Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Punarvasu and Chitra nakshatra matching
25.5–27.5 of 36 with Punarvasu as bride, 25.5–27.5 with Chitra as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cat yoni · Deva gana | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana
Punarvasu as bride
25.5–27.5
of 36
Chitra as bride
25.5–27.5
of 36
Across all padas
19.5–25.5
spread of 6
Of the eight kootas, 3 leave something on the table for this pair and 5 do not. Gana is the largest at 0 of 6 — Chitra: Rakshasa · Punarvasu: Deva. The complete ones are Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 23 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada decides part of this one. Punarvasu runs from Gemini into Cancer after pada 3 and Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2, 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 25.5, a swing of 6 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Punarvasu with Chitra. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Punarvasu bride | Chitra bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Chitra: Vaishya · Punarvasu: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Chitra: Manav · Punarvasu: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Punarvasu: Mitra (8) · from Chitra: Vipat (3) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Chitra: Tiger · Punarvasu: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Chitra: Mercury · Punarvasu: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Chitra: Rakshasa · Punarvasu: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Virgo and Gemini — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) · Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 25.5–27.5 | 25.5–27.5 | Good |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Chitra: Rakshasa · Punarvasu: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Punarvasu: Mitra (8) · from Chitra: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Chitra: Tiger · Punarvasu: Cat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Punarvasu’s table and Chitra’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Punarvasu runs Gemini 20°00′ – Cancer 3°20′ and Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 80°00′ and 106°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Punarvasu as bride first, Chitra as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 18 at the lowest and 25.5 at the highest.
| Punarvasu ↓ / Chitra → | Pada 1Virgo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Libra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Gemini | 25.5 / 25.5 | 25.5 / 25.5 | 18.5 / 19.5 | 18.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 2Gemini | 25.5 / 25.5 | 25.5 / 25.5 | 18.5 / 19.5 | 18.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 25.5 / 25.5 | 25.5 / 25.5 | 18.5 / 19.5 | 18.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 18.5 / 20.5 | 18.5 / 20.5 | 18 / 20 | 18 / 20 |
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. 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 Chitra rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Punarvasu is Adi (Vata) and Chitra 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
In 6 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers each of those cells: both signs answer to Mercury.
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 Punarvasu and Chitra 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 Punarvasu to Chitra is 8. 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: 8 from Punarvasu and 21 from Chitra, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Chitra as the bride and not with Punarvasu.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Punarvasu is Chara (movable), Chitra is Mridu (tender) — 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: 25.5 of 36 puts Chitra 5th among Punarvasu's 27 possible partners and Punarvasu 6th among Chitra's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Punarvasu’s table
5th of 27
Chitra scores 25.5 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 above the middle of what Punarvasu can reach — all 27 rows.
In Chitra’s table
6th of 27
Punarvasu scores 25.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Chitra’s 27 partners run from 7 to 29 with a median of 20, so this one sits above the middle of what Chitra can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Punarvasu and Chitra 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 good is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Punarvasu page and the Chitra page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Punarvasu and Chitra to sixteen answers between 19.5 and 25.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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