Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mula and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
17.5–19.5 of 36 with Mula as bride, 15.5–17.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Mula as bride
17.5–19.5
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
15.5–17.5
of 36
Across all padas
17.5–18.5
spread of 1
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 Mula with Purva Bhadrapada that leaves 2 of the eight at full marks — Vashya and Bhakoot — and 6 carrying a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Gana (3 of 6), Graha Maitri (3 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Nadi, where Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Mula: Adi (Vata) gives 0 of 8.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 17.5 to 18.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 1 guna the swing sits below the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Mula and Purva Bhadrapada, 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 | Mula bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Mula: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Mula: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Mula: Vadha (7) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Kshema (4) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Mula: Dog |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Mula: Jupiter |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Mula: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Sagittarius — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Mula: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 17.5–19.5 | 15.5–17.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Mula: Adi (Vata). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Mula: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Mula: Jupiter. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Mula: Vadha (7) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Kshema (4). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Mula: Dog. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mula as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 14.5 at the lowest and 18.5 at the highest.
| Mula ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Sagittarius | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 18.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 2Sagittarius | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 18.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 3Sagittarius | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 18.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 4Sagittarius | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 17.5 / 15.5 | 18.5 / 14.5 |
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. 4 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 12 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
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 — 0 of 8
Mula and Purva Bhadrapada are both Adi (Vata), so the plain rule gives nothing. None of the three recognised cancellations reaches this pair — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — so the eight guna are lost and 28 is the ceiling for Mula with Purva Bhadrapada however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Aquarius and Sagittarius — 3/11 — 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. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.
Two Tests Outside the 36
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Mula to Purva Bhadrapada is 7 and back is 22, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 7 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 — 7 with Mula as bride, 22 with Purva Bhadrapada — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Purva Bhadrapada as the bride and not with Mula.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mula is Tikshna (sharp), Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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: 17th place in Mula's table, 20th in Purva Bhadrapada's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Mula’s table
17th of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 17.5 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s table
20th of 27
Mula scores 17.5 there outright. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada 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 Mula 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: the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers and the guide to all 27 birth stars. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Mula page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mula and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 17.5 and 18.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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