Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Krittika and Uttara Phalguni nakshatra matching
21–24 of 36 with Krittika as bride, 18–21 with Uttara Phalguni as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Krittika: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Sheep yoni · Rakshasa gana | Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Krittika as bride
21–24
of 36
Uttara Phalguni as bride
18–21
of 36
Across all padas
15.5–23
spread of 7.5
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 — Leo and Aries — 5/9. The complete ones are Varna, Tara, Graha Maitri and Nadi, which is 17 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 Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo 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 15.5 to 23 of 36 depending on the padas. At 7.5 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 Uttara Phalguni. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Krittika bride | Uttara Phalguni bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya · Krittika: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar · Krittika: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Krittika: Janma (1) · from Uttara Phalguni: Janma (1) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Phalguni: Cow · Krittika: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Phalguni: Sun · Krittika: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Uttara Phalguni: Manushya · Krittika: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Leo and Aries — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 21–24 | 18–21 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Leo and Aries — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Uttara Phalguni: Manushya · Krittika: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Phalguni: Cow · Krittika: Sheep. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar · 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 Uttara Phalguni’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Krittika runs Aries 26°40′ – Taurus 10°00′ and Uttara Phalguni runs Leo 26°40′ – Virgo 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 Phalguni as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 13.5 at the lowest and 23 at the highest.
| Krittika ↓ / Uttara Phalguni → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Virgo | Pada 4Virgo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 21 / 18 | 15.5 / 13.5 | 15.5 / 13.5 | 15.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 23 / 19 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 23 / 19 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 23 / 19 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. 13 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 3 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
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 Uttara Phalguni 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 — 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. 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 Uttara Phalguni 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 Uttara Phalguni is 10. 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: 10 from Krittika and 19 from Uttara Phalguni, 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), Uttara Phalguni is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 21 of 36 puts Uttara Phalguni 9th among Krittika's 27 possible partners and Krittika 14th among Uttara Phalguni's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Krittika’s table
9th of 27
Uttara Phalguni 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 Uttara Phalguni’s table
14th of 27
Krittika scores 21 there outright. Uttara Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 33 with a median of 21, so this one sits on the middle of what Uttara Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Krittika and Uttara Phalguni 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 Uttara Phalguni page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Krittika and Uttara Phalguni to sixteen answers between 15.5 and 23. Two birth times pick one of them.
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