Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Krittika and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
21–24 of 36 with Krittika as bride, 19–22 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Krittika: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Sheep yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Krittika as bride
21–24
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
19–22
of 36
Across all padas
19.5–25.5
spread of 6
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 Krittika with Purva Bhadrapada that leaves 2 of the eight at full marks — Bhakoot and Nadi — and 6 carrying a deduction: 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). The heaviest of them is Graha Maitri, where Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Krittika: Mars gives 0.5 of 5.
The pada decides part of this one. Krittika runs from Aries into Taurus after pada 1 and Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces after pada 3, 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 19.5 and 25.5, a swing of 6 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Krittika and Purva Bhadrapada, 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 | Krittika bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Krittika: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Krittika: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Krittika: Pratyari (5) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Krittika: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Krittika: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Krittika: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Aries — 11/3 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 21–24 | 19–22 | Acceptable |
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Krittika: Mars. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Krittika: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Krittika: Pratyari (5) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Sadhaka (6). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Krittika: Sheep. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Krittika: Chatushpada. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Krittika: Kshatriya. 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 Krittika’s table and Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Krittika runs Aries 26°40′ – Taurus 10°00′ and Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 53°20′ and 80°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Krittika as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 15.5 at the lowest and 25.5 at the highest.
| Krittika ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 21 / 19 | 21 / 19 | 21 / 19 | 19.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 25.5 / 23.5 | 25.5 / 23.5 | 25.5 / 23.5 | 22 / 18 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 25.5 / 23.5 | 25.5 / 23.5 | 25.5 / 23.5 | 22 / 18 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 25.5 / 23.5 | 25.5 / 23.5 | 25.5 / 23.5 | 22 / 18 |
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
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 Purva Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Krittika is Antya (Kapha) and Purva Bhadrapada 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 1 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 Saturn 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: Krittika to Purva Bhadrapada is 23 and back is 6, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 23 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 — 23 with Krittika as bride, 6 with Purva Bhadrapada — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Krittika as the bride and not with Purva Bhadrapada.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Krittika is Mishra (mixed), Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 21 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 9th place in Krittika's table, 15th in Purva Bhadrapada's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Krittika’s table
9th of 27
Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s table
15th of 27
Krittika scores 21 there outright. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada 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 Krittika 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: the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers and the guide to all 27 birth stars. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Krittika page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Krittika and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 19.5 and 25.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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