Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Bharani and Purva Ashadha nakshatra matching
16–19 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 16–19 with Purva Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Elephant yoni · Manushya gana | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Monkey yoni · Manushya gana
Bharani as bride
16–19
of 36
Purva Ashadha as bride
16–19
of 36
Across all padas
16–18
spread of 2
Of the eight kootas, 4 leave something on the table for this pair and 4 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta). The complete ones are Varna, Tara, Graha Maitri and Gana, which is 15 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
A swing of 2 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 16 at the bottom, 18 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Purva Ashadha passes the mid-point of Sagittarius after pada 1, which moves it from the Manav vashya group into Chatushpada. Since Vashya is read from the half of the sign the Moon falls in, so two guna turn on that mid-point, 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 Purva Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: here neither one differs, so the two columns agree.
| Koota | Bharani bride | Purva Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya · Bharani: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Ashadha: Manav · Bharani: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Bharani: Janma (1) · from Purva Ashadha: Janma (1) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Bharani: Elephant |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Bharani: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Bharani: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Aries — 9/5 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 16–19 | 16–19 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Aries — 9/5. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Bharani: Elephant. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Ashadha: Manav · 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 Purva Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Purva Ashadha runs Sagittarius 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 106°40′ and 133°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Bharani as bride first, Purva Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 16 at the lowest and 18 at the highest.
| Bharani ↓ / Purva Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 16 / 16 | 18 / 18 | 18 / 18 | 18 / 18 |
| Pada 2Aries | 16 / 16 | 18 / 18 | 18 / 18 | 18 / 18 |
| Pada 3Aries | 16 / 16 | 18 / 18 | 18 / 18 | 18 / 18 |
| Pada 4Aries | 16 / 16 | 18 / 18 | 18 / 18 | 18 / 18 |
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. 12 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 4 do not. 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 Purva Ashadha 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 Purva Ashadha however well everything else goes.
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 Jupiter are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
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 Purva Ashadha 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 Purva Ashadha is 19. 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: 19 from Bharani and 10 from Purva Ashadha, 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), Purva Ashadha 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: 16 of 36 puts Purva Ashadha 21st among Bharani's 27 possible partners and Bharani 21st among Purva Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Bharani’s table
21st of 27
Purva Ashadha scores 16 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 Purva Ashadha’s table
21st of 27
Bharani scores 16 there, level with 2 other partners. Purva Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9 to 31 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Bharani and Purva Ashadha rests on two arcs of the zodiac 13°20′ wide. Everything a chart is usually read for — the seventh house and its lord, Venus and Mars, Mangal dosha, the dasha each partner is running — sits outside those two arcs and outside this total, which is why below the conventional threshold is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Bharani page and the Purva Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Bharani and Purva Ashadha to sixteen answers between 16 and 18. Two birth times pick one of them.
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