Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Bharani and Pushya nakshatra matching

19.5–22.5 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 18.5–21.5 with Pushya as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Elephant yoni · Manushya gana | Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Sheep yoni · Deva gana

Bharani as bride

19.5–22.5

of 36

Pushya as bride

18.5–21.5

of 36

Across all padas

19.5

one answer

Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta). The complete ones are Varna and Bhakoot, which is 8 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.

The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Bharani with Pushya is one of them: every one of the sixteen cells in the grid below repeats the same total, so knowing the two birth stars is knowing the score.

Koota by Koota

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

Ashtakoot koota scores for Bharani with Pushya 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	Pushya bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Pushya: Brahmin · Bharani: Kshatriya
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Pushya: Jalachar · Bharani: Chatushpada
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Bharani: Vadha (7) · from Pushya: Kshema (4)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Pushya: Sheep · Bharani: Elephant
Graha Maitri / 5	4	4	Pushya: Moon · Bharani: Mars
Gana / 6	5	5	Pushya: Deva · Bharani: Manushya
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Cancer and Aries — 4/10
Nadi / 8	0	0	Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta)
Total / 36	19.5–22.5	18.5–21.5	Acceptable

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Bharani: Vadha (7) · from Pushya: Kshema (4). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Gana, 5 of 6 — Pushya: Deva · Bharani: Manushya. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Pushya: Moon · Bharani: Mars. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Pushya: Sheep · Bharani: Elephant. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Pushya: Jalachar · 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 Pushya’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Pushya runs Cancer 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Bharani as bride first, Pushya 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 Pushya across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Bharani as bride then Pushya as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Bharani ↓ / Pushya →	Pada 1Cancer	Pada 2Cancer	Pada 3Cancer	Pada 4Cancer
Pada 1Aries	19.5 / 18.5	19.5 / 18.5	19.5 / 18.5	19.5 / 18.5
Pada 2Aries	19.5 / 18.5	19.5 / 18.5	19.5 / 18.5	19.5 / 18.5
Pada 3Aries	19.5 / 18.5	19.5 / 18.5	19.5 / 18.5	19.5 / 18.5
Pada 4Aries	19.5 / 18.5	19.5 / 18.5	19.5 / 18.5	19.5 / 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

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 Pushya 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 Pushya however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

Cancer and Aries — 4/10 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.

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 Pushya 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 Pushya is 7. 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: 7 from Bharani and 22 from Pushya, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Pushya as the bride and not with Bharani.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Bharani is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Pushya is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light) — 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: 19.5 of 36 puts Pushya 18th among Bharani's 27 possible partners and Bharani 14th among Pushya's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Bharani’s table

18th of 27

Pushya scores 19.5 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 Pushya’s table

14th of 27

Bharani scores 19.5 there outright. Pushya’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 28.5 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Pushya can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

The whole of Ashtakoot for Bharani and Pushya 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 acceptable is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.

Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Bharani page and the Pushya page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Bharani and Pushya score?

19.5–22.5 of 36 with Bharani as the bride and 18.5–21.5 with Pushya 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 Pushya compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Bharani with Pushya at acceptable. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Graha Maitri (4 of 5), 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 Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Bharani and Pushya?

No. Every one of the sixteen pada combinations returns the same total for Bharani and Pushya. 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 Pushya 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 Pushya, 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, Bharani on the bride's side scores higher — 19.5–22.5 against 18.5–21.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 1 with Bharani as bride to 0 with Pushya 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 Pushya, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.

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