Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mrigashira and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
27.5–30.5 of 36 with Mrigashira as bride, 28.5–31.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Mrigashira as bride
27.5–30.5
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
28.5–31.5
of 36
Across all padas
22.5–28.5
spread of 6
Mrigashira and Purva Bhadrapada come to 27.5–30.5 of 36 with Mrigashira on the bride's side and 28.5–31.5 with Purva Bhadrapada on it. What sits behind those two figures: Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi score in full, while Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Tara on its own accounts for 1.5 of the guna that go missing.
The pada decides part of this one. Mrigashira runs from Taurus into Gemini after pada 2 and Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces 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. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 22.5 and 28.5, a swing of 6 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 Purva Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Mrigashira bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Mrigashira: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Mrigashira: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Mrigashira: Vipat (3) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Mrigashira: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Mrigashira: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Mrigashira: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Taurus — 10/4 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 27.5–30.5 | 28.5–31.5 | Good |
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Mrigashira: Vipat (3) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Mrigashira: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Mrigashira: Serpent. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Mrigashira: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Mrigashira: Vaishya. 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 Mrigashira’s table and Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ and Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 80°00′ and 106°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mrigashira as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 22.5 at the lowest and 28.5 at the highest.
| Mrigashira ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 27.5 / 28.5 | 27.5 / 28.5 | 27.5 / 28.5 | 24 / 23 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 27.5 / 28.5 | 27.5 / 28.5 | 27.5 / 28.5 | 24 / 23 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 | 24 / 23 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 | 24 / 23 |
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 Purva Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Mrigashira is Madhya (Pitta) and Purva Bhadrapada 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
In 6 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 Saturn, 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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada is 21. 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: 21 from Mrigashira and 8 from Purva Bhadrapada, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Mrigashira as the bride and not with Purva Bhadrapada.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mrigashira is Mridu (tender), Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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: 28.5 of 36 puts Purva Bhadrapada 2nd among Mrigashira's 27 possible partners and Mrigashira 3rd among Purva Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Mrigashira’s table
2nd of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 28.5 there outright. Mrigashira’s 27 partners run from 9 to 35 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Mrigashira can reach — all 27 rows.
In Purva Bhadrapada’s table
3rd of 27
Mrigashira scores 28.5 there outright. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mrigashira and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 22.5 and 28.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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