Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Magha and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
20.5–22.5 of 36 with Magha as bride, 18.5–20.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Magha as bride
20.5–22.5
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
18.5–20.5
of 36
Across all padas
19.5–20.5
spread of 1
Four of the eight kootas — Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi — are settled by the two birth stars alone, before anyone asks about a pada; the other four are read from the Moon rashi, which a pada can move. For Magha with Purva Bhadrapada that leaves 2 of the eight at full marks — Bhakoot and Nadi — and 6 carrying a deduction: Graha Maitri (0 of 5), Gana (3 of 6), Vashya (0 of 2), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Graha Maitri, where Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Magha: Sun gives 0 of 5.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 19.5 to 20.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 1 guna the swing sits below the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Magha and Purva Bhadrapada, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Magha bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Magha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Magha: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Magha: Vadha (7) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Kshema (4) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Magha: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Magha: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Magha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Leo — 7/7 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Magha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 20.5–22.5 | 18.5–20.5 | Acceptable |
- Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Magha: Sun. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Magha: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Vashya, 0 of 2 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Magha: Vanachar. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Magha: Vadha (7) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Kshema (4). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Magha: Rat. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Magha: Kshatriya. A deliberately one-way test on rank, failed in this direction. It is one point of thirty-six.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Magha’s table and Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 146°40′ and 173°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Magha as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 15.5 at the lowest and 20.5 at the highest.
| Magha ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 20.5 / 18.5 | 20.5 / 18.5 | 20.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 2Leo | 20.5 / 18.5 | 20.5 / 18.5 | 20.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 3Leo | 20.5 / 18.5 | 20.5 / 18.5 | 20.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 4Leo | 20.5 / 18.5 | 20.5 / 18.5 | 20.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 |
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
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
Magha is Antya (Kapha) and Purva Bhadrapada 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
In 4 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: Sun and Saturn 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Magha to Purva Bhadrapada is 16 and back is 13, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 16 stars between them, against a favourable set of 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 and 25. 108 of the 351 pairs land on one of those.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 16 with Magha as bride, 13 with Purva Bhadrapada — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 20.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 13th place in Magha's table, 16th in Purva Bhadrapada's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Magha’s table
13th of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 20.5 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s table
16th of 27
Magha scores 20.5 there outright. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
One number cannot carry a marriage. Ashtakoot reads a single point from each chart — the Moon — so two people born hours apart with the Moon in Magha score identically here whatever else their charts do. The seventh house and its lord, Venus, Mars and Mangal dosha, and the dasha each partner is running are all outside it, and any of them can matter more than the difference between acceptable and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Magha page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Magha and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 19.5 and 20.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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