Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Chitra and Shatabhisha nakshatra matching
24–26 of 36 with Chitra as bride, 25–27 with Shatabhisha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana
Chitra as bride
24–26
of 36
Shatabhisha as bride
25–27
of 36
Across all padas
25–26
spread of 1
Chitra and Shatabhisha come to 24–26 of 36 with Chitra on the bride's side and 25–27 with Shatabhisha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Vashya, Tara, Gana and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Graha Maitri (4 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
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 25 to 26 of 36 depending on the padas. At 1 guna the swing sits below 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 Shatabhisha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Chitra bride | Shatabhisha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Shudra · Chitra: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Shatabhisha: Manav · Chitra: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Chitra: Sampat (2) · from Shatabhisha: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shatabhisha: Horse · Chitra: Tiger |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Shatabhisha: Saturn · Chitra: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Chitra: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Aquarius and Virgo — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 24–26 | 25–27 | Good |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Virgo — 6/8. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Shatabhisha: Saturn · Chitra: Mercury. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shatabhisha: Horse · Chitra: Tiger. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shatabhisha: Shudra · Chitra: Vaishya. 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 Chitra’s table and Shatabhisha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ and Shatabhisha runs Aquarius 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 120°00′ and 146°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Chitra as bride first, Shatabhisha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 24 at the lowest and 26 at the highest.
| Chitra ↓ / Shatabhisha → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Virgo | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 |
| Pada 3Libra | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 |
| Pada 4Libra | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 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 Shatabhisha 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 every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 8 of those 16 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
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Chitra and Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha is 11. 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: 11 from Chitra and 18 from Shatabhisha, 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 — Chitra is Mridu (tender), Shatabhisha is Chara (movable) — 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 Shatabhisha 8th among Chitra's 27 possible partners and Chitra 6th among Shatabhisha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Chitra’s table
8th of 27
Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha’s table
6th of 27
Chitra scores 25 there, level with 1 other partner. Shatabhisha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Shatabhisha 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 Chitra and Shatabhisha 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: Venus, and what it decides about a marriage and the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Chitra page and the Shatabhisha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Chitra and Shatabhisha to sixteen answers between 25 and 26. Two birth times pick one of them.
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