Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Magha and Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
19.5–22.5 of 36 with Magha as bride, 15.5–18.5 with Uttara Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Magha as bride
19.5–22.5
of 36
Uttara Bhadrapada as bride
15.5–18.5
of 36
Across all padas
19.5
one answer
Magha and Uttara Bhadrapada come to 19.5–22.5 of 36 with Magha on the bride's side and 15.5–18.5 with Uttara Bhadrapada on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Graha Maitri and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (3 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
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
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Magha with Uttara Bhadrapada. 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 | Uttara Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Brahmin · Magha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Magha: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Magha: Mitra (8) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Vipat (3) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Magha: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Magha: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Magha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Pisces and Leo — 8/6 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Magha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 19.5–22.5 | 15.5–18.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Pisces and Leo — 8/6. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Magha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Magha: Mitra (8) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Magha: Rat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · 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 Uttara Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Uttara Bhadrapada runs Pisces 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Magha as bride first, Uttara Bhadrapada as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Magha ↓ / Uttara Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 19.5 / 15.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 2Leo | 19.5 / 15.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 3Leo | 19.5 / 15.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 4Leo | 19.5 / 15.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 | 19.5 / 15.5 |
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
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 Uttara Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Magha is Antya (Kapha) and Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada is 17. 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: 17 from Magha and 12 from Uttara Bhadrapada, 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), Uttara Bhadrapada is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 19.5 of 36 puts Uttara Bhadrapada 14th among Magha's 27 possible partners and Magha 16th among Uttara Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Magha’s table
14th of 27
Uttara Bhadrapada scores 19.5 there outright. Magha’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 33 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Magha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Uttara Bhadrapada’s table
16th of 27
Magha scores 19.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Uttara Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Magha and Uttara Bhadrapada score?
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Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Magha and Uttara Bhadrapada, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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