Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Chitra and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
19.5–21.5 of 36 with Chitra as bride, 17.5–19.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Chitra as bride
19.5–21.5
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
17.5–19.5
of 36
Across all padas
15–22
spread of 7
Reading the eight kootas in order for Chitra and Purva Bhadrapada: Bhakoot is where the largest deduction falls — Aquarius and Virgo — 6/8, so 0 of 7, with Gana at 3 of 6, Tara at 1.5 of 3, Graha Maitri at 4 of 5, Yoni at 1–3 of 4 and Varna at 0 of 1 behind it. The remaining 2 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 19.5–21.5 one way round and 17.5–19.5 the other.
The pada decides part of this one. Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2 and Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces 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 15 and 22, a swing of 7 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Chitra and Purva Bhadrapada, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Chitra bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Chitra: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Chitra: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Chitra: Vipat (3) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Chitra: Tiger |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Chitra: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Chitra: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Aquarius and Virgo — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 19.5–21.5 | 17.5–19.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Virgo — 6/8. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Chitra: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Chitra: Vipat (3) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Mitra (8). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Chitra: Mercury. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Chitra: Tiger. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Chitra: Vaishya. A deliberately one-way test on rank, failed in this direction. It is one point of thirty-six.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Chitra’s table and Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ and Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Chitra as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 11 at the lowest and 22 at the highest.
| Chitra ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Virgo | 19.5 / 17.5 | 19.5 / 17.5 | 19.5 / 17.5 | 22 / 18 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 19.5 / 17.5 | 19.5 / 17.5 | 19.5 / 17.5 | 22 / 18 |
| Pada 3Libra | 21.5 / 18.5 | 21.5 / 18.5 | 21.5 / 18.5 | 15 / 11 |
| Pada 4Libra | 21.5 / 18.5 | 21.5 / 18.5 | 21.5 / 18.5 | 15 / 11 |
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. 14 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 2 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
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 Chitra and Purva Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Chitra is Madhya (Pitta) and Purva Bhadrapada 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 — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In 14 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 6 of those 14 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. The doshas Ashtakoot does not test for are a separate question — Mangal dosha among them.
Two Tests Outside the 36
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Chitra to Purva Bhadrapada is 12 and back is 17, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 12 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 — 12 with Chitra as bride, 17 with Purva Bhadrapada — 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), Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 19.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 15th place in Chitra's table, 17th in Purva Bhadrapada's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Chitra’s table
15th of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 19.5 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s table
17th of 27
Chitra scores 19.5 there outright. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: kundli matching for marriage, end to end and the 36 guna taken one koota at a time. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Chitra page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Chitra and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 15 and 22. Two birth times pick one of them.
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