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Bharani and Revati nakshatra matching

24.5–25.5 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 23.5–24.5 with Revati as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Elephant yoni · Manushya gana  | Revati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Elephant yoni · Deva gana

Bharani as bride

24.5–25.5

of 36

Revati as bride

23.5–24.5

of 36

Across all padas

24.5

one answer

Reading the eight kootas in order for Bharani and Revati: Bhakoot is where the largest deduction falls — Pisces and Aries — 12/2, so 0 of 7, with Tara at 1.5 of 3, Gana at 5 of 6 and Vashya at 0–1 of 2 behind it. The remaining 4 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 24.5–25.5 one way round and 23.5–24.5 the other.

Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Bharani and Revati the padas change nothing. Sixteen combinations, one answer. The exact minute of birth still decides plenty in a chart — it just does not decide this.

Koota by Koota

All eight kootas for Bharani and Revati, 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 Revati at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
KootaBharani brideRevati brideWhat it reads
Varna / 110Revati: Brahmin · Bharani: Kshatriya
Vashya / 20–10–1Revati: Jalachar · Bharani: Chatushpada
Tara / 31.51.5Counting from Bharani: Mitra (8) · from Revati: Vipat (3)
Yoni / 444Revati: Elephant · Bharani: Elephant
Graha Maitri / 555Revati: Jupiter · Bharani: Mars
Gana / 655Revati: Deva · Bharani: Manushya
Bhakoot / 700Pisces and Aries — 12/2
Nadi / 888Revati: Antya (Kapha) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta)
Total / 3624.5–25.523.5–24.5Acceptable
  • Bhakoot, 0 of 7Pisces and Aries — 12/2. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
  • Tara, 1.5 of 3Counting from Bharani: Mitra (8) · from Revati: Vipat (3). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
  • Gana, 5 of 6Revati: Deva · Bharani: Manushya. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
  • Vashya, 0–1 of 2Revati: Jalachar · Bharani: Chatushpada. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.

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

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Revati runs Pisces 16°40′ – 30°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 13°20′ and 40°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Bharani as bride first, Revati 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 Revati across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Bharani as bride then Revati as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Bharani ↓ / RevatiPada 1PiscesPada 2PiscesPada 3PiscesPada 4Pisces
Pada 1Aries24.5 / 23.524.5 / 23.524.5 / 23.524.5 / 23.5
Pada 2Aries24.5 / 23.524.5 / 23.524.5 / 23.524.5 / 23.5
Pada 3Aries24.5 / 23.524.5 / 23.524.5 / 23.524.5 / 23.5
Pada 4Aries24.5 / 23.524.5 / 23.524.5 / 23.524.5 / 23.5

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 1 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 Revati 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 Jupiter 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

Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Bharani to Revati is 26 and back is 3, counting inclusively.

  • Mahendra — absent. 26 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 — 26 with Bharani as bride, 3 with Revati — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Bharani as the bride and not with Revati.

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

How the Pair Ranks on Each Side

The same 24.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 8th place in Bharani's table, 9th in Revati's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.

In Bharani’s table

8th of 27

Revati scores 24.5 there, level with 2 other partners. 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 Revati’s table

9th of 27

Bharani scores 24.5 there outright. Revati’s 27 partners run from 5 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Revati 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 Revati page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Bharani and Revati score?
24.5–25.5 of 36 with Bharani as the bride and 23.5–24.5 with Revati 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 1 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 Revati compatible?
On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Bharani with Revati at acceptable. The guna are lost on Bhakoot (0 of 7), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). It is a filter, and filters do not recommend. A koota scoring zero — here Bhakoot — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.
Does the pada change the result for Bharani and Revati?
No. Every one of the sixteen pada combinations returns the same total for Bharani and Revati. 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 Revati have Bhakoot dosha?
Yes, in every pada combination: Pisces and Aries — 12/2 puts the signs at a forbidden distance, which costs all seven guna. The commonly cited cancellation does apply — the two sign lords, Mars and Jupiter, are mutual friends — and 108 of the 252 affected pairs are cancelled this way. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.
Is it better for Bharani to be the bride or the groom?
On the arithmetic, Bharani on the bride's side scores higher — 24.5–25.5 against 23.5–24.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 1 with Bharani as bride to 0 with Revati 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 Revati, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.

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