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Mula and Shatabhisha nakshatra matching

20.5–22.5 of 36 with Mula as bride, 21.5–23.5 with Shatabhisha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana

Mula as bride

20.5–22.5

of 36

Shatabhisha as bride

21.5–23.5

of 36

Across all padas

21.5

one answer

Of the eight kootas, 5 leave something on the table for this pair and 3 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Mula: Adi (Vata). The complete ones are Vashya, Gana and Bhakoot, which is 15 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.

The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Mula with Shatabhisha is one of them: every one of the sixteen cells in the grid below repeats the same total, so knowing the two birth stars is knowing the score.

Koota by Koota

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Mula with Shatabhisha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Mula with Shatabhisha at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Mula bride	Shatabhisha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Shatabhisha: Shudra · Mula: Kshatriya
Vashya / 2	2	2	Shatabhisha: Manav · Mula: Manav
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Mula: Sadhaka (6) · from Shatabhisha: Pratyari (5)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Shatabhisha: Horse · Mula: Dog
Graha Maitri / 5	3	3	Shatabhisha: Saturn · Mula: Jupiter
Gana / 6	6	6	Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Mula: Rakshasa
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Aquarius and Sagittarius — 3/11
Nadi / 8	0	0	Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Mula: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	20.5–22.5	21.5–23.5	Acceptable

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Mula: Adi (Vata). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Shatabhisha: Saturn · Mula: Jupiter. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Mula: Sadhaka (6) · from Shatabhisha: Pratyari (5). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shatabhisha: Horse · Mula: Dog. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Shatabhisha: Shudra · Mula: Kshatriya. The groom's rank has to reach the bride's and does not. One guna, and no tradition treats it as disqualifying.

Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Mula’s table and Shatabhisha’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Shatabhisha runs Aquarius 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 53°20′ and 80°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mula as bride first, Shatabhisha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Mula with Shatabhisha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Mula as bride then Shatabhisha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Mula ↓ / Shatabhisha →	Pada 1Aquarius	Pada 2Aquarius	Pada 3Aquarius	Pada 4Aquarius
Pada 1Sagittarius	20.5 / 21.5	20.5 / 21.5	20.5 / 21.5	20.5 / 21.5
Pada 2Sagittarius	20.5 / 21.5	20.5 / 21.5	20.5 / 21.5	20.5 / 21.5
Pada 3Sagittarius	20.5 / 21.5	20.5 / 21.5	20.5 / 21.5	20.5 / 21.5
Pada 4Sagittarius	20.5 / 21.5	20.5 / 21.5	20.5 / 21.5	20.5 / 21.5

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 guna to every 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

Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.

Nadi Koota — 0 of 8

Mula and Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha 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

The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Mula and Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha is 6. 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: 6 from Mula and 23 from Shatabhisha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Shatabhisha as the bride and not with Mula.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mula is Tikshna (sharp), Shatabhisha is Chara (movable) — 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: 21.5 of 36 puts Shatabhisha 11th among Mula's 27 possible partners and Mula 13th among Shatabhisha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Mula’s table

11th of 27

Shatabhisha scores 21.5 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 Shatabhisha’s table

13th of 27

Mula scores 21.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Shatabhisha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Shatabhisha can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

The whole of Ashtakoot for Mula and Shatabhisha 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 acceptable is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.

Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Mula page and the Shatabhisha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Mula and Shatabhisha score?

20.5–22.5 of 36 with Mula as the bride and 21.5–23.5 with Shatabhisha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The padas do not change it — all sixteen combinations give the same answer, which makes this one of the 146 pairs of 351 where the two birth stars settle the score outright. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 guna to every cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Mula and Shatabhisha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Mula with Shatabhisha at acceptable. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Graha Maitri (3 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Varna and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Mula and Shatabhisha?

No. Every one of the sixteen pada combinations returns the same total for Mula and Shatabhisha. Neither star crosses a boundary between its padas, so all four sit in one rashi and one half of it, and no koota can move. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way.

Do Mula and Shatabhisha have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Adi (Vata), and a shared nadi scores 0 of 8 — the largest single deduction in Ashtakoot. The three recognised cancellations — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — do not apply to Mula with Shatabhisha, so the eight guna are genuinely lost. That leaves a ceiling of 28 for this pair however well the other seven go. Across every possible pairing, 33.3% carry Nadi dosha and 23.2% of those are cancelled.

Is it better for Mula to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Shatabhisha on the bride's side scores higher — 21.5–23.5 against 20.5–22.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Mula as bride to 1 with Shatabhisha as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The score is settled for Mula and Shatabhisha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.

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