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Mrigashira and Purva Phalguni nakshatra matching
15.5–18.5 of 36 with Mrigashira as bride, 14.5–17.5 with Purva Phalguni as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana | Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana
Mrigashira as bride
15.5–18.5
of 36
Purva Phalguni as bride
14.5–17.5
of 36
Across all padas
15.5–19.5
spread of 4
Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta). The complete ones are Varna and Bhakoot, which is 8 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
A swing of 4 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 15.5 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 Purva Phalguni. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Mrigashira bride | Purva Phalguni bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya · Mrigashira: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Phalguni: Vanachar · Mrigashira: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Mrigashira: Vadha (7) · from Purva Phalguni: Kshema (4) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Phalguni: Rat · Mrigashira: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0 | 0 | Purva Phalguni: Sun · Mrigashira: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Purva Phalguni: Manushya · Mrigashira: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Leo and Taurus — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 15.5–18.5 | 14.5–17.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Purva Phalguni: Sun · Mrigashira: Venus. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Mrigashira: Vadha (7) · from Purva Phalguni: Kshema (4). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Purva Phalguni: Manushya · Mrigashira: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Phalguni: Rat · Mrigashira: Serpent. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Phalguni: Vanachar · 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 Purva Phalguni’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ and Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mrigashira as bride first, Purva Phalguni as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 14.5 at the lowest and 19.5 at the highest.
| Mrigashira ↓ / Purva Phalguni → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Leo | Pada 3Leo | Pada 4Leo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 15.5 / 14.5 | 15.5 / 14.5 | 15.5 / 14.5 | 15.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 15.5 / 14.5 | 15.5 / 14.5 | 15.5 / 14.5 | 15.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 |
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. 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 Purva Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni however well everything else goes.
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. 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 Purva Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni is 7. 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: 7 from Mrigashira and 22 from Purva Phalguni, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Purva Phalguni as the bride and not with Mrigashira.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mrigashira is Mridu (tender), Purva Phalguni 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: 15.5 of 36 puts Purva Phalguni 22nd among Mrigashira's 27 possible partners and Mrigashira 23rd among Purva Phalguni's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Mrigashira’s table
22nd of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 15.5 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 Purva Phalguni’s table
23rd of 27
Mrigashira scores 15.5 there outright. Purva Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 33 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Mrigashira and Purva Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mrigashira and Purva Phalguni to sixteen answers between 15.5 and 19.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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