Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Bharani and Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
14.5–17.5 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 13.5–16.5 with Uttara Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Elephant yoni · Manushya gana | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Bharani as bride
14.5–17.5
of 36
Uttara Bhadrapada as bride
13.5–16.5
of 36
Across all padas
14.5
one answer
Bharani and Uttara Bhadrapada come to 14.5–17.5 of 36 with Bharani on the bride's side and 13.5–16.5 with Uttara Bhadrapada on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Graha Maitri and Gana score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Bharani with Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Bharani bride | Uttara Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Brahmin · Bharani: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Bharani: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Bharani: Vadha (7) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Kshema (4) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Bharani: Elephant |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Bharani: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Bharani: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Pisces and Aries — 12/2 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 14.5–17.5 | 13.5–16.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Pisces and Aries — 12/2. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Bharani: Vadha (7) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Kshema (4). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Bharani: Elephant. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Bhadrapada: 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 Uttara Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Uttara Bhadrapada runs Pisces 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 26°40′ and 53°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Bharani as bride first, Uttara Bhadrapada as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Bharani ↓ / Uttara Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 2Aries | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 3Aries | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 4Aries | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada is 25. 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: 25 from Bharani and 4 from Uttara Bhadrapada, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Bharani as the bride and not with Uttara Bhadrapada.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Bharani is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Uttara Bhadrapada is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 14.5 of 36 puts Uttara Bhadrapada 23rd among Bharani's 27 possible partners and Bharani 25th among Uttara Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Bharani’s table
23rd of 27
Uttara Bhadrapada scores 14.5 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 Uttara Bhadrapada’s table
25th of 27
Bharani scores 14.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Uttara Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Bharani page and the Uttara Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Bharani and Uttara Bhadrapada score?
Are Bharani and Uttara Bhadrapada compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Bharani and Uttara Bhadrapada?
Do Bharani and Uttara Bhadrapada have Nadi 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 Uttara Bhadrapada, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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