Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mula and Dhanishta nakshatra matching
19.5–22.5 of 36 with Mula as bride, 20.5–23.5 with Dhanishta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana
Mula as bride
19.5–22.5
of 36
Dhanishta as bride
20.5–23.5
of 36
Across all padas
20.5–29.5
spread of 9
Reading the eight kootas in order for Mula and Dhanishta: Bhakoot is where the largest deduction falls — Capricorn and Sagittarius — 2/12, so 0 of 7, with Graha Maitri at 3 of 5, Tara at 1.5 of 3, Yoni at 1–3 of 4, Vashya at 0–1 of 2 and Varna at 0 of 1 behind it. The remaining 2 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 19.5–22.5 one way round and 20.5–23.5 the other.
The pada decides part of this one. Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius 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. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 20.5 and 29.5, a swing of 9 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Mula and Dhanishta, 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 | Mula bride | Dhanishta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Dhanishta: Vaishya · Mula: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Dhanishta: Jalachar · Mula: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Mula: Pratyari (5) · from Dhanishta: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Dhanishta: Lion · Mula: Dog |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Dhanishta: Saturn · Mula: Jupiter |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Mula: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Sagittarius — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Mula: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 19.5–22.5 | 20.5–23.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Sagittarius — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Dhanishta: Saturn · Mula: Jupiter. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Mula: Pratyari (5) · from Dhanishta: Sadhaka (6). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Dhanishta: Lion · Mula: Dog. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Dhanishta: Jalachar · Mula: Manav. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Dhanishta: Vaishya · Mula: Kshatriya. 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 Mula’s table and Dhanishta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Dhanishta runs Capricorn 23°20′ – Aquarius 6°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 40°00′ and 66°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mula as bride first, Dhanishta as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 19.5 at the lowest and 29.5 at the highest.
| Mula ↓ / Dhanishta → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Sagittarius | 19.5 / 20.5 | 19.5 / 20.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 |
| Pada 2Sagittarius | 19.5 / 20.5 | 19.5 / 20.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 |
| Pada 3Sagittarius | 19.5 / 20.5 | 19.5 / 20.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 |
| Pada 4Sagittarius | 19.5 / 20.5 | 19.5 / 20.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 |
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 Mula and Dhanishta rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Mula is Adi (Vata) and Dhanishta is Madhya (Pitta). 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 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 Jupiter 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: Mula to Dhanishta is 5 and back is 24, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 5 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 — 5 with Mula as bride, 24 with Dhanishta — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Dhanishta as the bride and not with Mula.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mula is Tikshna (sharp), Dhanishta is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 20.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 15th place in Mula's table, 12th in Dhanishta's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Mula’s table
15th of 27
Dhanishta scores 20.5 there outright. Mula’s 27 partners run from 11 to 30 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Mula can reach — all 27 rows.
In Dhanishta’s table
12th of 27
Mula scores 20.5 there outright. Dhanishta’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 29.5 with a median of 19, so this one sits above the middle of what Dhanishta 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: kundli matching for marriage, end to end and the 36 guna taken one koota at a time. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Mula page and the Dhanishta page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mula and Dhanishta to sixteen answers between 20.5 and 29.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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