Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Magha and Purva Ashadha nakshatra matching
21–23 of 36 with Magha as bride, 18–20 with Purva Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Monkey yoni · Manushya gana
Magha as bride
21–23
of 36
Purva Ashadha as bride
18–20
of 36
Across all padas
21
one answer
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 — Sagittarius and Leo — 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.
A boundary is crossed and the result survives it: Purva Ashadha passes the mid-point of Sagittarius after pada 1, which moves it from the Manav vashya group into Chatushpada. Vashya reads differently either side of it, and yet every one of the sixteen combinations still lands on 21 of 36 on the conservative reading. 120 of the 351 pairs are untouched by the pada altogether; this one is one of 26 touched everywhere except in the total.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Magha with Purva Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Magha bride | Purva Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya · Magha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0 | 0 | Purva Ashadha: Manav · Magha: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Magha: Sampat (2) · from Purva Ashadha: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Magha: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Magha: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Magha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Leo — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Magha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 21–23 | 18–20 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Leo — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Magha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Vashya, 0 of 2 — Purva Ashadha: Manav · Magha: Vanachar. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Magha: Rat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Magha’s table and Purva Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Purva Ashadha runs Sagittarius 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 120°00′ and 146°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Magha as bride first, Purva Ashadha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Magha ↓ / Purva Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 |
| Pada 2Leo | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 |
| Pada 3Leo | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 |
| Pada 4Leo | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 | 21 / 18 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the 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 Purva Ashadha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Magha is Antya (Kapha) and Purva Ashadha 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 every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers all of them: Sun and Jupiter are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
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 Purva Ashadha 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 Purva Ashadha is 11. 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: 11 from Magha and 18 from Purva Ashadha, 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 — Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Purva Ashadha is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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 Purva Ashadha 11th among Magha's 27 possible partners and Magha 16th among Purva Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Magha’s table
11th of 27
Purva Ashadha scores 21 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 Purva Ashadha’s table
16th of 27
Magha scores 21 there outright. Purva Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9 to 31 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Magha and Purva Ashadha 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 Magha page and the Purva Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Magha and Purva Ashadha score?
Are Magha and Purva Ashadha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Magha and Purva Ashadha?
Do Magha and Purva Ashadha 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 Purva Ashadha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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