Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Dhanishta and Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
18.5–20.5 of 36 with Dhanishta as bride, 14.5–16.5 with Uttara Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Dhanishta as bride
18.5–20.5
of 36
Uttara Bhadrapada as bride
14.5–16.5
of 36
Across all padas
9.5–18.5
spread of 9
Of the eight kootas, 5 leave something on the table for this pair and 3 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta). The complete ones are Varna, Vashya and Bhakoot, which is 10 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
A swing of 9 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 9.5 at the bottom, 18.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius after pada 2. Since 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, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Dhanishta with Uttara Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Dhanishta bride | Uttara Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Brahmin · Dhanishta: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Dhanishta: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Dhanishta: Kshema (4) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Dhanishta: Lion |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Dhanishta: Saturn |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Dhanishta: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Pisces and Capricorn — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 18.5–20.5 | 14.5–16.5 | Acceptable |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Dhanishta: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Dhanishta: Saturn. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Dhanishta: Kshema (4) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Dhanishta: Lion. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Dhanishta’s table and Uttara Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Dhanishta runs Capricorn 23°20′ – Aquarius 6°40′ and Uttara Bhadrapada runs Pisces 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 26°40′ and 53°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Dhanishta as bride first, Uttara Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 5.5 at the lowest and 18.5 at the highest.
| Dhanishta ↓ / Uttara Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Capricorn | 18.5 / 14.5 | 18.5 / 14.5 | 18.5 / 14.5 | 18.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 2Capricorn | 18.5 / 14.5 | 18.5 / 14.5 | 18.5 / 14.5 | 18.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 3Aquarius | 9.5 / 5.5 | 9.5 / 5.5 | 9.5 / 5.5 | 9.5 / 5.5 |
| Pada 4Aquarius | 9.5 / 5.5 | 9.5 / 5.5 | 9.5 / 5.5 | 9.5 / 5.5 |
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. 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
Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.
Nadi Koota — 0 of 8
Dhanishta and Uttara Bhadrapada are both Madhya (Pitta), so the plain rule gives nothing. None of the three recognised cancellations reaches this pair — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — so the eight guna are lost and 28 is the ceiling for Dhanishta with Uttara Bhadrapada however well everything else goes.
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. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.
Two Tests Outside the 36
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Dhanishta and Uttara Bhadrapada alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.
- Mahendra — present. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Dhanishta to Uttara Bhadrapada is 4. 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: 4 from Dhanishta and 25 from Uttara Bhadrapada, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Uttara Bhadrapada as the bride and not with Dhanishta.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Dhanishta is Chara (movable), Uttara Bhadrapada is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 18.5 of 36 puts Uttara Bhadrapada 15th among Dhanishta's 27 possible partners and Dhanishta 18th among Uttara Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Dhanishta’s table
15th of 27
Uttara Bhadrapada scores 18.5 there outright. Dhanishta’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 29.5 with a median of 19, so this one sits below the middle of what Dhanishta can reach — all 27 rows.
In Uttara Bhadrapada’s table
18th of 27
Dhanishta scores 18.5 there outright. Uttara Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Dhanishta and Uttara Bhadrapada 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: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Dhanishta page and the Uttara Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Dhanishta and Uttara Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 9.5 and 18.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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