Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Dhanishta and Revati nakshatra matching
23.5 of 36 with Dhanishta as bride, 21.5 with Revati as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana | Revati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Elephant yoni · Deva gana
Dhanishta as bride
23.5
of 36
Revati as bride
21.5
of 36
Across all padas
14.5–23.5
spread of 9
Four of the eight kootas — Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi — are settled by the two birth stars alone, before anyone asks about a pada; the other four are read from the Moon rashi, which a pada can move. For Dhanishta with Revati that leaves 4 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Vashya, Bhakoot and Nadi — and 4 carrying a deduction: Gana (1 of 6), Yoni (0 of 4), Graha Maitri (3 of 5) and Tara (1.5 of 3). The heaviest of them is Gana, where Revati: Deva · Dhanishta: Rakshasa gives 1 of 6.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius 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 14.5 to 23.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 9 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Dhanishta and Revati, 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 | Revati bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Revati: Brahmin · Dhanishta: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Revati: Jalachar · Dhanishta: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Dhanishta: Pratyari (5) · from Revati: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Revati: Elephant · Dhanishta: Lion |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Revati: Jupiter · Dhanishta: Saturn |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Revati: Deva · Dhanishta: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Pisces and Capricorn — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Revati: Antya (Kapha) · Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 23.5 | 21.5 | Acceptable |
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Revati: Deva · Dhanishta: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Revati: Elephant · Dhanishta: Lion. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Revati: Jupiter · Dhanishta: Saturn. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Dhanishta: Pratyari (5) · from Revati: Sadhaka (6). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Dhanishta’s table and Revati’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Dhanishta runs Capricorn 23°20′ – Aquarius 6°40′ and Revati runs Pisces 16°40′ – 30°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 40°00′ and 66°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Dhanishta as bride first, Revati as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 12.5 at the lowest and 23.5 at the highest.
| Dhanishta ↓ / Revati → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Capricorn | 23.5 / 21.5 | 23.5 / 21.5 | 23.5 / 21.5 | 23.5 / 21.5 |
| Pada 2Capricorn | 23.5 / 21.5 | 23.5 / 21.5 | 23.5 / 21.5 | 23.5 / 21.5 |
| Pada 3Aquarius | 14.5 / 12.5 | 14.5 / 12.5 | 14.5 / 12.5 | 14.5 / 12.5 |
| Pada 4Aquarius | 14.5 / 12.5 | 14.5 / 12.5 | 14.5 / 12.5 | 14.5 / 12.5 |
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. 8 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 8 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
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
Dhanishta is Madhya (Pitta) and Revati 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 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 Saturn 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: Dhanishta to Revati is 5 and back is 24, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 5 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 — 5 with Dhanishta as bride, 24 with Revati — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Revati as the bride and not with Dhanishta.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Dhanishta is Chara (movable), Revati is Mridu (tender) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 23.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 9th place in Dhanishta's table, 13th in Revati's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Dhanishta’s table
9th of 27
Revati scores 23.5 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 Revati’s table
13th of 27
Dhanishta scores 23.5 there outright. Revati’s 27 partners run from 5 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Revati can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
One number cannot carry a marriage. Ashtakoot reads a single point from each chart — the Moon — so two people born hours apart with the Moon in Dhanishta score identically here whatever else their charts do. The seventh house and its lord, Venus, Mars and Mangal dosha, and the dasha each partner is running are all outside it, and any of them can matter more than the difference between acceptable and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers and the guide to all 27 birth stars. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Dhanishta page and the Revati page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Dhanishta and Revati to sixteen answers between 14.5 and 23.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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