Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Magha and Jyeshtha nakshatra matching
31–34 of 36 with Magha as bride, 30–33 with Jyeshtha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Deer yoni · Rakshasa gana
Magha as bride
31–34
of 36
Jyeshtha as bride
30–33
of 36
Across all padas
31
one answer
Magha and Jyeshtha come to 31–34 of 36 with Magha on the bride's side and 30–33 with Jyeshtha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Tara, Graha Maitri, Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi score in full, while Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and no one koota accounts for more of the missing guna than another — Yoni at 1–3 of 4 and Vashya at 0–1 of 2, each 1 short.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Magha with Jyeshtha is one of them: every one of the sixteen cells in the grid below repeats the same total, so knowing the two birth stars is knowing the score.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Magha with Jyeshtha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Magha bride | Jyeshtha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Jyeshtha: Brahmin · Magha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Jyeshtha: Keet · Magha: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Magha: Ati-Mitra (9) · from Jyeshtha: Sampat (2) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Jyeshtha: Deer · Magha: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Jyeshtha: Mars · Magha: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Jyeshtha: Rakshasa · Magha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Scorpio and Leo — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) · Magha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 31–34 | 30–33 | Good |
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Jyeshtha: Deer · Magha: Rat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Jyeshtha: Keet · Magha: Vanachar. 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 Magha’s table and Jyeshtha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Jyeshtha runs Scorpio 16°40′ – 30°00′ — 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: Magha as bride first, Jyeshtha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Magha ↓ / Jyeshtha → | Pada 1Scorpio | Pada 2Scorpio | Pada 3Scorpio | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 31 / 30 | 31 / 30 | 31 / 30 | 31 / 30 |
| Pada 2Leo | 31 / 30 | 31 / 30 | 31 / 30 | 31 / 30 |
| Pada 3Leo | 31 / 30 | 31 / 30 | 31 / 30 | 31 / 30 |
| Pada 4Leo | 31 / 30 | 31 / 30 | 31 / 30 | 31 / 30 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 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
Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Magha is Antya (Kapha) and Jyeshtha 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Scorpio and Leo — 4/10 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.
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 Jyeshtha 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 Jyeshtha is 9. 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: 9 from Magha and 20 from Jyeshtha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Jyeshtha as the bride and not with Magha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Jyeshtha is Tikshna (sharp) — 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: 31 of 36 puts Jyeshtha 2nd among Magha's 27 possible partners and Magha 1st among Jyeshtha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Magha’s table
2nd of 27
Jyeshtha scores 31 there outright. 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 Jyeshtha’s table
1st of 27
Magha scores 31 there, level with 1 other partner. Jyeshtha’s 27 partners run from 4 to 31 with a median of 19, so this one sits above the middle of what Jyeshtha 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 Jyeshtha 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 Magha page and the Jyeshtha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Magha and Jyeshtha score?
Are Magha and Jyeshtha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Magha and Jyeshtha?
Do Magha and Jyeshtha have Bhakoot dosha?
Is it better for Magha to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Magha and Jyeshtha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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