Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Magha and Uttara Phalguni nakshatra matching
28.5–30.5 of 36 with Magha as bride, 25.5–27.5 with Uttara Phalguni as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Magha as bride
28.5–30.5
of 36
Uttara Phalguni as bride
25.5–27.5
of 36
Across all padas
17.5–28.5
spread of 11
Of the eight kootas, 3 leave something on the table for this pair and 5 do not. Gana is the largest at 3 of 6 — Uttara Phalguni: Manushya · Magha: Rakshasa. The complete ones are Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 23 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
A swing of 11 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 17.5 at the bottom, 28.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo after pada 1. Since 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, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Magha with Uttara Phalguni. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Magha bride | Uttara Phalguni bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya · Magha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar · Magha: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Magha: Vipat (3) · from Uttara Phalguni: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Phalguni: Cow · Magha: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Phalguni: Sun · Magha: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Uttara Phalguni: Manushya · Magha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Leo and Leo — 1/1 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) · Magha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 28.5–30.5 | 25.5–27.5 | Good |
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Uttara Phalguni: Manushya · Magha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Magha: Vipat (3) · from Uttara Phalguni: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Phalguni: Cow · 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 Uttara Phalguni’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Uttara Phalguni runs Leo 26°40′ – Virgo 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 13°20′ and 40°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Magha as bride first, Uttara Phalguni as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 15.5 at the lowest and 28.5 at the highest.
| Magha ↓ / Uttara Phalguni → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Virgo | Pada 4Virgo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 28.5 / 25.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 2Leo | 28.5 / 25.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 3Leo | 28.5 / 25.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 4Leo | 28.5 / 25.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 guna to every cell. 4 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 12 do not. 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
Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Magha is Antya (Kapha) and Uttara Phalguni 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 12 of the sixteen pada combinations, 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 Sun, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
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 Phalguni 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 Phalguni is 3. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. This one is directional in earnest: 3 from Magha and 26 from Uttara Phalguni, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Uttara 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), Uttara Phalguni 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: 28.5 of 36 puts Uttara Phalguni 3rd among Magha's 27 possible partners and Magha 2nd among Uttara Phalguni's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Magha’s table
3rd of 27
Uttara Phalguni scores 28.5 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 Uttara Phalguni’s table
2nd of 27
Magha scores 28.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Uttara Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 33 with a median of 21, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Magha and Uttara Phalguni 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 good 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 Uttara Phalguni page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Magha and Uttara Phalguni to sixteen answers between 17.5 and 28.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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