Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Krittika and Magha nakshatra matching

14.5–17.5 of 36 with Krittika as bride, 14.5–17.5 with Magha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Krittika: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Sheep yoni · Rakshasa gana | Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana

Krittika as bride

14.5–17.5

of 36

Magha as bride

14.5–17.5

of 36

Across all padas

14.5–16.5

spread of 2

Krittika and Magha come to 14.5–17.5 of 36 with Krittika on the bride's side and 14.5–17.5 with Magha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Graha Maitri and Gana score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.

The pada decides part of this one. 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. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 14.5 and 16.5, a swing of 2 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.

Koota by Koota

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Krittika with Magha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: here neither one differs, so the two columns agree.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Krittika with Magha 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	Magha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	1	Magha: Kshatriya · Krittika: Kshatriya
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Magha: Vanachar · Krittika: Chatushpada
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Krittika: Mitra (8) · from Magha: Vipat (3)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Magha: Rat · Krittika: Sheep
Graha Maitri / 5	5	5	Magha: Sun · Krittika: Mars
Gana / 6	6	6	Magha: Rakshasa · Krittika: Rakshasa
Bhakoot / 7	0	0	Leo and Aries — 5/9
Nadi / 8	0	0	Magha: Antya (Kapha) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha)
Total / 36	14.5–17.5	14.5–17.5	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Magha: Antya (Kapha) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Leo and Aries — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Krittika: Mitra (8) · from Magha: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Magha: Rat · Krittika: Sheep. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Magha: Vanachar · Krittika: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.

Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Krittika’s table and Magha’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Krittika runs Aries 26°40′ – Taurus 10°00′ and Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°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: Krittika as bride first, Magha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 14.5 at the lowest and 16.5 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Krittika with Magha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Krittika as bride then Magha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Krittika ↓ / Magha →	Pada 1Leo	Pada 2Leo	Pada 3Leo	Pada 4Leo
Pada 1Aries	14.5 / 14.5	14.5 / 14.5	14.5 / 14.5	14.5 / 14.5
Pada 2Taurus	16.5 / 15.5	16.5 / 15.5	16.5 / 15.5	16.5 / 15.5
Pada 3Taurus	16.5 / 15.5	16.5 / 15.5	16.5 / 15.5	16.5 / 15.5
Pada 4Taurus	16.5 / 15.5	16.5 / 15.5	16.5 / 15.5	16.5 / 15.5

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 Krittika and Magha rather than guessed at.

Nadi Koota — 0 of 8

Krittika and Magha are both Antya (Kapha), 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 Krittika with Magha however well everything else goes.

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 Sun 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

The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Krittika and Magha 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 Krittika to Magha is 8. 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: 8 from Krittika and 21 from Magha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Magha as the bride and not with Krittika.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Krittika is Mishra (mixed), Magha 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: 14.5 of 36 puts Magha 22nd among Krittika's 27 possible partners and Krittika 22nd among Magha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Krittika’s table

22nd of 27

Magha scores 14.5 there outright. Krittika’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 30 with a median of 20, so this one sits below the middle of what Krittika can reach — all 27 rows.

In Magha’s table

22nd of 27

Krittika scores 14.5 there outright. Magha’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 33 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Magha 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 Magha 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: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Krittika page and the Magha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Krittika and Magha score?

14.5–17.5 of 36 with Krittika as the bride and 14.5–17.5 with Magha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 14.5 to 16.5, 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 Magha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Krittika with Magha at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Bhakoot and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Krittika and Magha?

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 14.5 to 16.5 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 2 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 Magha have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Antya (Kapha), 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 Krittika with Magha, 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 Krittika to be the bride or the groom?

It makes no difference to the total here — 14.5–17.5 either way. Varna and Gana are the only directional kootas, and for Krittika with Magha both land on cases that read the same in either direction. Only 37 of the 351 pairs are symmetric, so this is the unusual one.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Krittika and Magha to sixteen answers between 14.5 and 16.5. Two birth times pick one of them.

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