Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mula and Uttara Ashadha nakshatra matching
26.5–29.5 of 36 with Mula as bride, 23.5–26.5 with Uttara Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana
Mula as bride
26.5–29.5
of 36
Uttara Ashadha as bride
23.5–26.5
of 36
Across all padas
16.5–26.5
spread of 10
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 Uttara Ashadha that leaves 4 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi — and 4 carrying a deduction: Gana (3 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). The heaviest of them is Gana, where Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Mula: Rakshasa gives 3 of 6.
A swing of 10 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 16.5 at the bottom, 26.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1. Since 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, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Mula and Uttara Ashadha, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Mula bride | Uttara Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya · Mula: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Mula: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Mula: Vipat (3) · from Uttara Ashadha: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Mula: Dog |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Mula: Jupiter |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Mula: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Sagittarius and Sagittarius — 1/1 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Mula: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 26.5–29.5 | 23.5–26.5 | Good |
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Mula: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Mula: Vipat (3) · from Uttara Ashadha: Mitra (8). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Mula: Dog. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Mula: Manav. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Mula’s table and Uttara Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ and Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 13°20′ and 40°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mula as bride first, Uttara Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 14.5 at the lowest and 26.5 at the highest.
| Mula ↓ / Uttara Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Sagittarius | 26.5 / 23.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 2Sagittarius | 26.5 / 23.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 3Sagittarius | 26.5 / 23.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 |
| Pada 4Sagittarius | 26.5 / 23.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 | 16.5 / 14.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every 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
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 — 8 of 8
Mula is Adi (Vata) and Uttara Ashadha 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
In 12 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 Jupiter, 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 Uttara Ashadha is 3 and back is 26, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 3 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 — 3 with Mula as bride, 26 with Uttara Ashadha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Uttara Ashadha as the bride and not with Mula.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mula is Tikshna (sharp), Uttara Ashadha is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 26.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 5th place in Mula's table, 5th in Uttara Ashadha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Mula’s table
5th of 27
Uttara Ashadha scores 26.5 there, level with 1 other partner. 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 Uttara Ashadha’s table
5th of 27
Mula scores 26.5 there outright. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Ashadha 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 good and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Mula page and the Uttara Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mula and Uttara Ashadha to sixteen answers between 16.5 and 26.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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