Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mula and Purva Ashadha nakshatra matching
30–32 of 36 with Mula as bride, 27–29 with Purva Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Monkey yoni · Manushya gana
Mula as bride
30–32
of 36
Purva Ashadha as bride
27–29
of 36
Across all padas
28–30
spread of 2
Of the eight kootas, 2 leave something on the table for this pair and 6 do not. Gana is the largest at 3 of 6 — Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Mula: Rakshasa. The complete ones are Varna, Vashya, Tara, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 26 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada decides part of this one. Purva Ashadha passes the mid-point of Sagittarius after pada 1, which moves it from the Manav vashya group into Chatushpada, and Vashya is read from the half of the sign the Moon falls in, so two guna turn on that mid-point. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 28 and 30, a swing of 2 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Mula with Purva Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Mula bride | Purva Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya · Mula: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Purva Ashadha: Manav · Mula: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Mula: Sampat (2) · from Purva Ashadha: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Mula: Dog |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Mula: Jupiter |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Mula: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Sagittarius and Sagittarius — 1/1 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Mula: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 30–32 | 27–29 | Good |
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Mula: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Mula: Dog. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Mula’s table and Purva Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Purva Ashadha runs Sagittarius 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mula as bride first, Purva Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 25 at the lowest and 30 at the highest.
| Mula ↓ / Purva Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Sagittarius | 30 / 27 | 28 / 25 | 28 / 25 | 28 / 25 |
| Pada 2Sagittarius | 30 / 27 | 28 / 25 | 28 / 25 | 28 / 25 |
| Pada 3Sagittarius | 30 / 27 | 28 / 25 | 28 / 25 | 28 / 25 |
| Pada 4Sagittarius | 30 / 27 | 28 / 25 | 28 / 25 | 28 / 25 |
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 Purva Ashadha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Mula is Adi (Vata) and Purva Ashadha 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Sagittarius and Sagittarius — 1/1 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.
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 Mula and Purva 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 Mula to Purva Ashadha is 2. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. This one is directional in earnest: 2 from Mula and 27 from Purva Ashadha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Purva Ashadha as the bride and not with Mula.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mula is Tikshna (sharp), Purva Ashadha is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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: 30 of 36 puts Purva Ashadha 1st among Mula's 27 possible partners and Mula 2nd among Purva Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Mula’s table
1st of 27
Purva Ashadha scores 30 there outright. Mula’s 27 partners run from 11 to 30 with a median of 21, so this one sits above the middle of what Mula can reach — all 27 rows.
In Purva Ashadha’s table
2nd of 27
Mula scores 30 there outright. Purva Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9 to 31 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Mula and Purva Ashadha rests on two arcs of the zodiac 13°20′ wide. Everything a chart is usually read for — the seventh house and its lord, Venus and Mars, Mangal dosha, the dasha each partner is running — sits outside those two arcs and outside this total, which is why good is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Mula page and the Purva Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mula and Purva Ashadha to sixteen answers between 28 and 30. Two birth times pick one of them.
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