Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Chitra and Shravana nakshatra matching
18–21 of 36 with Chitra as bride, 17–20 with Shravana as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana
Chitra as bride
18–21
of 36
Shravana as bride
17–20
of 36
Across all padas
18–26
spread of 8
Of the eight kootas, 5 leave something on the table for this pair and 3 do not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Virgo — 5/9. The complete ones are Varna, Tara and Nadi, which is 12 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada decides part of this one. Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2 and Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar, 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 and 26, a swing of 8 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 Chitra with Shravana. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Chitra bride | Shravana bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Shravana: Vaishya · Chitra: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Shravana: Chatushpada · Chitra: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Chitra: Ati-Mitra (9) · from Shravana: Sampat (2) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shravana: Monkey · Chitra: Tiger |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Shravana: Saturn · Chitra: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Shravana: Deva · Chitra: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Virgo — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 18–21 | 17–20 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Virgo — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Shravana: Deva · Chitra: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Shravana: 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 — Shravana: Monkey · Chitra: Tiger. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shravana: Chatushpada · 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 Shravana’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ and Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 93°20′ and 120°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Chitra as bride first, Shravana as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 17 at the lowest and 26 at the highest.
| Chitra ↓ / Shravana → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Virgo | 18 / 17 | 18 / 17 | 18 / 17 | 18 / 17 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 18 / 17 | 18 / 17 | 18 / 17 | 18 / 17 |
| Pada 3Libra | 26 / 24 | 26 / 24 | 26 / 24 | 26 / 24 |
| Pada 4Libra | 26 / 24 | 26 / 24 | 26 / 24 | 26 / 24 |
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 Chitra and Shravana rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Chitra is Madhya (Pitta) and Shravana 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 — 0 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 Saturn, 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 Shravana 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 Shravana is 9. 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: 9 from Chitra and 20 from Shravana, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Shravana as the bride and not with Chitra.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Chitra is Mridu (tender), Shravana 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: 18 of 36 puts Shravana 16th among Chitra's 27 possible partners and Chitra 17th among Shravana's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Chitra’s table
16th of 27
Shravana scores 18 there, level with 1 other partner. 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 Shravana’s table
17th of 27
Chitra scores 18 there, level with 1 other partner. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Shravana can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Chitra and Shravana 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: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Chitra page and the Shravana page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Chitra and Shravana to sixteen answers between 18 and 26. Two birth times pick one of them.
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