Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Dhanishta and Shatabhisha nakshatra matching

23–26 of 36 with Dhanishta as bride, 24–27 with Shatabhisha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana

Dhanishta as bride

23–26

of 36

Shatabhisha as bride

24–27

of 36

Across all padas

24–33

spread of 9

Dhanishta and Shatabhisha come to 23–26 of 36 with Dhanishta on the bride's side and 24–27 with Shatabhisha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Tara, Graha Maitri, Gana and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) 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. 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 24 to 33 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

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Dhanishta with Shatabhisha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Dhanishta with Shatabhisha at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Dhanishta bride	Shatabhisha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Shatabhisha: Shudra · Dhanishta: Vaishya
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Shatabhisha: Manav · Dhanishta: Jalachar
Tara / 3	3	3	Counting from Dhanishta: Sampat (2) · from Shatabhisha: Ati-Mitra (9)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Shatabhisha: Horse · Dhanishta: Lion
Graha Maitri / 5	5	5	Shatabhisha: Saturn · Dhanishta: Saturn
Gana / 6	6	6	Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Dhanishta: Rakshasa
Bhakoot / 7	0	0	Aquarius and Capricorn — 2/12
Nadi / 8	8	8	Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta)
Total / 36	23–26	24–27	Acceptable

Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Capricorn — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shatabhisha: Horse · Dhanishta: Lion. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shatabhisha: Manav · Dhanishta: Jalachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Shatabhisha: Shudra · Dhanishta: 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 Dhanishta’s table and Shatabhisha’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Dhanishta runs Capricorn 23°20′ – Aquarius 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 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Dhanishta as bride first, Shatabhisha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 23 at the lowest and 33 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Dhanishta with Shatabhisha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Dhanishta as bride then Shatabhisha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Dhanishta ↓ / Shatabhisha →	Pada 1Aquarius	Pada 2Aquarius	Pada 3Aquarius	Pada 4Aquarius
Pada 1Capricorn	23 / 24	23 / 24	23 / 24	23 / 24
Pada 2Capricorn	23 / 24	23 / 24	23 / 24	23 / 24
Pada 3Aquarius	33 / 33	33 / 33	33 / 33	33 / 33
Pada 4Aquarius	33 / 33	33 / 33	33 / 33	33 / 33

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 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

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 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 8 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers each of those cells: both signs answer to Saturn.

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 Dhanishta 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 Dhanishta to Shatabhisha is 2. 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: 2 from Dhanishta and 27 from Shatabhisha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Shatabhisha as the bride and not with Dhanishta.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Dhanishta is Chara (movable), 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: 24 of 36 puts Shatabhisha 8th among Dhanishta's 27 possible partners and Dhanishta 10th among Shatabhisha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Dhanishta’s table

8th of 27

Shatabhisha scores 24 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 Shatabhisha’s table

10th of 27

Dhanishta scores 24 there outright. 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 Dhanishta 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 Dhanishta page and the Shatabhisha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Dhanishta and Shatabhisha score?

23–26 of 36 with Dhanishta as the bride and 24–27 with Shatabhisha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 24 to 33, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Dhanishta and Shatabhisha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Dhanishta with Shatabhisha at acceptable. The guna are lost on Bhakoot (0 of 7), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Varna and Bhakoot — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Dhanishta and Shatabhisha?

Yes. Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius after pada 2, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are read from the Moon rashi rather than from the nakshatra, so 15 of the 36 guna move with that boundary. The total ranges from 24 to 33 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 9 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Dhanishta and Shatabhisha have Bhakoot dosha?

In 8 of the sixteen pada combinations, yes — a sign boundary decides it. 8 of those 8 carry the classical cancellation. In the remaining 8, Bhakoot is full at seven. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.

Is it better for Dhanishta to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Shatabhisha on the bride's side scores higher — 24–27 against 23–26. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Dhanishta as bride to 1 with Shatabhisha as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Dhanishta and Shatabhisha to sixteen answers between 24 and 33. Two birth times pick one of them.

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