Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Punarvasu and Magha nakshatra matching

21.5 of 36 with Punarvasu as bride, 21.5 with Magha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cat yoni · Deva gana | Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana

Punarvasu as bride

21.5

of 36

Magha as bride

21.5

of 36

Across all padas

16.5–21.5

spread of 5

Of the eight kootas, 5 leave something on the table for this pair and 3 do not. Gana is the largest at 0 of 6 — Magha: Rakshasa · Punarvasu: Deva. The complete ones are Varna, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 16 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.

Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 16.5 to 21.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 5 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.

Koota by Koota

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

Ashtakoot koota scores for Punarvasu with Magha at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Punarvasu bride	Magha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Magha: Kshatriya · Punarvasu: Shudra
Vashya / 2	0	0	Magha: Vanachar · Punarvasu: Manav
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Punarvasu: Kshema (4) · from Magha: Vadha (7)
Yoni / 4	0	0	Magha: Rat · Punarvasu: Cat
Graha Maitri / 5	4	4	Magha: Sun · Punarvasu: Mercury
Gana / 6	0	1	Magha: Rakshasa · Punarvasu: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Leo and Gemini — 3/11
Nadi / 8	8	8	Magha: Antya (Kapha) · Punarvasu: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	21.5	21.5	Acceptable

Gana, 0 of 6 — Magha: Rakshasa · Punarvasu: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Yoni, 0 of 4 — Magha: Rat · Punarvasu: Cat. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
Vashya, 0 of 2 — Magha: Vanachar · Punarvasu: Manav. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Punarvasu: Kshema (4) · from Magha: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Magha: Sun · Punarvasu: Mercury. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.

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

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Punarvasu runs Gemini 20°00′ – Cancer 3°20′ and Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°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: Punarvasu as bride first, Magha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 14.5 at the lowest and 21.5 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Punarvasu with Magha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Punarvasu as bride then Magha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Punarvasu ↓ / Magha →	Pada 1Leo	Pada 2Leo	Pada 3Leo	Pada 4Leo
Pada 1Gemini	21.5 / 21.5	21.5 / 21.5	21.5 / 21.5	21.5 / 21.5
Pada 2Gemini	21.5 / 21.5	21.5 / 21.5	21.5 / 21.5	21.5 / 21.5
Pada 3Gemini	21.5 / 21.5	21.5 / 21.5	21.5 / 21.5	21.5 / 21.5
Pada 4Cancer	14.5 / 16.5	14.5 / 16.5	14.5 / 16.5	14.5 / 16.5

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 0 and 1 guna, depending on the cell. 12 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 4 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

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

Punarvasu is Adi (Vata) and Magha 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 4 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: Mercury and Sun are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.

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 Magha 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 Punarvasu to Magha 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 Punarvasu and 25 from Magha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Magha as the bride and not with Punarvasu.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Punarvasu is Chara (movable), Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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 Magha 13th among Punarvasu's 27 possible partners and Punarvasu 9th among Magha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Punarvasu’s table

13th of 27

Magha scores 21.5 there, level with 2 other partners. Punarvasu’s 27 partners run from 4 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Punarvasu can reach — all 27 rows.

In Magha’s table

9th of 27

Punarvasu scores 21.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Magha’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 33 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Magha can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

The whole of Ashtakoot for Punarvasu and Magha 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 Punarvasu page and the Magha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Punarvasu and Magha score?

21.5 of 36 with Punarvasu as the bride and 21.5 with Magha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 16.5 to 21.5, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 0 and 1 guna, depending on the cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Punarvasu and Magha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Punarvasu with Magha at acceptable. The guna are lost on Gana (0 of 6), Yoni (0 of 4), Vashya (0 of 2), Tara (1.5 of 3) and Graha Maitri (4 of 5). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Vashya, Yoni and Gana — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Punarvasu and Magha?

Yes. Punarvasu runs from Gemini into Cancer after pada 3, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are read from the Moon rashi rather than from the nakshatra, so 15 of the 36 guna move with that boundary. The total ranges from 16.5 to 21.5 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 5 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Punarvasu and Magha have Bhakoot dosha?

In 4 of the sixteen pada combinations, yes — a sign boundary decides it. 4 of those 4 carry the classical cancellation. In the remaining 12, Bhakoot is full at seven. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.

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

It makes no difference to the total here — 21.5 either way. Varna and Gana are the only directional kootas, and for Punarvasu with Magha both land on cases that read the same in either direction. Only 37 of the 351 pairs are symmetric, so this is the unusual one.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Punarvasu and Magha to sixteen answers between 16.5 and 21.5. Two birth times pick one of them.

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