Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Magha and Vishakha nakshatra matching

15.5–17.5 of 36 with Magha as bride, 16.5–18.5 with Vishakha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana

Magha as bride

15.5–17.5

of 36

Vishakha as bride

16.5–18.5

of 36

Across all padas

16.5–21.5

spread of 5

Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Magha: Antya (Kapha). The complete ones are Gana and Bhakoot, which is 13 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.

Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio 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 16.5 to 21.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 5 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.

Koota by Koota

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Magha with Vishakha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Magha with Vishakha at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Magha bride	Vishakha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Vishakha: Shudra · Magha: Kshatriya
Vashya / 2	0	0	Vishakha: Manav · Magha: Vanachar
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Magha: Vadha (7) · from Vishakha: Kshema (4)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Vishakha: Tiger · Magha: Rat
Graha Maitri / 5	0	0	Vishakha: Venus · Magha: Sun
Gana / 6	6	6	Vishakha: Rakshasa · Magha: Rakshasa
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Libra and Leo — 3/11
Nadi / 8	0	0	Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Magha: Antya (Kapha)
Total / 36	15.5–17.5	16.5–18.5	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Magha: Antya (Kapha). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Vishakha: Venus · Magha: Sun. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
Vashya, 0 of 2 — Vishakha: Manav · Magha: Vanachar. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Magha: Vadha (7) · from Vishakha: Kshema (4). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Vishakha: Tiger · Magha: Rat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Vishakha: Shudra · 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 Vishakha’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Magha as bride first, Vishakha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 15.5 at the lowest and 21.5 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Magha with Vishakha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Magha as bride then Vishakha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Magha ↓ / Vishakha →	Pada 1Libra	Pada 2Libra	Pada 3Libra	Pada 4Scorpio
Pada 1Leo	15.5 / 16.5	15.5 / 16.5	15.5 / 16.5	21.5 / 20.5
Pada 2Leo	15.5 / 16.5	15.5 / 16.5	15.5 / 16.5	21.5 / 20.5
Pada 3Leo	15.5 / 16.5	15.5 / 16.5	15.5 / 16.5	21.5 / 20.5
Pada 4Leo	15.5 / 16.5	15.5 / 16.5	15.5 / 16.5	21.5 / 20.5

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. 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

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 Vishakha 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 Vishakha however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

Libra and Leo — 3/11 — 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. 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 Vishakha 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 Vishakha is 7. 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: 7 from Magha and 22 from Vishakha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Vishakha as the bride and not with Magha.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Vishakha is Mishra (mixed) — 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: 16.5 of 36 puts Vishakha 19th among Magha's 27 possible partners and Magha 22nd among Vishakha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Magha’s table

19th of 27

Vishakha scores 16.5 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 Vishakha’s table

22nd of 27

Magha scores 16.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Vishakha’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29.5 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Vishakha can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

The whole of Ashtakoot for Magha and Vishakha 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 below the conventional threshold is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.

Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Magha page and the Vishakha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Magha and Vishakha score?

15.5–17.5 of 36 with Magha as the bride and 16.5–18.5 with Vishakha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 16.5 to 21.5, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Magha and Vishakha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Magha with Vishakha at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Graha Maitri (0 of 5), Vashya (0 of 2), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Magha and Vishakha?

Yes. Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio after pada 3, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are read from the Moon rashi rather than from the nakshatra, so 15 of the 36 guna move with that boundary. The total ranges from 16.5 to 21.5 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 5 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Magha and Vishakha have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Antya (Kapha), and a shared nadi scores 0 of 8 — the largest single deduction in Ashtakoot. The three recognised cancellations — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — do not apply to Magha with Vishakha, so the eight guna are genuinely lost. That leaves a ceiling of 28 for this pair however well the other seven go. Across every possible pairing, 33.3% carry Nadi dosha and 23.2% of those are cancelled.

Is it better for Magha to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Vishakha on the bride's side scores higher — 16.5–18.5 against 15.5–17.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Magha as bride to 1 with Vishakha as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Magha and Vishakha to sixteen answers between 16.5 and 21.5. Two birth times pick one of them.

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