Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mrigashira and Mula nakshatra matching
12–15 of 36 with Mrigashira as bride, 12–15 with Mula as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana | Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana
Mrigashira as bride
12–15
of 36
Mula as bride
12–15
of 36
Across all padas
12–21
spread of 9
Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Taurus — 8/6. The complete ones are Varna and Nadi, which is 9 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
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 12 and 21, a swing of 9 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Mrigashira with Mula. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Mrigashira bride | Mula bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Mula: Kshatriya · Mrigashira: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Mula: Manav · Mrigashira: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Mrigashira: Sadhaka (6) · from Mula: Pratyari (5) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Mula: Dog · Mrigashira: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Mula: Jupiter · Mrigashira: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Mula: Rakshasa · Mrigashira: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Taurus — 8/6 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Mula: Adi (Vata) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 12–15 | 12–15 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Taurus — 8/6. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Mula: Rakshasa · Mrigashira: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Mula: Jupiter · 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: Sadhaka (6) · from Mula: Pratyari (5). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Mula: Dog · Mrigashira: Serpent. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Mula: Manav · 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 Mula’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ and Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 160°00′ and 180°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mrigashira as bride first, Mula as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 12 at the lowest and 21 at the highest.
| Mrigashira ↓ / Mula → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 |
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. 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
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 Mula rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Mrigashira is Madhya (Pitta) and Mula 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 — 0 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 Jupiter, 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 Mula 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 Mula is 15. 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: 15 from Mrigashira and 14 from Mula, 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), Mula 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: 12 of 36 puts Mula 24th among Mrigashira's 27 possible partners and Mrigashira 25th among Mula's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Mrigashira’s table
24th of 27
Mula scores 12 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 Mula’s table
25th of 27
Mrigashira scores 12 there outright. Mula’s 27 partners run from 11 to 30 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Mula can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Mrigashira and Mula 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: 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 Mrigashira page and the Mula page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mrigashira and Mula to sixteen answers between 12 and 21. Two birth times pick one of them.
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