Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mrigashira and Anuradha nakshatra matching
19.5–22.5 of 36 with Mrigashira as bride, 18.5–21.5 with Anuradha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana | Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Deer yoni · Deva gana
Mrigashira as bride
19.5–22.5
of 36
Anuradha as bride
18.5–21.5
of 36
Across all padas
10–19.5
spread of 9.5
Mrigashira and Anuradha come to 19.5–22.5 of 36 with Mrigashira on the bride's side and 18.5–21.5 with Anuradha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Gana and Bhakoot score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Graha Maitri (3 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.
A swing of 9.5 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 10 at the bottom, 19.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Mrigashira runs from Taurus into Gemini after pada 2. 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 Mrigashira with Anuradha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Mrigashira bride | Anuradha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Anuradha: Brahmin · Mrigashira: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Anuradha: Keet · Mrigashira: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Mrigashira: Kshema (4) · from Anuradha: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Anuradha: Deer · Mrigashira: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Anuradha: Mars · Mrigashira: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Anuradha: Deva · Mrigashira: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Scorpio and Taurus — 7/7 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 19.5–22.5 | 18.5–21.5 | Acceptable |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Anuradha: Mars · Mrigashira: Venus. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Mrigashira: Kshema (4) · from Anuradha: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Anuradha: Deer · Mrigashira: Serpent. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Anuradha: Keet · Mrigashira: Chatushpada. 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 Mrigashira’s table and Anuradha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ and Anuradha runs Scorpio 3°20′ – 16°40′ — 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: Mrigashira as bride first, Anuradha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 9 at the lowest and 19.5 at the highest.
| Mrigashira ↓ / Anuradha → | Pada 1Scorpio | Pada 2Scorpio | Pada 3Scorpio | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 10 / 9 | 10 / 9 | 10 / 9 | 10 / 9 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 10 / 9 | 10 / 9 | 10 / 9 | 10 / 9 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. 8 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 8 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 — 0 of 8
Mrigashira and Anuradha are both Madhya (Pitta), 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 Mrigashira with Anuradha however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
In 8 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 Venus and Mars, 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 Mrigashira and Anuradha 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 Mrigashira to Anuradha 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 Mrigashira and 16 from Anuradha, 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 — Mrigashira is Mridu (tender), Anuradha is Mridu (tender) — 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 Anuradha 14th among Mrigashira's 27 possible partners and Mrigashira 15th among Anuradha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Mrigashira’s table
14th of 27
Anuradha scores 19.5 there outright. Mrigashira’s 27 partners run from 9 to 35 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Mrigashira can reach — all 27 rows.
In Anuradha’s table
15th of 27
Mrigashira scores 19.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Anuradha’s 27 partners run from 12 to 31 with a median of 20, so this one sits below the middle of what Anuradha 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 Mrigashira and Anuradha 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 Mrigashira page and the Anuradha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mrigashira and Anuradha to sixteen answers between 10 and 19.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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