Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Magha and Shravana nakshatra matching
3.5–6.5 of 36 with Magha as bride, 3.5–6.5 with Shravana as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana
Magha as bride
3.5–6.5
of 36
Shravana as bride
3.5–6.5
of 36
Across all padas
3.5
one answer
Magha and Shravana come to 3.5–6.5 of 36 with Magha on the bride's side and 3.5–6.5 with Shravana on it. What sits behind those two figures: nothing scores in full. All eight kootas take a deduction — Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (1 of 6), Graha Maitri (0 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1) — and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.
A boundary is crossed and the result survives it: Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar. Vashya reads differently either side of it, and yet every one of the sixteen combinations still lands on 3.5 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 Shravana. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Magha bride | Shravana bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shravana: Vaishya · Magha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Shravana: Chatushpada · Magha: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Magha: Kshema (4) · from Shravana: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shravana: Monkey · Magha: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0 | 0 | Shravana: Saturn · Magha: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Shravana: Deva · Magha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Leo — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Magha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 3.5–6.5 | 3.5–6.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Magha: Antya (Kapha). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Leo — 6/8. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Shravana: Deva · Magha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Shravana: Saturn · Magha: Sun. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Magha: Kshema (4) · from Shravana: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shravana: Monkey · Magha: Rat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shravana: Chatushpada · Magha: Vanachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shravana: 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 Shravana’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°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, Shravana as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Magha ↓ / Shravana → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 3.5 / 3.5 | 3.5 / 3.5 | 3.5 / 3.5 | 3.5 / 3.5 |
| Pada 2Leo | 3.5 / 3.5 | 3.5 / 3.5 | 3.5 / 3.5 | 3.5 / 3.5 |
| Pada 3Leo | 3.5 / 3.5 | 3.5 / 3.5 | 3.5 / 3.5 | 3.5 / 3.5 |
| Pada 4Leo | 3.5 / 3.5 | 3.5 / 3.5 | 3.5 / 3.5 | 3.5 / 3.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. 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 — 0 of 8
Magha and Shravana are both Antya (Kapha), so the plain rule gives nothing. None of the three recognised cancellations reaches this pair — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — so the eight guna are lost and 28 is the ceiling for Magha with Shravana however well everything else goes.
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. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Sun and Saturn, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
A cancellation is relief, not a score adjustment — the koota still reads zero above. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.
Two Tests Outside the 36
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Magha and Shravana alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.
- Mahendra — present. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Magha to Shravana is 13. 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: 13 from Magha and 16 from Shravana, 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), Shravana is Chara (movable) — 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: 3.5 of 36 puts Shravana 27th among Magha's 27 possible partners and Magha 27th among Shravana's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Magha’s table
27th of 27
Shravana scores 3.5 there outright. Magha’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 33 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Magha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Shravana’s table
27th of 27
Magha scores 3.5 there outright. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Shravana 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 Shravana 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 Shravana page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Magha and Shravana, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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