Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Jyeshtha and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching

13–16 of 36 with Jyeshtha as bride, 11–14 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Deer yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana

Jyeshtha as bride

13–16

of 36

Purva Bhadrapada as bride

11–14

of 36

Across all padas

11.5–13

spread of 1.5

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 Jyeshtha with Purva Bhadrapada that leaves 1 of the eight at full marks — Bhakoot — and 7 carrying a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Gana (3 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Nadi, where Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) gives 0 of 8.

The pada decides part of this one. Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces after pada 3, 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. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 11.5 and 13, a swing of 1.5 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.

Koota by Koota

All eight kootas for Jyeshtha and Purva Bhadrapada, 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.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Jyeshtha with Purva Bhadrapada at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Jyeshtha bride	Purva Bhadrapada bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Jyeshtha: Brahmin
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Jyeshtha: Keet
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Jyeshtha: Mitra (8) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Vipat (3)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Jyeshtha: Deer
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Jyeshtha: Mars
Gana / 6	3	0	Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Jyeshtha: Rakshasa
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Aquarius and Scorpio — 4/10
Nadi / 8	0	0	Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	13–16	11–14	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Jyeshtha: Mars. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Jyeshtha: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Jyeshtha: Mitra (8) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Vipat (3). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Jyeshtha: Deer. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Bhadrapada: 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 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Jyeshtha runs Scorpio 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 80°00′ and 106°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Jyeshtha as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 8.5 at the lowest and 13 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Jyeshtha with Purva Bhadrapada across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Jyeshtha as bride then Purva Bhadrapada as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Jyeshtha ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada →	Pada 1Aquarius	Pada 2Aquarius	Pada 3Aquarius	Pada 4Pisces
Pada 1Scorpio	13 / 11	13 / 11	13 / 11	11.5 / 8.5
Pada 2Scorpio	13 / 11	13 / 11	13 / 11	11.5 / 8.5
Pada 3Scorpio	13 / 11	13 / 11	13 / 11	11.5 / 8.5
Pada 4Scorpio	13 / 11	13 / 11	13 / 11	11.5 / 8.5

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 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 Purva Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.

Nadi Koota — 0 of 8

Jyeshtha and Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

In 4 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: Mars and Saturn 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 Purva Bhadrapada is 8 and back is 21, counting inclusively.

Mahendra — absent. 8 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 — 8 with Jyeshtha as bride, 21 with Purva Bhadrapada — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Purva Bhadrapada as the bride and not with Jyeshtha.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Jyeshtha is Tikshna (sharp), Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.

How the Pair Ranks on Each Side

The same 13 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 23rd place in Jyeshtha's table, 27th in Purva Bhadrapada's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.

In Jyeshtha’s table

23rd of 27

Purva Bhadrapada scores 13 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s table

27th of 27

Jyeshtha scores 13 there outright. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada 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 Jyeshtha 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 below the conventional threshold 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 Jyeshtha page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Jyeshtha and Purva Bhadrapada score?

13–16 of 36 with Jyeshtha as the bride and 11–14 with Purva Bhadrapada as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 11.5 to 13, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Jyeshtha and Purva Bhadrapada compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Jyeshtha with Purva Bhadrapada at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Gana (3 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). It is a filter, and filters do not recommend. A koota scoring zero — here Varna and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Jyeshtha and Purva Bhadrapada?

Yes. Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces after pada 3, 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 11.5 to 13 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 1.5 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Jyeshtha and Purva Bhadrapada have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Adi (Vata), and a shared nadi scores 0 of 8 — the largest single deduction in Ashtakoot. The three recognised cancellations — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — do not apply to Jyeshtha with Purva Bhadrapada, so the eight guna are genuinely lost. That leaves a ceiling of 28 for this pair however well the other seven go. Across every possible pairing, 33.3% carry Nadi dosha and 23.2% of those are cancelled.

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

On the arithmetic, Jyeshtha on the bride's side scores higher — 13–16 against 11–14. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Jyeshtha as bride to 1 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride and Gana goes from 3 with Jyeshtha as bride to 0 with Purva Bhadrapada 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 Jyeshtha and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 11.5 and 13. Two birth times pick one of them.

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