Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Bharani and Shravana nakshatra matching

25–27 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 26–28 with Shravana as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

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

Bharani as bride

25–27

of 36

Shravana as bride

26–28

of 36

Across all padas

24–26

spread of 2

Bharani and Shravana come to 25–27 of 36 with Bharani on the bride's side and 26–28 with Shravana on it. What sits behind those two figures: Vashya, Bhakoot and Nadi score in full, while Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Graha Maitri on its own accounts for 4.5 of the guna that go missing.

The pada decides part of this one. Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar, and Vashya is read from the half of the sign the Moon falls in, so two guna turn on that mid-point. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 24 and 26, a swing of 2 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.

Koota by Koota

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Bharani with Shravana. 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 Shravana 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	Shravana bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Shravana: Vaishya · Bharani: Kshatriya
Vashya / 2	2	2	Shravana: Chatushpada · Bharani: Chatushpada
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Bharani: Vipat (3) · from Shravana: Mitra (8)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Shravana: Monkey · Bharani: Elephant
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Shravana: Saturn · Bharani: Mars
Gana / 6	5	5	Shravana: Deva · Bharani: Manushya
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Capricorn and Aries — 10/4
Nadi / 8	8	8	Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta)
Total / 36	25–27	26–28	Good

Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Shravana: 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: Vipat (3) · from Shravana: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Gana, 5 of 6 — Shravana: Deva · Bharani: Manushya. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shravana: Monkey · Bharani: Elephant. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Shravana: Vaishya · 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 Shravana’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 80°00′ and 106°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Bharani as bride first, Shravana as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 23 at the lowest and 26 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Bharani with Shravana across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Bharani as bride then Shravana as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Bharani ↓ / Shravana →	Pada 1Capricorn	Pada 2Capricorn	Pada 3Capricorn	Pada 4Capricorn
Pada 1Aries	25 / 26	25 / 26	23 / 24	23 / 24
Pada 2Aries	25 / 26	25 / 26	23 / 24	23 / 24
Pada 3Aries	25 / 26	25 / 26	23 / 24	23 / 24
Pada 4Aries	25 / 26	25 / 26	23 / 24	23 / 24

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. 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

Fifteen of the 36 guna sit in these two, and both are all-or-nothing. Their cancellations are stated specifically enough to be checked for Bharani and Shravana rather than guessed at.

Nadi Koota — 8 of 8

Bharani is Madhya (Pitta) and Shravana 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1

Capricorn and Aries — 10/4 — 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 Shravana 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 Shravana is 21. 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: 21 from Bharani and 8 from Shravana, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Bharani as the bride and not with Shravana.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Bharani is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Shravana 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: 26 of 36 puts Shravana 5th among Bharani's 27 possible partners and Bharani 4th among Shravana's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Bharani’s table

5th of 27

Shravana scores 26 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 above the middle of what Bharani can reach — all 27 rows.

In Shravana’s table

4th of 27

Bharani scores 26 there, level with 2 other partners. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Shravana can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Bharani and Shravana or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.

Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: Venus, and what it decides about a marriage and the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Bharani page and the Shravana page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Bharani and Shravana score?

25–27 of 36 with Bharani as the bride and 26–28 with Shravana as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 24 to 26, 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 Shravana compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Bharani with Shravana at good. The guna are lost on Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Varna — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Bharani and Shravana?

Yes. Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar, and Vashya is read from which half of the sign the Moon occupies, so two guna move with that mid-point. The total ranges from 24 to 26 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 2 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 Shravana have Bhakoot dosha?

No. The two Moon signs never fall at one of the three forbidden distances — 6/8 Shadashtaka, 5/9 Navapanchaka or 2/12 Dwirdwadasha — in any of the sixteen pada combinations, so Bhakoot scores its full seven throughout. 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, Shravana on the bride's side scores higher — 26–28 against 25–27. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Bharani as bride to 1 with Shravana 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 Shravana to sixteen answers between 24 and 26. Two birth times pick one of them.

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