Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mrigashira and Magha nakshatra matching
18.5–21.5 of 36 with Mrigashira as bride, 18.5–21.5 with Magha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana | Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana
Mrigashira as bride
18.5–21.5
of 36
Magha as bride
18.5–21.5
of 36
Across all padas
18.5–22.5
spread of 4
Reading the eight kootas in order for Mrigashira and Magha: Gana is where the largest deduction falls — Magha: Rakshasa · Mrigashira: Deva, so 0 of 6, with Graha Maitri at 0 of 5, Tara at 1.5 of 3, Yoni at 1–3 of 4 and Vashya at 0–1 of 2 behind it. The remaining 3 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 18.5–21.5 one way round and 18.5–21.5 the other.
The pada decides part of this one. 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. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 18.5 and 22.5, a swing of 4 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Mrigashira and Magha, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Mrigashira bride | Magha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Magha: Kshatriya · Mrigashira: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Magha: Vanachar · Mrigashira: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Mrigashira: Sadhaka (6) · from Magha: Pratyari (5) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Magha: Rat · Mrigashira: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0 | 0 | Magha: Sun · Mrigashira: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Magha: Rakshasa · Mrigashira: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Leo and Taurus — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Magha: Antya (Kapha) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 18.5–21.5 | 18.5–21.5 | Acceptable |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Magha: Rakshasa · Mrigashira: Deva. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Magha: Sun · Mrigashira: Venus. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Mrigashira: Sadhaka (6) · from Magha: Pratyari (5). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Magha: Rat · Mrigashira: Serpent. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Magha: Vanachar · Mrigashira: Chatushpada. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Mrigashira’s table and Magha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ and Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 53°20′ and 80°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mrigashira as bride first, Magha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 18.5 at the lowest and 22.5 at the highest.
| Mrigashira ↓ / Magha → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Leo | Pada 3Leo | Pada 4Leo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 18.5 / 18.5 | 18.5 / 18.5 | 18.5 / 18.5 | 18.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 18.5 / 18.5 | 18.5 / 18.5 | 18.5 / 18.5 | 18.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 |
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. 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 Mrigashira and Magha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Mrigashira is Madhya (Pitta) and Magha 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
Leo and Taurus — 4/10 — 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. The doshas Ashtakoot does not test for are a separate question — Mangal dosha among them.
Two Tests Outside the 36
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Mrigashira to Magha is 6 and back is 23, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 6 stars between them, against a favourable set of 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 and 25. 108 of the 351 pairs land on one of those.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 6 with Mrigashira as bride, 23 with Magha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Magha as the bride and not with Mrigashira.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mrigashira is Mridu (tender), Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 18.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 16th place in Mrigashira's table, 16th in Magha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Mrigashira’s table
16th of 27
Magha scores 18.5 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 Magha’s table
16th of 27
Mrigashira scores 18.5 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.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: kundli matching for marriage, end to end and the 36 guna taken one koota at a time. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Mrigashira page and the Magha page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mrigashira and Magha to sixteen answers between 18.5 and 22.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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