Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Chitra and Jyeshtha nakshatra matching
25–28 of 36 with Chitra as bride, 24–27 with Jyeshtha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana | Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Deer yoni · Rakshasa gana
Chitra as bride
25–28
of 36
Jyeshtha as bride
24–27
of 36
Across all padas
20.5–25
spread of 4.5
Of the eight kootas, 4 leave something on the table for this pair and 4 do not. Graha Maitri is the largest at 0.5 of 5 — Jyeshtha: Mars · Chitra: Mercury. The complete ones are Varna, Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 22 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2, 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 20.5 to 25 of 36 depending on the padas. At 4.5 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Chitra with Jyeshtha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Chitra bride | Jyeshtha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Jyeshtha: Brahmin · Chitra: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Jyeshtha: Keet · Chitra: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Chitra: Pratyari (5) · from Jyeshtha: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Jyeshtha: Deer · Chitra: Tiger |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Jyeshtha: Mars · Chitra: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Jyeshtha: Rakshasa · Chitra: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Scorpio and Virgo — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) · Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 25–28 | 24–27 | Good |
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Jyeshtha: Mars · Chitra: Mercury. 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 Chitra: Pratyari (5) · from Jyeshtha: Sadhaka (6). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Jyeshtha: Deer · Chitra: Tiger. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Jyeshtha: Keet · Chitra: Manav. 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 Chitra’s table and Jyeshtha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ and Jyeshtha runs Scorpio 16°40′ – 30°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 40°00′ and 66°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Chitra as bride first, Jyeshtha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 19.5 at the lowest and 25 at the highest.
| Chitra ↓ / Jyeshtha → | Pada 1Scorpio | Pada 2Scorpio | Pada 3Scorpio | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Virgo | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 | 25 / 24 |
| Pada 3Libra | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 4Libra | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
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
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
Chitra is Madhya (Pitta) and Jyeshtha 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
In 8 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Mercury and Mars, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
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 Chitra and Jyeshtha 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 Chitra to Jyeshtha is 5. 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: 5 from Chitra and 24 from Jyeshtha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Jyeshtha as the bride and not with Chitra.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Chitra is Mridu (tender), Jyeshtha is Tikshna (sharp) — 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: 25 of 36 puts Jyeshtha 8th among Chitra's 27 possible partners and Chitra 5th among Jyeshtha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Chitra’s table
8th of 27
Jyeshtha scores 25 there, level with 1 other partner. Chitra’s 27 partners run from 7 to 29 with a median of 20, so this one sits above the middle of what Chitra can reach — all 27 rows.
In Jyeshtha’s table
5th of 27
Chitra scores 25 there, level with 1 other partner. Jyeshtha’s 27 partners run from 4 to 31 with a median of 19, so this one sits above the middle of what Jyeshtha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Chitra and Jyeshtha 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 good 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 Chitra page and the Jyeshtha page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Chitra and Jyeshtha to sixteen answers between 20.5 and 25. Two birth times pick one of them.
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