Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Jyeshtha and Purva Ashadha nakshatra matching
18.5–21.5 of 36 with Jyeshtha as bride, 16.5–19.5 with Purva Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Deer yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Monkey yoni · Manushya gana
Jyeshtha as bride
18.5–21.5
of 36
Purva Ashadha as bride
16.5–19.5
of 36
Across all padas
18.5
one answer
Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12. The complete ones are Graha Maitri and Nadi, which is 13 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
A boundary is crossed and the result survives it: Purva Ashadha passes the mid-point of Sagittarius after pada 1, which moves it from the Manav vashya group into Chatushpada. Vashya reads differently either side of it, and yet every one of the sixteen combinations still lands on 18.5 of 36 on the conservative reading. 120 of the 351 pairs are untouched by the pada altogether; this one is one of 26 touched everywhere except in the total.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Jyeshtha with Purva Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Jyeshtha bride | Purva Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya · Jyeshtha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Ashadha: Manav · Jyeshtha: Keet |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Jyeshtha: Vipat (3) · from Purva Ashadha: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Jyeshtha: Deer |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Jyeshtha: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Jyeshtha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 18.5–21.5 | 16.5–19.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Jyeshtha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Jyeshtha: Vipat (3) · from Purva Ashadha: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Jyeshtha: Deer. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Ashadha: Manav · Jyeshtha: Keet. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya · Jyeshtha: Brahmin. 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 Jyeshtha’s table and Purva Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Jyeshtha runs Scorpio 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Purva Ashadha runs Sagittarius 13°20′ – 26°40′ — 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: Jyeshtha as bride first, Purva Ashadha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Jyeshtha ↓ / Purva Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Scorpio | 18.5 / 16.5 | 18.5 / 16.5 | 18.5 / 16.5 | 18.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 2Scorpio | 18.5 / 16.5 | 18.5 / 16.5 | 18.5 / 16.5 | 18.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 3Scorpio | 18.5 / 16.5 | 18.5 / 16.5 | 18.5 / 16.5 | 18.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 4Scorpio | 18.5 / 16.5 | 18.5 / 16.5 | 18.5 / 16.5 | 18.5 / 16.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every 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
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 — 8 of 8
Jyeshtha is Adi (Vata) and Purva Ashadha is Madhya (Pitta). 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 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. 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 Jyeshtha and Purva Ashadha 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 Jyeshtha to Purva Ashadha is 3. 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: 3 from Jyeshtha and 26 from Purva Ashadha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Purva Ashadha as the bride and not with Jyeshtha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Jyeshtha is Tikshna (sharp), Purva Ashadha is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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 Purva Ashadha 15th among Jyeshtha's 27 possible partners and Jyeshtha 18th among Purva Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Jyeshtha’s table
15th of 27
Purva Ashadha scores 18.5 there, level with 2 other partners. 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 Purva Ashadha’s table
18th of 27
Jyeshtha scores 18.5 there outright. Purva Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9 to 31 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Jyeshtha and Purva Ashadha 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: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Jyeshtha page and the Purva Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Jyeshtha and Purva Ashadha score?
Are Jyeshtha and Purva Ashadha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Jyeshtha and Purva Ashadha?
Do Jyeshtha and Purva Ashadha have Bhakoot 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 Purva Ashadha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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