Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Magha and Purva Phalguni nakshatra matching
33 of 36 with Magha as bride, 30 with Purva Phalguni as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana
Magha as bride
33
of 36
Purva Phalguni as bride
30
of 36
Across all padas
33
one answer
Reading the eight kootas in order for Magha and Purva Phalguni: Gana is where the largest deduction falls — Purva Phalguni: Manushya · Magha: Rakshasa, so 3 of 6 and nothing else short. The remaining 7 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 33 one way round and 30 the other.
All sixteen combinations give the same answer. Neither star crosses a boundary of any kind between its padas, so the totals below are the whole result and the birth times only need to be accurate enough to fix the nakshatra. This pair is one of the 120 of 351 where that is true.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Magha and Purva Phalguni, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Magha bride | Purva Phalguni bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya · Magha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Purva Phalguni: Vanachar · Magha: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Magha: Sampat (2) · from Purva Phalguni: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 4 | 4 | Purva Phalguni: Rat · Magha: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Phalguni: Sun · Magha: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Phalguni: Manushya · Magha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Leo and Leo — 1/1 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) · Magha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 33 | 30 | Very high |
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Phalguni: Manushya · Magha: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Magha’s table and Purva Phalguni’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Magha as bride first, Purva Phalguni as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Magha ↓ / Purva Phalguni → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Leo | Pada 3Leo | Pada 4Leo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 33 / 30 | 33 / 30 | 33 / 30 | 33 / 30 |
| Pada 2Leo | 33 / 30 | 33 / 30 | 33 / 30 | 33 / 30 |
| Pada 3Leo | 33 / 30 | 33 / 30 | 33 / 30 | 33 / 30 |
| Pada 4Leo | 33 / 30 | 33 / 30 | 33 / 30 | 33 / 30 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. Yoni and Vashya are undisputed for these two stars, so every figure is exact rather than a low end. 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 Phalguni rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Magha is Antya (Kapha) and Purva Phalguni 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Leo and Leo — 1/1 — 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Magha to Purva Phalguni is 2 and back is 27, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 2 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 one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 2 with Magha as bride, 27 with Purva Phalguni — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Purva Phalguni as the bride and not with Magha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Purva Phalguni 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 33 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 1st place in Magha's table, 1st in Purva Phalguni's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Magha’s table
1st of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 33 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 Phalguni’s table
1st of 27
Magha scores 33 there, level with 1 other partner. Purva Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 33 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: kundli matching for marriage, end to end and the 36 guna taken one koota at a time. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Magha page and the Purva Phalguni page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Magha and Purva Phalguni score?
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Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Magha and Purva Phalguni, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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