Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Chitra and Dhanishta nakshatra matching
15–18 of 36 with Chitra as bride, 15–18 with Dhanishta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana
Chitra as bride
15–18
of 36
Dhanishta as bride
15–18
of 36
Across all padas
15–23
spread of 8
Four of the eight kootas — Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi — are settled by the two birth stars alone, before anyone asks about a pada; the other four are read from the Moon rashi, which a pada can move. For Chitra with Dhanishta that leaves 3 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Tara and Gana — and 5 carrying a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Graha Maitri (4 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). The heaviest of them is Nadi, where Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) gives 0 of 8.
A swing of 8 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 15 at the bottom, 23 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2 and Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius after pada 2. Since 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, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Chitra and Dhanishta, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: here neither one differs, so the two columns agree.
| Koota | Chitra bride | Dhanishta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Dhanishta: Vaishya · Chitra: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Dhanishta: Jalachar · Chitra: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Chitra: Janma (1) · from Dhanishta: Janma (1) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Dhanishta: Lion · Chitra: Tiger |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Dhanishta: Saturn · Chitra: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Chitra: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Virgo — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 15–18 | 15–18 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Chitra: Madhya (Pitta). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Virgo — 5/9. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Dhanishta: Saturn · Chitra: Mercury. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Dhanishta: Lion · Chitra: Tiger. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Dhanishta: Jalachar · Chitra: Manav. 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 Chitra’s table and Dhanishta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ and Dhanishta runs Capricorn 23°20′ – Aquarius 6°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 106°40′ and 133°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Chitra as bride first, Dhanishta as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 15 at the lowest and 23 at the highest.
| Chitra ↓ / Dhanishta → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Virgo | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 | 16 / 17 | 16 / 17 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 | 16 / 17 | 16 / 17 |
| Pada 3Libra | 23 / 22 | 23 / 22 | 18 / 18 | 18 / 18 |
| Pada 4Libra | 23 / 22 | 23 / 22 | 18 / 18 | 18 / 18 |
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. 8 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 8 do not. 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
Chitra and Dhanishta 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 Chitra with Dhanishta however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In 12 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 4 of those 12 cells carry the cancellation and the rest do not, so the pada decides not just the score but whether the relief clause is available.
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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Chitra to Dhanishta is 10 and back is 19, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 10 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 both ways. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 10 with Chitra as bride, 19 with Dhanishta — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Chitra is Mridu (tender), Dhanishta is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 15 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 20th place in Chitra's table, 20th in Dhanishta's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Chitra’s table
20th of 27
Dhanishta scores 15 there outright. Chitra’s 27 partners run from 7 to 29 with a median of 20, so this one sits below the middle of what Chitra can reach — all 27 rows.
In Dhanishta’s table
20th of 27
Chitra scores 15 there outright. Dhanishta’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 29.5 with a median of 19, so this one sits below the middle of what Dhanishta can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
One number cannot carry a marriage. Ashtakoot reads a single point from each chart — the Moon — so two people born hours apart with the Moon in Chitra score identically here whatever else their charts do. The seventh house and its lord, Venus, Mars and Mangal dosha, and the dasha each partner is running are all outside it, and any of them can matter more than the difference between below the conventional threshold and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Chitra page and the Dhanishta page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Chitra and Dhanishta score?
Are Chitra and Dhanishta compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Chitra and Dhanishta?
Do Chitra and Dhanishta have Nadi dosha?
Is it better for Chitra to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Chitra and Dhanishta to sixteen answers between 15 and 23. Two birth times pick one of them.
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