Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mrigashira and Vishakha nakshatra matching
15.5–18.5 of 36 with Mrigashira as bride, 17.5–20.5 with Vishakha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana
Mrigashira as bride
15.5–18.5
of 36
Vishakha as bride
17.5–20.5
of 36
Across all padas
12–21.5
spread of 9.5
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 Vishakha that leaves 2 of the eight at full marks — Graha Maitri and Nadi — and 6 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Bhakoot, where Libra and Taurus — 6/8 gives 0 of 7.
The pada decides part of this one. Mrigashira runs from Taurus into Gemini after pada 2 and Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio after pada 3, 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 12 and 21.5, a swing of 9.5 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Mrigashira and Vishakha, 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 | Vishakha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Vishakha: Shudra · Mrigashira: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Vishakha: Manav · Mrigashira: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Mrigashira: Vipat (3) · from Vishakha: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Vishakha: Tiger · Mrigashira: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Vishakha: Venus · Mrigashira: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Vishakha: Rakshasa · Mrigashira: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Libra and Taurus — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 15.5–18.5 | 17.5–20.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Libra and Taurus — 6/8. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Vishakha: Rakshasa · Mrigashira: Deva. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Mrigashira: Vipat (3) · from Vishakha: Mitra (8). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Vishakha: Tiger · Mrigashira: Serpent. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Vishakha: 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 — Vishakha: 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 Vishakha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ and Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ — 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, Vishakha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 12 at the lowest and 21.5 at the highest.
| Mrigashira ↓ / Vishakha → | Pada 1Libra | Pada 2Libra | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 21.5 / 21.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 21.5 / 21.5 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 18.5 / 19.5 | 18.5 / 19.5 | 18.5 / 19.5 | 12 / 12 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 18.5 / 19.5 | 18.5 / 19.5 | 18.5 / 19.5 | 12 / 12 |
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
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 Vishakha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Mrigashira is Madhya (Pitta) and Vishakha 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. 12 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Mrigashira to Vishakha is 12 and back is 17, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 12 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 — 12 with Mrigashira as bride, 17 with Vishakha — 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), Vishakha is Mishra (mixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 17.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 18th place in Mrigashira's table, 19th in Vishakha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Mrigashira’s table
18th of 27
Vishakha scores 17.5 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 Vishakha’s table
19th of 27
Mrigashira scores 17.5 there outright. Vishakha’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29.5 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Vishakha 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 Vishakha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mrigashira and Vishakha to sixteen answers between 12 and 21.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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