Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Dhanishta and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
21.5–22.5 of 36 with Dhanishta as bride, 19.5–20.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Dhanishta as bride
21.5–22.5
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
19.5–20.5
of 36
Across all padas
20.5–31.5
spread of 11
Reading the eight kootas in order for Dhanishta and Purva Bhadrapada: Bhakoot is where the largest deduction falls — Aquarius and Capricorn — 2/12, so 0 of 7, with Gana at 3 of 6, Tara at 1.5 of 3, Vashya at 0–1 of 2 and Varna at 0 of 1 behind it. The remaining 3 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 21.5–22.5 one way round and 19.5–20.5 the other.
The pada decides part of this one. Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius 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 20.5 and 31.5, a swing of 11 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Dhanishta 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 | Dhanishta bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Dhanishta: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Dhanishta: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Dhanishta: Vipat (3) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 4 | 4 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Dhanishta: Lion |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Dhanishta: Saturn |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Dhanishta: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Aquarius and Capricorn — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 21.5–22.5 | 19.5–20.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Capricorn — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Dhanishta: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Dhanishta: Vipat (3) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Mitra (8). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Dhanishta: Jalachar. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Dhanishta: 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 Dhanishta’s table and Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Dhanishta runs Capricorn 23°20′ – Aquarius 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 13°20′ and 40°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Dhanishta as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 16.5 at the lowest and 31.5 at the highest.
| Dhanishta ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Capricorn | 21.5 / 19.5 | 21.5 / 19.5 | 21.5 / 19.5 | 29.5 / 25.5 |
| Pada 2Capricorn | 21.5 / 19.5 | 21.5 / 19.5 | 21.5 / 19.5 | 29.5 / 25.5 |
| Pada 3Aquarius | 31.5 / 28.5 | 31.5 / 28.5 | 31.5 / 28.5 | 20.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 4Aquarius | 31.5 / 28.5 | 31.5 / 28.5 | 31.5 / 28.5 | 20.5 / 16.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 0 and 1 guna, depending on the 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 Dhanishta and Purva Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Dhanishta 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 8 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 6 of those 8 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: Dhanishta to Purva Bhadrapada is 3 and back is 26, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 3 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 — 3 with Dhanishta as bride, 26 with Purva Bhadrapada — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Purva Bhadrapada as the bride and not with Dhanishta.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Dhanishta is Chara (movable), 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 21.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 10th place in Dhanishta's table, 13th in Purva Bhadrapada's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Dhanishta’s table
10th of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 21.5 there outright. Dhanishta’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 29.5 with a median of 19, so this one sits above the middle of what Dhanishta can reach — all 27 rows.
In Purva Bhadrapada’s table
13th of 27
Dhanishta scores 21.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits on 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 Dhanishta page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Dhanishta and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 20.5 and 31.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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