Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Jyeshtha and Mula nakshatra matching
14–15 of 36 with Jyeshtha as bride, 15–16 with Mula as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Deer yoni · Rakshasa gana | Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana
Jyeshtha as bride
14–15
of 36
Mula as bride
15–16
of 36
Across all padas
15
one answer
Reading the eight kootas in order for Jyeshtha and Mula: Nadi is where the largest deduction falls — Mula: Adi (Vata) · Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata), so 0 of 8, with Bhakoot at 0 of 7, Yoni at 0 of 4, 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 14–15 one way round and 15–16 the other.
All sixteen combinations give the same answer. Neither star crosses a boundary of any kind between its padas, so the totals below are the whole result and the birth times only need to be accurate enough to fix the nakshatra. This pair is one of the 120 of 351 where that is true.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Jyeshtha and Mula, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Jyeshtha bride | Mula bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Mula: Kshatriya · Jyeshtha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Mula: Manav · Jyeshtha: Keet |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Jyeshtha: Sampat (2) · from Mula: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Mula: Dog · Jyeshtha: Deer |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Mula: Jupiter · Jyeshtha: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Mula: Rakshasa · Jyeshtha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Mula: Adi (Vata) · Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 14–15 | 15–16 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Mula: Adi (Vata) · Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Mula: Dog · Jyeshtha: Deer. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Mula: Manav · Jyeshtha: Keet. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Mula: Kshatriya · Jyeshtha: Brahmin. 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 Jyeshtha’s table and Mula’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Jyeshtha runs Scorpio 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ — 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: Jyeshtha as bride first, Mula as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Jyeshtha ↓ / Mula → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Scorpio | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 |
| Pada 2Scorpio | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 |
| Pada 3Scorpio | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 |
| Pada 4Scorpio | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 | 14 / 15 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 1 guna to every cell. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. 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 Jyeshtha and Mula rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 0 of 8
Jyeshtha and Mula are both Adi (Vata), 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 Jyeshtha with Mula however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers all of them: Mars and Jupiter are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Jyeshtha to Mula is 2 and back is 27, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 2 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 — 2 with Jyeshtha as bride, 27 with Mula — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Mula as the bride and not with Jyeshtha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Jyeshtha is Tikshna (sharp), Mula is Tikshna (sharp) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 15 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 21st place in Jyeshtha's table, 20th in Mula's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Jyeshtha’s table
21st of 27
Mula scores 15 there outright. Jyeshtha’s 27 partners run from 4 to 31 with a median of 19, so this one sits below the middle of what Jyeshtha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Mula’s table
20th of 27
Jyeshtha scores 15 there outright. Mula’s 27 partners run from 11 to 30 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Mula 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 Jyeshtha page and the Mula page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Jyeshtha and Mula score?
Are Jyeshtha and Mula compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Jyeshtha and Mula?
Do Jyeshtha and Mula have Nadi dosha?
Is it better for Jyeshtha to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Jyeshtha and Mula, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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