Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Magha and Chitra nakshatra matching
20.5–22.5 of 36 with Magha as bride, 21.5–23.5 with Chitra as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana
Magha as bride
20.5–22.5
of 36
Chitra as bride
21.5–23.5
of 36
Across all padas
21.5–24.5
spread of 3
Magha and Chitra come to 20.5–22.5 of 36 with Magha on the bride's side and 21.5–23.5 with Chitra on it. What sits behind those two figures: Gana and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Vashya (0 of 2), Tara (1.5 of 3), Graha Maitri (4 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
The pada decides part of this one. Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2, 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 21.5 and 24.5, a swing of 3 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 Magha with Chitra. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Magha bride | Chitra bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Chitra: Vaishya · Magha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0 | 0 | Chitra: Manav · Magha: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Magha: Pratyari (5) · from Chitra: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Chitra: Tiger · Magha: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Chitra: Mercury · Magha: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Chitra: Rakshasa · Magha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Virgo and Leo — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) · Magha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 20.5–22.5 | 21.5–23.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Virgo and Leo — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Vashya, 0 of 2 — Chitra: Manav · Magha: Vanachar. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Magha: Pratyari (5) · from Chitra: Sadhaka (6). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Chitra: Mercury · Magha: Sun. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Chitra: Tiger · Magha: Rat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Chitra: Vaishya · Magha: 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 Magha’s table and Chitra’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 40°00′ and 66°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Magha as bride first, Chitra as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 20.5 at the lowest and 24.5 at the highest.
| Magha ↓ / Chitra → | Pada 1Virgo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Libra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 23.5 / 24.5 | 23.5 / 24.5 |
| Pada 2Leo | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 23.5 / 24.5 | 23.5 / 24.5 |
| Pada 3Leo | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 23.5 / 24.5 | 23.5 / 24.5 |
| Pada 4Leo | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 23.5 / 24.5 | 23.5 / 24.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 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
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 Magha and Chitra rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Magha is Antya (Kapha) and Chitra is Madhya (Pitta). 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 8 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Sun and Mercury, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
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 Magha and Chitra 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 Magha to Chitra is 5. 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: 5 from Magha and 24 from Chitra, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Chitra as the bride and not with Magha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Chitra is Mridu (tender) — 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: 21.5 of 36 puts Chitra 9th among Magha's 27 possible partners and Magha 11th among Chitra's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Magha’s table
9th of 27
Chitra scores 21.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Magha’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 33 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Magha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Chitra’s table
11th of 27
Magha scores 21.5 there outright. Chitra’s 27 partners run from 7 to 29 with a median of 20, so this one sits above the middle of what Chitra 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 Magha and Chitra 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: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Magha page and the Chitra page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Magha and Chitra to sixteen answers between 21.5 and 24.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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