Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mrigashira and Shravana nakshatra matching
26–28 of 36 with Mrigashira as bride, 26–28 with Shravana as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana
Mrigashira as bride
26–28
of 36
Shravana as bride
26–28
of 36
Across all padas
23–26
spread of 3
Reading the eight kootas in order for Mrigashira and Shravana: Bhakoot is where the largest deduction falls — Capricorn and Taurus — 9/5, so 0 of 7, with Yoni at 1–3 of 4 behind it. The remaining 6 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 26–28 one way round and 26–28 the other.
The pada decides part of this one. Mrigashira runs from Taurus into Gemini after pada 2 and Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar, 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 23 and 26, a swing of 3 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Mrigashira and Shravana, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: here neither one differs, so the two columns agree.
| Koota | Mrigashira bride | Shravana bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Shravana: Vaishya · Mrigashira: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Shravana: Chatushpada · Mrigashira: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Mrigashira: Ati-Mitra (9) · from Shravana: Sampat (2) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shravana: Monkey · Mrigashira: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Shravana: Saturn · Mrigashira: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Shravana: Deva · Mrigashira: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Taurus — 9/5 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 26–28 | 26–28 | Good |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Taurus — 9/5. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shravana: Monkey · Mrigashira: Serpent. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Mrigashira’s table and Shravana’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ and Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 120°00′ and 146°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mrigashira as bride first, Shravana as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 22 at the lowest and 26 at the highest.
| Mrigashira ↓ / Shravana → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 | 24 / 24 | 24 / 24 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 | 24 / 24 | 24 / 24 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 23 / 22 | 23 / 22 | 23 / 22 | 23 / 22 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 23 / 22 | 23 / 22 | 23 / 22 | 23 / 22 |
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 Shravana rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Mrigashira is Madhya (Pitta) and Shravana is Antya (Kapha). 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 every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 8 of those 16 cells carry the cancellation and the rest do not, so the pada decides not just the score but whether the relief clause is available.
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 Shravana is 18 and back is 11, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 18 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 both ways. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 18 with Mrigashira as bride, 11 with Shravana — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mrigashira is Mridu (tender), Shravana 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 Shravana'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
Shravana 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 Shravana’s table
4th of 27
Mrigashira scores 26 there, level with 2 other partners. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Shravana can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: how to check compatibility in a kundli and Venus, and what it decides about a marriage. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Mrigashira page and the Shravana page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mrigashira and Shravana to sixteen answers between 23 and 26. Two birth times pick one of them.
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