Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Jyeshtha and Uttara Ashadha nakshatra matching
18.5–21.5 of 36 with Jyeshtha as bride, 16.5–19.5 with Uttara Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Deer yoni · Rakshasa gana | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana
Jyeshtha as bride
18.5–21.5
of 36
Uttara Ashadha as bride
16.5–19.5
of 36
Across all padas
18.5–21
spread of 2.5
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 Uttara Ashadha that leaves 2 of the eight at full marks — Graha Maitri and Nadi — and 6 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), 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 Bhakoot, where Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12 gives 0 of 7.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1, 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 18.5 to 21 of 36 depending on the padas. At 2.5 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Jyeshtha and Uttara Ashadha, 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.
| Koota | Jyeshtha bride | Uttara Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya · Jyeshtha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Jyeshtha: Keet |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Jyeshtha: Kshema (4) · from Uttara Ashadha: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Jyeshtha: Deer |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Jyeshtha: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Jyeshtha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 18.5–21.5 | 16.5–19.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Scorpio — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Uttara Ashadha: 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: Kshema (4) · from Uttara Ashadha: Vadha (7). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Jyeshtha: Deer. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Jyeshtha: Keet. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Uttara Ashadha: 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 Uttara Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Jyeshtha runs Scorpio 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°00′ — 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: Jyeshtha as bride first, Uttara Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 16.5 at the lowest and 21 at the highest.
| Jyeshtha ↓ / Uttara Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Scorpio | 18.5 / 16.5 | 21 / 19 | 21 / 19 | 21 / 19 |
| Pada 2Scorpio | 18.5 / 16.5 | 21 / 19 | 21 / 19 | 21 / 19 |
| Pada 3Scorpio | 18.5 / 16.5 | 21 / 19 | 21 / 19 | 21 / 19 |
| Pada 4Scorpio | 18.5 / 16.5 | 21 / 19 | 21 / 19 | 21 / 19 |
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
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 — 8 of 8
Jyeshtha is Adi (Vata) and Uttara Ashadha is Antya (Kapha). 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 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 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Jyeshtha to Uttara Ashadha is 4 and back is 25, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 4 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 — 4 with Jyeshtha as bride, 25 with Uttara Ashadha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Uttara Ashadha as the bride and not with Jyeshtha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Jyeshtha is Tikshna (sharp), Uttara Ashadha is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 18.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 15th place in Jyeshtha's table, 18th in Uttara Ashadha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Jyeshtha’s table
15th of 27
Uttara 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 Uttara Ashadha’s table
18th of 27
Jyeshtha scores 18.5 there outright. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Ashadha 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 acceptable and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Jyeshtha page and the Uttara Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Jyeshtha and Uttara Ashadha to sixteen answers between 18.5 and 21. Two birth times pick one of them.
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