Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Bharani and Shatabhisha nakshatra matching
18–21 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 22–25 with Shatabhisha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Elephant yoni · Manushya gana | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana
Bharani as bride
18–21
of 36
Shatabhisha as bride
22–25
of 36
Across all padas
22
one answer
Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Gana is the largest at 0 of 6 — Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya. The complete ones are Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 15 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Bharani and Shatabhisha 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
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Bharani with Shatabhisha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Bharani bride | Shatabhisha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Shudra · Bharani: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Shatabhisha: Manav · Bharani: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Bharani: Pratyari (5) · from Shatabhisha: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shatabhisha: Horse · Bharani: Elephant |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Shatabhisha: Saturn · Bharani: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Aries — 11/3 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 18–21 | 22–25 | Acceptable |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Shatabhisha: Saturn · Bharani: Mars. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Bharani: Pratyari (5) · from Shatabhisha: Sadhaka (6). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shatabhisha: Horse · Bharani: Elephant. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shatabhisha: Manav · Bharani: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shatabhisha: Shudra · Bharani: Kshatriya. The groom's rank has to reach the bride's and does not. One guna, and no tradition treats it as disqualifying.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Bharani’s table and Shatabhisha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Shatabhisha runs Aquarius 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 53°20′ and 80°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Bharani as bride first, Shatabhisha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Bharani ↓ / Shatabhisha → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 18 / 22 | 18 / 22 | 18 / 22 | 18 / 22 |
| Pada 2Aries | 18 / 22 | 18 / 22 | 18 / 22 | 18 / 22 |
| Pada 3Aries | 18 / 22 | 18 / 22 | 18 / 22 | 18 / 22 |
| Pada 4Aries | 18 / 22 | 18 / 22 | 18 / 22 | 18 / 22 |
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
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 Shatabhisha is Adi (Vata). 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Aquarius and Aries — 11/3 — 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. 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 Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha is 23. 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: 23 from Bharani and 6 from Shatabhisha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Bharani as the bride and not with Shatabhisha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Bharani is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Shatabhisha is Chara (movable) — 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: 22 of 36 puts Shatabhisha 15th among Bharani's 27 possible partners and Bharani 11th among Shatabhisha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Bharani’s table
15th of 27
Shatabhisha scores 22 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 Shatabhisha’s table
11th of 27
Bharani scores 22 there, level with 1 other partner. Shatabhisha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Shatabhisha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Bharani and Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Bharani and Shatabhisha score?
Are Bharani and Shatabhisha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Bharani and Shatabhisha?
Do Bharani and Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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