Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Chitra and Uttara Ashadha nakshatra matching
22–25 of 36 with Chitra as bride, 18–21 with Uttara Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana
Chitra as bride
22–25
of 36
Uttara Ashadha as bride
18–21
of 36
Across all padas
18.5–26.5
spread of 8
Reading the eight kootas in order for Chitra and Uttara Ashadha: Graha Maitri is where the largest deduction falls — Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Chitra: Mercury, so 0.5 of 5, with Gana at 3 of 6, Tara at 1.5 of 3, Yoni at 1–3 of 4 and Vashya at 0–1 of 2 behind it. The remaining 3 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 22–25 one way round and 18–21 the other.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2 and Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1, 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 18.5 to 26.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 8 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Chitra and Uttara Ashadha, 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 | Uttara Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya · Chitra: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Chitra: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Chitra: Mitra (8) · from Uttara Ashadha: Vipat (3) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Chitra: Tiger |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Chitra: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Chitra: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Sagittarius and Virgo — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 22–25 | 18–21 | Acceptable |
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Chitra: Mercury. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Uttara Ashadha: 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: Mitra (8) · from Uttara Ashadha: Vipat (3). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Chitra: Tiger. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · 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 Uttara Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ and Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 80°00′ and 106°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Chitra as bride first, Uttara Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 15.5 at the lowest and 26.5 at the highest.
| Chitra ↓ / Uttara Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Virgo | 22 / 18 | 18.5 / 15.5 | 18.5 / 15.5 | 18.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 22 / 18 | 18.5 / 15.5 | 18.5 / 15.5 | 18.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 3Libra | 22 / 18 | 26.5 / 22.5 | 26.5 / 22.5 | 26.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 4Libra | 22 / 18 | 26.5 / 22.5 | 26.5 / 22.5 | 26.5 / 22.5 |
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 Uttara Ashadha 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
In 6 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 Jupiter, 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Chitra to Uttara Ashadha is 8 and back is 21, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 8 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 one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 8 with Chitra as bride, 21 with Uttara Ashadha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Uttara Ashadha as the bride and not with Chitra.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Chitra is Mridu (tender), Uttara Ashadha is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 22 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 10th place in Chitra's table, 14th in Uttara Ashadha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Chitra’s table
10th of 27
Uttara Ashadha scores 22 there outright. 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 Uttara Ashadha’s table
14th of 27
Chitra scores 22 there outright. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits on the middle of what Uttara Ashadha 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: how to check compatibility in a kundli and Venus, and what it decides about a marriage. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Chitra page and the Uttara Ashadha page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Chitra and Uttara Ashadha to sixteen answers between 18.5 and 26.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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