Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Bharani and Vishakha nakshatra matching
20.5–23.5 of 36 with Bharani as bride, 24.5–27.5 with Vishakha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Elephant yoni · Manushya gana | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana
Bharani as bride
20.5–23.5
of 36
Vishakha as bride
24.5–27.5
of 36
Across all padas
18.5–24.5
spread of 6
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 — Vishakha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya. The complete ones are Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 15 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada decides part of this one. Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio after pada 3, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are all read from the Moon rashi rather than from the star, which puts 15 of the 36 guna on that boundary. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 18.5 and 24.5, a swing of 6 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 Vishakha. 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 | Vishakha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Vishakha: Shudra · Bharani: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Vishakha: Manav · Bharani: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Bharani: Sadhaka (6) · from Vishakha: Pratyari (5) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Vishakha: Tiger · Bharani: Elephant |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Vishakha: Venus · Bharani: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Vishakha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Libra and Aries — 7/7 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Bharani: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 20.5–23.5 | 24.5–27.5 | Acceptable |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Vishakha: Rakshasa · Bharani: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Vishakha: Venus · 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: Sadhaka (6) · from Vishakha: Pratyari (5). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Vishakha: Tiger · Bharani: Elephant. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Vishakha: Manav · Bharani: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Vishakha: 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 Vishakha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Bharani runs Aries 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 160°00′ and 180°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Bharani as bride first, Vishakha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 16.5 at the lowest and 24.5 at the highest.
| Bharani ↓ / Vishakha → | Pada 1Libra | Pada 2Libra | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 20.5 / 24.5 | 20.5 / 24.5 | 20.5 / 24.5 | 16.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 2Aries | 20.5 / 24.5 | 20.5 / 24.5 | 20.5 / 24.5 | 16.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 3Aries | 20.5 / 24.5 | 20.5 / 24.5 | 20.5 / 24.5 | 16.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 4Aries | 20.5 / 24.5 | 20.5 / 24.5 | 20.5 / 24.5 | 16.5 / 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
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 Vishakha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Bharani is Madhya (Pitta) and Vishakha 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
In 4 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers each of those cells: Mars and Venus 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
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Bharani and Vishakha 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 Vishakha is 15. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. This one is directional in earnest: 15 from Bharani and 14 from Vishakha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Bharani is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Vishakha is Mishra (mixed) — 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: 24.5 of 36 puts Vishakha 8th among Bharani's 27 possible partners and Bharani 6th among Vishakha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Bharani’s table
8th of 27
Vishakha 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 Vishakha’s table
6th of 27
Bharani scores 24.5 there outright. Vishakha’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29.5 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Vishakha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Bharani and Vishakha 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 Vishakha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Bharani and Vishakha to sixteen answers between 18.5 and 24.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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