 2 with Bharani as bride, 27 with Krittika — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Krittika as the bride and not with Bharani.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Bharani is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Krittika is Mishra (mixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 30 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 2nd place in Bharani's table, 1st in Krittika's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Bharani’s table
2nd of 27
Krittika scores 30 there outright. 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 Krittika’s table
1st of 27
Bharani scores 30 there outright. Krittika’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 30 with a median of 20, so this one sits above the middle of what Krittika 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 Bharani page and the Krittika page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Bharani and Krittika to sixteen answers between 21 and 30. Two birth times pick one of them.
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