Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Mrigashira and Ashlesha nakshatra matching

19–22 of 36 with Mrigashira as bride, 19–22 with Ashlesha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana | Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana

Mrigashira as bride

19–22

of 36

Ashlesha as bride

19–22

of 36

Across all padas

12.5–19

spread of 6.5

Mrigashira and Ashlesha come to 19–22 of 36 with Mrigashira on the bride's side and 19–22 with Ashlesha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Bhakoot and Nadi score in full, while Gana (0 of 6), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Gana on its own accounts for 6 of the guna that go missing.

Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Mrigashira runs from Taurus into Gemini after pada 2, 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 12.5 to 19 of 36 depending on the padas. At 6.5 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 Mrigashira with Ashlesha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Mrigashira with Ashlesha at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Mrigashira bride	Ashlesha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Ashlesha: Brahmin · Mrigashira: Vaishya
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Ashlesha: Jalachar · Mrigashira: Chatushpada
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Mrigashira: Pratyari (5) · from Ashlesha: Sadhaka (6)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Ashlesha: Cat · Mrigashira: Serpent
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Ashlesha: Moon · Mrigashira: Venus
Gana / 6	0	1	Ashlesha: Rakshasa · Mrigashira: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Cancer and Taurus — 3/11
Nadi / 8	8	8	Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta)
Total / 36	19–22	19–22	Acceptable

Gana, 0 of 6 — Ashlesha: Rakshasa · Mrigashira: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Ashlesha: Moon · 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: Pratyari (5) · from Ashlesha: Sadhaka (6). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Ashlesha: Cat · Mrigashira: Serpent. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Ashlesha: Jalachar · 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 Ashlesha’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ and Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 40°00′ and 66°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mrigashira as bride first, Ashlesha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 12.5 at the lowest and 19 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Mrigashira with Ashlesha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Mrigashira as bride then Ashlesha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Mrigashira ↓ / Ashlesha →	Pada 1Cancer	Pada 2Cancer	Pada 3Cancer	Pada 4Cancer
Pada 1Taurus	19 / 19	19 / 19	19 / 19	19 / 19
Pada 2Taurus	19 / 19	19 / 19	19 / 19	19 / 19
Pada 3Gemini	12.5 / 12.5	12.5 / 12.5	12.5 / 12.5	12.5 / 12.5
Pada 4Gemini	12.5 / 12.5	12.5 / 12.5	12.5 / 12.5	12.5 / 12.5

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

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 — 8 of 8

Mrigashira is Madhya (Pitta) and Ashlesha is Antya (Kapha). 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 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 Moon, 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 Mrigashira and Ashlesha 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 Mrigashira to Ashlesha is 5. 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: 5 from Mrigashira and 24 from Ashlesha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Ashlesha as the bride and not with Mrigashira.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mrigashira is Mridu (tender), Ashlesha is Tikshna (sharp) — 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 of 36 puts Ashlesha 15th among Mrigashira's 27 possible partners and Mrigashira 12th among Ashlesha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Mrigashira’s table

15th of 27

Ashlesha scores 19 there outright. Mrigashira’s 27 partners run from 9 to 35 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Mrigashira can reach — all 27 rows.

In Ashlesha’s table

12th of 27

Mrigashira scores 19 there outright. Ashlesha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 18, so this one sits above the middle of what Ashlesha 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 Ashlesha 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 Ashlesha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Mrigashira and Ashlesha score?

19–22 of 36 with Mrigashira as the bride and 19–22 with Ashlesha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 12.5 to 19, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Mrigashira and Ashlesha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Mrigashira with Ashlesha at acceptable. The guna are lost on Gana (0 of 6), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Gana — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Mrigashira and Ashlesha?

Yes. Mrigashira runs from Taurus into Gemini after pada 2, 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 12.5 to 19 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 6.5 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Mrigashira and Ashlesha have Bhakoot dosha?

In 8 of the sixteen pada combinations, yes — a sign boundary decides it. None of those cells carries a cancellation. In the remaining 8, Bhakoot is full at seven. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.

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

It makes no difference to the total here — 19–22 either way. Varna and Gana are the only directional kootas, and for Mrigashira with Ashlesha both land on cases that read the same in either direction. Only 37 of the 351 pairs are symmetric, so this is the unusual one.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Mrigashira and Ashlesha to sixteen answers between 12.5 and 19. Two birth times pick one of them.

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