Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Punarvasu and Anuradha nakshatra matching
19.5–22.5 of 36 with Punarvasu as bride, 18.5–21.5 with Anuradha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cat yoni · Deva gana | Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Deer yoni · Deva gana
Punarvasu as bride
19.5–22.5
of 36
Anuradha as bride
18.5–21.5
of 36
Across all padas
19.5–23
spread of 3.5
Reading the eight kootas in order for Punarvasu and Anuradha: Bhakoot is where the largest deduction falls — Scorpio and Gemini — 6/8, so 0 of 7, with Graha Maitri at 0.5 of 5, Yoni at 1–3 of 4 and Vashya at 0–1 of 2 behind it. The remaining 4 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 19.5–22.5 one way round and 18.5–21.5 the other.
The pada decides part of this one. Punarvasu runs from Gemini into Cancer 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. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 19.5 and 23, a swing of 3.5 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Punarvasu and Anuradha, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Punarvasu bride | Anuradha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Anuradha: Brahmin · Punarvasu: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Anuradha: Keet · Punarvasu: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Punarvasu: Sampat (2) · from Anuradha: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Anuradha: Deer · Punarvasu: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Anuradha: Mars · Punarvasu: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Anuradha: Deva · Punarvasu: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Scorpio and Gemini — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) · Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 19.5–22.5 | 18.5–21.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Scorpio and Gemini — 6/8. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Anuradha: Mars · Punarvasu: Mercury. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Anuradha: Deer · Punarvasu: Cat. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Anuradha: Keet · Punarvasu: 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 Punarvasu’s table and Anuradha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Punarvasu runs Gemini 20°00′ – Cancer 3°20′ and Anuradha runs Scorpio 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 120°00′ and 146°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Punarvasu as bride first, Anuradha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 18.5 at the lowest and 23 at the highest.
| Punarvasu ↓ / Anuradha → | Pada 1Scorpio | Pada 2Scorpio | Pada 3Scorpio | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Gemini | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 2Gemini | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 | 19.5 / 18.5 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 23 / 23 | 23 / 23 | 23 / 23 | 23 / 23 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 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
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 Punarvasu and Anuradha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Punarvasu is Adi (Vata) and Anuradha 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 — 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 Mercury and Mars, 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: Punarvasu to Anuradha is 11 and back is 18, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 11 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 both ways. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 11 with Punarvasu as bride, 18 with Anuradha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Punarvasu is Chara (movable), Anuradha is Mridu (tender) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 19.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 18th place in Punarvasu's table, 15th in Anuradha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Punarvasu’s table
18th of 27
Anuradha scores 19.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Punarvasu’s 27 partners run from 4 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Punarvasu can reach — all 27 rows.
In Anuradha’s table
15th of 27
Punarvasu scores 19.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Anuradha’s 27 partners run from 12 to 31 with a median of 20, so this one sits below the middle of what Anuradha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: kundli matching for marriage, end to end and the 36 guna taken one koota at a time. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Punarvasu page and the Anuradha page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Punarvasu and Anuradha to sixteen answers between 19.5 and 23. Two birth times pick one of them.
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