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Jyeshtha and Shatabhisha nakshatra matching

16–19 of 36 with Jyeshtha as bride, 17–20 with Shatabhisha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Deer yoni · Rakshasa gana | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana

Jyeshtha as bride

16–19

of 36

Shatabhisha as bride

17–20

of 36

Across all padas

one answer

Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata). The complete ones are Gana and Bhakoot, which is 13 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.

Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Jyeshtha and Shatabhisha the padas change nothing. Sixteen combinations, one answer. The exact minute of birth still decides plenty in a chart — it just does not decide this.

Koota by Koota

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Jyeshtha 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 Jyeshtha 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	Jyeshtha bride	Shatabhisha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Shatabhisha: Shudra · Jyeshtha: Brahmin
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Shatabhisha: Manav · Jyeshtha: Keet
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Jyeshtha: Vadha (7) · from Shatabhisha: Kshema (4)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Shatabhisha: Horse · Jyeshtha: Deer
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Shatabhisha: Saturn · Jyeshtha: Mars
Gana / 6	6	6	Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Jyeshtha: Rakshasa
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Aquarius and Scorpio — 4/10
Nadi / 8	0	0	Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	16–19	17–20	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Shatabhisha: Saturn · Jyeshtha: Mars. 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 Jyeshtha: Vadha (7) · from Shatabhisha: Kshema (4). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shatabhisha: Horse · Jyeshtha: Deer. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shatabhisha: Manav · Jyeshtha: Keet. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Shatabhisha: Shudra · 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 Shatabhisha’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Jyeshtha runs Scorpio 16°40′ – 30°00′ 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 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Jyeshtha as bride first, Shatabhisha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Jyeshtha with Shatabhisha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Jyeshtha as bride then Shatabhisha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Jyeshtha ↓ / Shatabhisha →	Pada 1Aquarius	Pada 2Aquarius	Pada 3Aquarius	Pada 4Aquarius
Pada 1Scorpio	16 / 17	16 / 17	16 / 17	16 / 17
Pada 2Scorpio	16 / 17	16 / 17	16 / 17	16 / 17
Pada 3Scorpio	16 / 17	16 / 17	16 / 17	16 / 17
Pada 4Scorpio	16 / 17	16 / 17	16 / 17	16 / 17

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

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 — 0 of 8

Jyeshtha and Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

Aquarius and Scorpio — 4/10 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.

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 Jyeshtha and Shatabhisha 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 Jyeshtha to Shatabhisha is 7. 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: 7 from Jyeshtha and 22 from Shatabhisha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Shatabhisha as the bride and not with Jyeshtha.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Jyeshtha is Tikshna (sharp), 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: 17 of 36 puts Shatabhisha 20th among Jyeshtha's 27 possible partners and Jyeshtha 20th among Shatabhisha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Jyeshtha’s table

20th of 27

Shatabhisha scores 17 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 Shatabhisha’s table

20th of 27

Jyeshtha scores 17 there outright. Shatabhisha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Shatabhisha can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

The whole of Ashtakoot for Jyeshtha and Shatabhisha 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 below the conventional threshold 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 Jyeshtha page and the Shatabhisha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Jyeshtha and Shatabhisha score?

16–19 of 36 with Jyeshtha as the bride and 17–20 with Shatabhisha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The padas do not change it — all sixteen combinations give the same answer, which makes this one of the 146 pairs of 351 where the two birth stars settle the score outright. 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 Shatabhisha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Jyeshtha with Shatabhisha 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), Tara (1.5 of 3), 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 Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Jyeshtha and Shatabhisha?

No. Every one of the sixteen pada combinations returns the same total for Jyeshtha and Shatabhisha. Neither star crosses a boundary between its padas, so all four sit in one rashi and one half of it, and no koota can move. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way.

Do Jyeshtha and Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha, 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, Shatabhisha on the bride's side scores higher — 17–20 against 16–19. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Jyeshtha 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 score is settled for Jyeshtha and Shatabhisha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.

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