Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Krittika and Vishakha nakshatra matching
18.5–21.5 of 36 with Krittika as bride, 19.5–22.5 with Vishakha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Krittika: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Sheep yoni · Rakshasa gana | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana
Krittika as bride
18.5–21.5
of 36
Vishakha as bride
19.5–22.5
of 36
Across all padas
14.5–19.5
spread of 5
Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha). The complete ones are Gana and Bhakoot, which is 13 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada decides part of this one. Krittika runs from Aries into Taurus after pada 1 and Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio 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 14.5 and 19.5, a swing of 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 Vishakha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Krittika bride | Vishakha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Vishakha: Shudra · Krittika: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Vishakha: Manav · Krittika: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Krittika: Pratyari (5) · from Vishakha: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Vishakha: Tiger · Krittika: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Vishakha: Venus · Krittika: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Vishakha: Rakshasa · Krittika: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Libra and Aries — 7/7 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 18.5–21.5 | 19.5–22.5 | Acceptable |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Vishakha: Venus · 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: Pratyari (5) · from Vishakha: Sadhaka (6). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Vishakha: Tiger · Krittika: Sheep. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Vishakha: Manav · Krittika: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Vishakha: 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 Vishakha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Krittika runs Aries 26°40′ – Taurus 10°00′ and Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 160°00′ and 180°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Krittika as bride first, Vishakha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 13.5 at the lowest and 19.5 at the highest.
| Krittika ↓ / Vishakha → | Pada 1Libra | Pada 2Libra | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 18.5 / 19.5 | 18.5 / 19.5 | 18.5 / 19.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 13.5 / 14.5 | 13.5 / 14.5 | 13.5 / 14.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 13.5 / 14.5 | 13.5 / 14.5 | 13.5 / 14.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 13.5 / 14.5 | 13.5 / 14.5 | 13.5 / 14.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. 6 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 10 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
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 Vishakha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 0 of 8
Krittika and Vishakha 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 Vishakha however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
In 10 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 Venus 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 Vishakha 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 Vishakha is 14. 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: 14 from Krittika and 15 from Vishakha, 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), Vishakha is Mishra (mixed) — 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: 19.5 of 36 puts Vishakha 15th among Krittika's 27 possible partners and Krittika 17th among Vishakha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Krittika’s table
15th of 27
Vishakha scores 19.5 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 below the middle of what Krittika can reach — all 27 rows.
In Vishakha’s table
17th of 27
Krittika scores 19.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Vishakha’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29.5 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Vishakha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Krittika and Vishakha 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: 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 Vishakha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Krittika and Vishakha to sixteen answers between 14.5 and 19.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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