Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mrigashira and Shatabhisha nakshatra matching
24–27 of 36 with Mrigashira as bride, 26–29 with Shatabhisha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana
Mrigashira as bride
24–27
of 36
Shatabhisha as bride
26–29
of 36
Across all padas
20–26
spread of 6
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 Shatabhisha that leaves 4 of the eight at full marks — Tara, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi — and 4 carrying a deduction: Gana (0 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Gana, where Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Mrigashira: Deva gives 0 of 6.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 20 to 26 of 36 depending on the padas. At 6 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Mrigashira and Shatabhisha, 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 | Shatabhisha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Shudra · Mrigashira: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Shatabhisha: Manav · Mrigashira: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Mrigashira: Sampat (2) · from Shatabhisha: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shatabhisha: Horse · Mrigashira: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Shatabhisha: Saturn · Mrigashira: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Mrigashira: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Taurus — 10/4 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 24–27 | 26–29 | Good |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Mrigashira: Deva. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shatabhisha: Horse · Mrigashira: Serpent. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shatabhisha: Manav · Mrigashira: Chatushpada. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shatabhisha: Shudra · Mrigashira: Vaishya. A deliberately one-way test on rank, failed in this direction. It is one point of thirty-six.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Mrigashira’s table and Shatabhisha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ and Shatabhisha runs Aquarius 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 93°20′ and 120°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mrigashira as bride first, Shatabhisha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 19 at the lowest and 26 at the highest.
| Mrigashira ↓ / Shatabhisha → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 24 / 26 | 24 / 26 | 24 / 26 | 24 / 26 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 24 / 26 | 24 / 26 | 24 / 26 | 24 / 26 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 |
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
The two heavy kootas, checked with their cancellations. Neither gives a partial score, so each is worth 8 and 7 guna outright or nothing at all.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Mrigashira is Madhya (Pitta) and Shatabhisha 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 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 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Mrigashira to Shatabhisha is 20 and back is 9, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 20 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 — 20 with Mrigashira as bride, 9 with Shatabhisha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Mrigashira as the bride and not with Shatabhisha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mrigashira is Mridu (tender), Shatabhisha is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 26 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 4th place in Mrigashira's table, 4th in Shatabhisha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Mrigashira’s table
4th of 27
Shatabhisha scores 26 there, level with 1 other partner. 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 Shatabhisha’s table
4th of 27
Mrigashira scores 26 there, level with 1 other partner. Shatabhisha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Shatabhisha 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 good 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 Shatabhisha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mrigashira and Shatabhisha to sixteen answers between 20 and 26. Two birth times pick one of them.
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