Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Krittika and Ardra nakshatra matching

21–24 of 36 with Krittika as bride, 19–22 with Ardra as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Krittika: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Sheep yoni · Rakshasa gana | Ardra: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Manushya gana

Krittika as bride

21–24

of 36

Ardra as bride

19–22

of 36

Across all padas

18.5–21

spread of 2.5

Krittika and Ardra come to 21–24 of 36 with Krittika on the bride's side and 19–22 with Ardra on it. What sits behind those two figures: Bhakoot and Nadi score in full, while 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) do not, and Graha Maitri on its own accounts for 4.5 of the guna that go missing.

Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Krittika runs from Aries into Taurus 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

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Krittika with Ardra. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Krittika with Ardra at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Krittika bride	Ardra bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Ardra: Shudra · Krittika: Kshatriya
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Ardra: Manav · Krittika: Chatushpada
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Krittika: Kshema (4) · from Ardra: Vadha (7)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Ardra: Dog · Krittika: Sheep
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Ardra: Mercury · Krittika: Mars
Gana / 6	3	0	Ardra: Manushya · Krittika: Rakshasa
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Gemini and Aries — 3/11
Nadi / 8	8	8	Ardra: Adi (Vata) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha)
Total / 36	21–24	19–22	Acceptable

Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Ardra: Mercury · Krittika: Mars. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
Gana, 3 of 6 — Ardra: Manushya · Krittika: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Krittika: Kshema (4) · from Ardra: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Ardra: Dog · Krittika: Sheep. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Ardra: Manav · Krittika: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Ardra: Shudra · Krittika: Kshatriya. 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 Krittika’s table and Ardra’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Krittika runs Aries 26°40′ – Taurus 10°00′ and Ardra runs Gemini 6°40′ – 20°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: Krittika as bride first, Ardra 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.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Krittika with Ardra across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Krittika as bride then Ardra as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Krittika ↓ / Ardra →	Pada 1Gemini	Pada 2Gemini	Pada 3Gemini	Pada 4Gemini
Pada 1Aries	21 / 19	21 / 19	21 / 19	21 / 19
Pada 2Taurus	18.5 / 16.5	18.5 / 16.5	18.5 / 16.5	18.5 / 16.5
Pada 3Taurus	18.5 / 16.5	18.5 / 16.5	18.5 / 16.5	18.5 / 16.5
Pada 4Taurus	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

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

Krittika is Antya (Kapha) and Ardra is Adi (Vata). 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1

In 12 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 Mercury 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 Krittika and Ardra 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 Krittika to Ardra is 4. 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: 4 from Krittika and 25 from Ardra, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Ardra as the bride and not with Krittika.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Krittika is Mishra (mixed), Ardra is Tikshna (sharp) — 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: 21 of 36 puts Ardra 9th among Krittika's 27 possible partners and Krittika 16th among Ardra's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Krittika’s table

9th of 27

Ardra scores 21 there, level with 3 other partners. Krittika’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 30 with a median of 20, so this one sits above the middle of what Krittika can reach — all 27 rows.

In Ardra’s table

16th of 27

Krittika scores 21 there outright. Ardra’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Ardra can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Krittika and Ardra or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.

Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: Venus, and what it decides about a marriage and the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Krittika page and the Ardra page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Krittika and Ardra score?

21–24 of 36 with Krittika as the bride and 19–22 with Ardra as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 18.5 to 21, 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 Krittika and Ardra compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Krittika with Ardra at acceptable. The guna are lost on 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). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Varna — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Krittika and Ardra?

Yes. Krittika runs from Aries into Taurus after pada 1, 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 18.5 to 21 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 2.5 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Krittika and Ardra have Bhakoot dosha?

In 12 of the sixteen pada combinations, yes — a sign boundary decides it. 12 of those 12 carry the classical cancellation. In the remaining 4, Bhakoot is full at seven. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.

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

On the arithmetic, Krittika on the bride's side scores higher — 21–24 against 19–22. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Krittika as bride to 1 with Ardra as bride and Gana goes from 3 with Krittika as bride to 0 with Ardra 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 Krittika and Ardra to sixteen answers between 18.5 and 21. Two birth times pick one of them.

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