Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Krittika and Purva Ashadha nakshatra matching
20–21 of 36 with Krittika as bride, 17–18 with Purva Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Krittika: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Sheep yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Monkey yoni · Manushya gana
Krittika as bride
20–21
of 36
Purva Ashadha as bride
17–18
of 36
Across all padas
15.5–22
spread of 6.5
Of the eight kootas, 4 leave something on the table for this pair and 4 do not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Aries — 9/5. The complete ones are Varna, Tara, Graha Maitri and Nadi, which is 17 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
A swing of 6.5 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 15.5 at the bottom, 22 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Krittika runs from Aries into Taurus after pada 1 and Purva Ashadha passes the mid-point of Sagittarius after pada 1, which moves it from the Manav vashya group into Chatushpada. Since 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, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Krittika with Purva Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Krittika bride | Purva Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya · Krittika: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Ashadha: Manav · Krittika: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Krittika: Ati-Mitra (9) · from Purva Ashadha: Sampat (2) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Krittika: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Krittika: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Krittika: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Aries — 9/5 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 20–21 | 17–18 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Aries — 9/5. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Krittika: Sheep. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Krittika: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Ashadha: Manav · 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 Purva Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Krittika runs Aries 26°40′ – Taurus 10°00′ and Purva Ashadha runs Sagittarius 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 120°00′ and 146°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Krittika as bride first, Purva Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 11.5 at the lowest and 22 at the highest.
| Krittika ↓ / Purva Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 20 / 17 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 15.5 / 11.5 | 17.5 / 13.5 | 17.5 / 13.5 | 17.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 15.5 / 11.5 | 17.5 / 13.5 | 17.5 / 13.5 | 17.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 15.5 / 11.5 | 17.5 / 13.5 | 17.5 / 13.5 | 17.5 / 13.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 0 and 1 guna, depending on the cell. 4 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 12 do not. 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
Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Krittika is Antya (Kapha) and Purva Ashadha is Madhya (Pitta). 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 every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 4 of those 16 cells carry the cancellation and the rest do not, so the pada decides not just the score but whether the relief clause is available.
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 Purva Ashadha 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 Purva Ashadha is 18. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. This one is directional in earnest: 18 from Krittika and 11 from Purva Ashadha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Krittika is Mishra (mixed), Purva Ashadha 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: 20 of 36 puts Purva Ashadha 14th among Krittika's 27 possible partners and Krittika 17th among Purva Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Krittika’s table
14th of 27
Purva Ashadha scores 20 there outright. Krittika’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 30 with a median of 20, so this one sits on the middle of what Krittika can reach — all 27 rows.
In Purva Ashadha’s table
17th of 27
Krittika scores 20 there outright. Purva Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9 to 31 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Krittika and Purva Ashadha 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 acceptable is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Krittika page and the Purva Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Krittika and Purva Ashadha to sixteen answers between 15.5 and 22. Two birth times pick one of them.
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