Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Krittika and Shravana nakshatra matching
13.5 of 36 with Krittika as bride, 13.5 with Shravana as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Krittika: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Sheep yoni · Rakshasa gana | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana
Krittika as bride
13.5
of 36
Shravana as bride
13.5
of 36
Across all padas
10–13.5
spread of 3.5
Krittika and Shravana come to 13.5 of 36 with Krittika on the bride's side and 13.5 with Shravana on it. What sits behind those two figures: Vashya, Tara and Bhakoot score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Gana (1 of 6), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Yoni (0 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1) 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 Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar, 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 10 and 13.5, a swing of 3.5 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 Shravana. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Krittika bride | Shravana bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shravana: Vaishya · Krittika: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Shravana: Chatushpada · Krittika: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Krittika: Sampat (2) · from Shravana: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Shravana: Monkey · Krittika: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Shravana: Saturn · Krittika: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Shravana: Deva · Krittika: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Capricorn and Aries — 10/4 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 13.5 | 13.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Shravana: Deva · Krittika: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Shravana: Saturn · Krittika: Mars. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Shravana: Monkey · Krittika: Sheep. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shravana: Vaishya · 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 Shravana’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Krittika runs Aries 26°40′ – Taurus 10°00′ and Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 93°20′ and 120°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Krittika as bride first, Shravana as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 9 at the lowest and 13.5 at the highest.
| Krittika ↓ / Shravana → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 13.5 / 13.5 | 13.5 / 13.5 | 11.5 / 11.5 | 11.5 / 11.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 12 / 11 | 12 / 11 | 10 / 9 | 10 / 9 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 12 / 11 | 12 / 11 | 10 / 9 | 10 / 9 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 12 / 11 | 12 / 11 | 10 / 9 | 10 / 9 |
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. 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 Shravana rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 0 of 8
Krittika and Shravana 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 Shravana however well everything else goes.
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 Saturn 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 Shravana 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 Shravana is 20. 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: 20 from Krittika and 9 from Shravana, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Krittika as the bride and not with Shravana.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Krittika is Mishra (mixed), Shravana 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: 13.5 of 36 puts Shravana 23rd among Krittika's 27 possible partners and Krittika 25th among Shravana's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Krittika’s table
23rd of 27
Shravana scores 13.5 there, level with 2 other partners. 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 Shravana’s table
25th of 27
Krittika scores 13.5 there outright. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Shravana 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 Shravana 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 Shravana page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Krittika and Shravana to sixteen answers between 10 and 13.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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