Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Bharani and Magha nakshatra matching
18–21 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 21–24 with Magha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Elephant yoni · Manushya gana | Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana
Bharani as bride
18–21
of 36
Magha as bride
21–24
of 36
Across all padas
21
one answer
Bharani and Magha come to 18–21 of 36 with Bharani on the bride's side and 21–24 with Magha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Tara, Graha Maitri and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), 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.
All sixteen combinations give the same answer. Neither star crosses a boundary of any kind between its padas, so the totals below are the whole result and the birth times only need to be accurate enough to fix the nakshatra. This pair is one of the 120 of 351 where that is true.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Bharani with Magha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Bharani bride | Magha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Magha: Kshatriya · Bharani: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Magha: Vanachar · Bharani: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Bharani: Ati-Mitra (9) · from Magha: Sampat (2) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Magha: Rat · Bharani: Elephant |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Magha: Sun · Bharani: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Magha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Leo and Aries — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Magha: Antya (Kapha) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 18–21 | 21–24 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Leo and Aries — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Magha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Magha: Rat · Bharani: Elephant. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Magha: Vanachar · 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 Magha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 93°20′ and 120°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Bharani as bride first, Magha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Bharani ↓ / Magha → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Leo | Pada 3Leo | Pada 4Leo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 |
| Pada 2Aries | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 |
| Pada 3Aries | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 |
| Pada 4Aries | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 |
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
Fifteen of the 36 guna sit in these two, and both are all-or-nothing. Their cancellations are stated specifically enough to be checked for Bharani and Magha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Bharani is Madhya (Pitta) and Magha 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 — 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: Mars and Sun are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
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 Magha 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 Magha is 9. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. This one is directional in earnest: 9 from Bharani and 20 from Magha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Magha as the bride and not with Bharani.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Bharani is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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: 21 of 36 puts Magha 16th among Bharani's 27 possible partners and Bharani 11th among Magha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Bharani’s table
16th of 27
Magha scores 21 there, level with 1 other partner. 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 Magha’s table
11th of 27
Bharani scores 21 there, level with 1 other partner. Magha’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 33 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Magha 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 Magha 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 Magha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Bharani and Magha score?
Are Bharani and Magha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Bharani and Magha?
Do Bharani and Magha 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 Magha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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