Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Krittika and Shatabhisha nakshatra matching
24–27 of 36 with Krittika as bride, 25–28 with Shatabhisha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Krittika: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Sheep yoni · Rakshasa gana | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana
Krittika as bride
24–27
of 36
Shatabhisha as bride
25–28
of 36
Across all padas
25–29.5
spread of 4.5
Of the eight kootas, 5 leave something on the table for this pair and 3 do not. Graha Maitri is the largest at 0.5 of 5 — Shatabhisha: Saturn · Krittika: Mars. The complete ones are Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 21 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
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 25 to 29.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 4.5 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 Shatabhisha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Krittika bride | Shatabhisha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Shudra · Krittika: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Shatabhisha: Manav · Krittika: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Krittika: Kshema (4) · from Shatabhisha: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shatabhisha: Horse · Krittika: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Shatabhisha: Saturn · Krittika: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Krittika: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Aries — 11/3 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 24–27 | 25–28 | Good |
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Shatabhisha: Saturn · Krittika: Mars. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Krittika: Kshema (4) · from Shatabhisha: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shatabhisha: Horse · Krittika: Sheep. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shatabhisha: Manav · Krittika: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shatabhisha: 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 Shatabhisha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Krittika runs Aries 26°40′ – Taurus 10°00′ and Shatabhisha runs Aquarius 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Krittika as bride first, Shatabhisha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 24 at the lowest and 29.5 at the highest.
| Krittika ↓ / Shatabhisha → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 | 24 / 25 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 |
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 Shatabhisha 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
Aquarius and Aries — 11/3 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.
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 Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha is 22. 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: 22 from Krittika and 7 from Shatabhisha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Krittika as the bride and not with Shatabhisha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Krittika is Mishra (mixed), Shatabhisha is Chara (movable) — 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: 25 of 36 puts Shatabhisha 5th among Krittika's 27 possible partners and Krittika 6th among Shatabhisha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Krittika’s table
5th of 27
Shatabhisha scores 25 there, level with 1 other partner. 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 Shatabhisha’s table
6th of 27
Krittika scores 25 there, level with 1 other partner. Shatabhisha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Shatabhisha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Krittika and Shatabhisha 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 good is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Krittika page and the Shatabhisha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Krittika and Shatabhisha to sixteen answers between 25 and 29.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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