Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Krittika and Uttara Ashadha nakshatra matching
15–17 of 36 with Krittika as bride, 12–14 with Uttara Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Krittika: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Sheep yoni · Rakshasa gana | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana
Krittika as bride
15–17
of 36
Uttara Ashadha as bride
12–14
of 36
Across all padas
10.5–16.5
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 Uttara Ashadha that leaves 4 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Vashya, Tara and Graha Maitri — and 4 carrying a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (3 of 6) and Yoni (1–3 of 4). The heaviest of them is Nadi, where Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha) gives 0 of 8.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Krittika runs from Aries into Taurus after pada 1 and Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn 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 10.5 to 16.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 6 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Krittika and Uttara Ashadha, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Krittika bride | Uttara Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya · Krittika: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Krittika: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Krittika: Janma (1) · from Uttara Ashadha: Janma (1) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Krittika: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Krittika: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Krittika: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Aries — 9/5 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 15–17 | 12–14 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Aries — 9/5. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Krittika: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Krittika: Sheep. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Krittika’s table and Uttara Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Krittika runs Aries 26°40′ – Taurus 10°00′ and Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 106°40′ and 133°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Krittika as bride first, Uttara Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 6.5 at the lowest and 16.5 at the highest.
| Krittika ↓ / Uttara Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 15 / 12 | 16.5 / 14.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 10.5 / 6.5 | 15 / 12 | 15 / 12 | 15 / 12 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 10.5 / 6.5 | 15 / 12 | 15 / 12 | 15 / 12 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 10.5 / 6.5 | 15 / 12 | 15 / 12 | 15 / 12 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 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
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 — 0 of 8
Krittika and Uttara Ashadha 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 Uttara Ashadha however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In 13 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 10 of those 13 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. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.
Two Tests Outside the 36
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Krittika to Uttara Ashadha is 19 and back is 10, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 19 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 both ways. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 19 with Krittika as bride, 10 with Uttara Ashadha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Krittika is Mishra (mixed), Uttara Ashadha is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 15 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 21st place in Krittika's table, 22nd in Uttara Ashadha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Krittika’s table
21st of 27
Uttara Ashadha scores 15 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 Uttara Ashadha’s table
22nd of 27
Krittika scores 15 there, level with 1 other partner. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Ashadha 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 below the conventional threshold and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Krittika page and the Uttara Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Krittika and Uttara Ashadha to sixteen answers between 10.5 and 16.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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