Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Bharani and Mrigashira nakshatra matching

12.5–14.5 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 13.5–15.5 with Mrigashira as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Elephant yoni · Manushya gana | Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana

Bharani as bride

12.5–14.5

of 36

Mrigashira as bride

13.5–15.5

of 36

Across all padas

13.5–16

spread of 2.5

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 Mrigashira that leaves 1 of the eight at full marks — Vashya — and 7 carrying a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Graha Maitri (3 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Nadi, where Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) gives 0 of 8.

A swing of 2.5 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 13.5 at the bottom, 16 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Mrigashira runs from Taurus into Gemini 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

All eight kootas for Bharani and Mrigashira, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna differs between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Bharani with Mrigashira 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	Mrigashira bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Mrigashira: Vaishya · Bharani: Kshatriya
Vashya / 2	2	2	Mrigashira: Chatushpada · Bharani: Chatushpada
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Bharani: Kshema (4) · from Mrigashira: Vadha (7)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Mrigashira: Serpent · Bharani: Elephant
Graha Maitri / 5	3	3	Mrigashira: Venus · Bharani: Mars
Gana / 6	5	5	Mrigashira: Deva · Bharani: Manushya
Bhakoot / 7	0	0	Taurus and Aries — 2/12
Nadi / 8	0	0	Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta)
Total / 36	12.5–14.5	13.5–15.5	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Taurus and Aries — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Mrigashira: Venus · Bharani: Mars. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Bharani: Kshema (4) · from Mrigashira: Vadha (7). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
Gana, 5 of 6 — Mrigashira: Deva · Bharani: Manushya. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Mrigashira: Serpent · Bharani: Elephant. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Mrigashira: Vaishya · Bharani: Kshatriya. A deliberately one-way test on rank, failed in this direction. It is one point of thirty-six.

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

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 26°40′ and 53°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Bharani as bride first, Mrigashira as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 12.5 at the lowest and 16 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Bharani with Mrigashira across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Bharani as bride then Mrigashira as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Bharani ↓ / Mrigashira →	Pada 1Taurus	Pada 2Taurus	Pada 3Gemini	Pada 4Gemini
Pada 1Aries	12.5 / 13.5	12.5 / 13.5	15 / 16	15 / 16
Pada 2Aries	12.5 / 13.5	12.5 / 13.5	15 / 16	15 / 16
Pada 3Aries	12.5 / 13.5	12.5 / 13.5	15 / 16	15 / 16
Pada 4Aries	12.5 / 13.5	12.5 / 13.5	15 / 16	15 / 16

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the 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 Mrigashira 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 Mrigashira 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 Venus, 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

Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Bharani to Mrigashira is 4 and back is 25, counting inclusively.

Mahendra — present. 4 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 — 4 with Bharani as bride, 25 with Mrigashira — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Mrigashira as the bride and not with Bharani.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Bharani is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Mrigashira is Mridu (tender) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.

How the Pair Ranks on Each Side

The same 13.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 24th place in Bharani's table, 23rd in Mrigashira's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.

In Bharani’s table

24th of 27

Mrigashira scores 13.5 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 Mrigashira’s table

23rd of 27

Bharani scores 13.5 there outright. Mrigashira’s 27 partners run from 9 to 35 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Mrigashira 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 below the conventional threshold and the band above.

Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Bharani page and the Mrigashira page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Bharani and Mrigashira score?

12.5–14.5 of 36 with Bharani as the bride and 13.5–15.5 with Mrigashira as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 13.5 to 16, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Bharani and Mrigashira compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Bharani with Mrigashira at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Graha Maitri (3 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). It is a filter, and filters do not recommend. A koota scoring zero — here Varna, Bhakoot and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Bharani and Mrigashira?

Yes. Mrigashira runs from Taurus into Gemini after pada 2, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are read from the Moon rashi rather than from the nakshatra, so 15 of the 36 guna move with that boundary. The total ranges from 13.5 to 16 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 2.5 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Bharani and Mrigashira have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Madhya (Pitta), and a shared nadi scores 0 of 8 — the largest single deduction in Ashtakoot. The three recognised cancellations — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — do not apply to Bharani with Mrigashira, so the eight guna are genuinely lost. That leaves a ceiling of 28 for this pair however well the other seven go. Across every possible pairing, 33.3% carry Nadi dosha and 23.2% of those are cancelled.

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

On the arithmetic, Mrigashira on the bride's side scores higher — 13.5–15.5 against 12.5–14.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Bharani as bride to 1 with Mrigashira 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 grid above narrows Bharani and Mrigashira to sixteen answers between 13.5 and 16. Two birth times pick one of them.

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