Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mrigashira and Pushya nakshatra matching
17–20 of 36 with Mrigashira as bride, 16–19 with Pushya as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana | Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Sheep yoni · Deva gana
Mrigashira as bride
17–20
of 36
Pushya as bride
16–19
of 36
Across all padas
10.5–17
spread of 6.5
Four of the eight kootas — Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi — are settled by the two birth stars alone, before anyone asks about a pada; the other four are read from the Moon rashi, which a pada can move. For Mrigashira with Pushya that leaves 3 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Gana and Bhakoot — and 5 carrying a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). The heaviest of them is Nadi, where Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) gives 0 of 8.
A swing of 6.5 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 10.5 at the bottom, 17 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
All eight kootas for Mrigashira and Pushya, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Mrigashira bride | Pushya bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Pushya: Brahmin · Mrigashira: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Pushya: Jalachar · Mrigashira: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Mrigashira: Kshema (4) · from Pushya: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Pushya: Sheep · Mrigashira: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Pushya: Moon · Mrigashira: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Pushya: Deva · Mrigashira: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Cancer and Taurus — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 17–20 | 16–19 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Pushya: Moon · Mrigashira: Venus. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Mrigashira: Kshema (4) · from Pushya: Vadha (7). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Pushya: Sheep · Mrigashira: Serpent. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Pushya: Jalachar · 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 Pushya’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ and Pushya runs Cancer 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 26°40′ and 53°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mrigashira as bride first, Pushya as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 9.5 at the lowest and 17 at the highest.
| Mrigashira ↓ / Pushya → | Pada 1Cancer | Pada 2Cancer | Pada 3Cancer | Pada 4Cancer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 10.5 / 9.5 | 10.5 / 9.5 | 10.5 / 9.5 | 10.5 / 9.5 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 10.5 / 9.5 | 10.5 / 9.5 | 10.5 / 9.5 | 10.5 / 9.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. 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 Pushya 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 Pushya however well everything else goes.
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. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.
Two Tests Outside the 36
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Mrigashira to Pushya is 4 and back is 25, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 4 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 — 4 with Mrigashira as bride, 25 with Pushya — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Pushya as the bride and not with Mrigashira.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mrigashira is Mridu (tender), Pushya is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 17 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 19th place in Mrigashira's table, 19th in Pushya's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Mrigashira’s table
19th of 27
Pushya scores 17 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 Pushya’s table
19th of 27
Mrigashira scores 17 there outright. Pushya’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 28.5 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Pushya can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
One number cannot carry a marriage. Ashtakoot reads a single point from each chart — the Moon — so two people born hours apart with the Moon in Mrigashira score identically here whatever else their charts do. The seventh house and its lord, Venus, Mars and Mangal dosha, and the dasha each partner is running are all outside it, and any of them can matter more than the difference between below the conventional threshold and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Mrigashira page and the Pushya page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mrigashira and Pushya to sixteen answers between 10.5 and 17. Two birth times pick one of them.
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