Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mula and Shravana nakshatra matching
14.5–17.5 of 36 with Mula as bride, 14.5–17.5 with Shravana as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana
Mula as bride
14.5–17.5
of 36
Shravana as bride
14.5–17.5
of 36
Across all padas
14.5
one answer
Mula and Shravana come to 14.5–17.5 of 36 with Mula on the bride's side and 14.5–17.5 with Shravana on it. What sits behind those two figures: Nadi scores in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (1 of 6), Graha Maitri (3 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
A boundary is crossed and the result survives it: Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar. Vashya reads differently either side of it, and yet every one of the sixteen combinations still lands on 14.5 of 36 on the conservative reading. 120 of the 351 pairs are untouched by the pada altogether; this one is one of 26 touched everywhere except in the total.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Mula with Shravana. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Mula bride | Shravana bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shravana: Vaishya · Mula: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Shravana: Chatushpada · Mula: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Mula: Kshema (4) · from Shravana: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shravana: Monkey · Mula: Dog |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Shravana: Saturn · Mula: Jupiter |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Shravana: Deva · Mula: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Sagittarius — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Mula: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 14.5–17.5 | 14.5–17.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Sagittarius — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Shravana: Deva · Mula: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Shravana: 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: Kshema (4) · from Shravana: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shravana: Monkey · Mula: Dog. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shravana: Chatushpada · Mula: Manav. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shravana: Vaishya · 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 Shravana’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 26°40′ and 53°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mula as bride first, Shravana as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Mula ↓ / Shravana → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Sagittarius | 14.5 / 14.5 | 14.5 / 14.5 | 14.5 / 14.5 | 14.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 2Sagittarius | 14.5 / 14.5 | 14.5 / 14.5 | 14.5 / 14.5 | 14.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 3Sagittarius | 14.5 / 14.5 | 14.5 / 14.5 | 14.5 / 14.5 | 14.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 4Sagittarius | 14.5 / 14.5 | 14.5 / 14.5 | 14.5 / 14.5 | 14.5 / 14.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. 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 — 8 of 8
Mula is Adi (Vata) and Shravana 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 every pada combination, 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
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Mula and Shravana alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.
- Mahendra — present. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Mula to Shravana is 4. 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: 4 from Mula and 25 from Shravana, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Shravana as the bride and not with Mula.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mula is Tikshna (sharp), Shravana 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: 14.5 of 36 puts Shravana 21st among Mula's 27 possible partners and Mula 24th among Shravana's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Mula’s table
21st of 27
Shravana scores 14.5 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 Shravana’s table
24th of 27
Mula scores 14.5 there outright. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Shravana can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Mula and Shravana or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: Venus, and what it decides about a marriage and the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Mula page and the Shravana page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Mula and Shravana, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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