Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mrigashira and Uttara Ashadha nakshatra matching
18 of 36 with Mrigashira as bride, 17 with Uttara Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana
Mrigashira as bride
18
of 36
Uttara Ashadha as bride
17
of 36
Across all padas
18–23
spread of 5
Mrigashira and Uttara Ashadha come to 18 of 36 with Mrigashira on the bride's side and 17 with Uttara Ashadha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Vashya and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Yoni (0 of 4), Tara (1.5 of 3) and Gana (5 of 6) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Mrigashira runs from Taurus into Gemini after pada 2 and Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1, 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 18 to 23 of 36 depending on the padas. At 5 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Mrigashira with Uttara Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Mrigashira bride | Uttara Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya · Mrigashira: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Mrigashira: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Mrigashira: Mitra (8) · from Uttara Ashadha: Vipat (3) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Mrigashira: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Mrigashira: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Mrigashira: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Taurus — 8/6 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 18 | 17 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Taurus — 8/6. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Mrigashira: Venus. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Mrigashira: Serpent. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Mrigashira: Mitra (8) · from Uttara Ashadha: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Mrigashira: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Mrigashira’s table and Uttara Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ and Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mrigashira as bride first, Uttara Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 17 at the lowest and 23 at the highest.
| Mrigashira ↓ / Uttara Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 18 / 17 | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 18 / 17 | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 | 22.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 23 / 22 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 23 / 22 | 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 0 and 1 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 Uttara Ashadha 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 14 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 6 of those 14 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
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Mrigashira and Uttara Ashadha 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 Uttara Ashadha is 17. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. This one is directional in earnest: 17 from Mrigashira and 12 from Uttara Ashadha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mrigashira is Mridu (tender), Uttara Ashadha is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 18 of 36 puts Uttara Ashadha 17th among Mrigashira's 27 possible partners and Mrigashira 19th among Uttara Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Mrigashira’s table
17th of 27
Uttara Ashadha scores 18 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 Uttara Ashadha’s table
19th of 27
Mrigashira scores 18 there outright. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Ashadha 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 Uttara Ashadha 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: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Mrigashira page and the Uttara Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mrigashira and Uttara Ashadha to sixteen answers between 18 and 23. Two birth times pick one of them.
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