Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Punarvasu and Purva Ashadha nakshatra matching
26–28 of 36 with Punarvasu as bride, 25–27 with Purva Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cat yoni · Deva gana | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Monkey yoni · Manushya gana
Punarvasu as bride
26–28
of 36
Purva Ashadha as bride
25–27
of 36
Across all padas
20.5–26
spread of 5.5
Punarvasu and Purva Ashadha come to 26–28 of 36 with Punarvasu on the bride's side and 25–27 with Purva Ashadha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Vashya, Bhakoot and Nadi score in full, while Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6) and Yoni (1–3 of 4) do not, and Graha Maitri on its own accounts for 4.5 of the guna that go missing.
The pada decides part of this one. Punarvasu runs from Gemini into Cancer after pada 3 and Purva Ashadha passes the mid-point of Sagittarius after pada 1, which moves it from the Manav vashya group into Chatushpada, 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 20.5 and 26, a swing of 5.5 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 Purva Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Punarvasu bride | Purva Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya · Punarvasu: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Purva Ashadha: Manav · Punarvasu: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Punarvasu: Pratyari (5) · from Purva Ashadha: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Punarvasu: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Punarvasu: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Punarvasu: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Sagittarius and Gemini — 7/7 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 26–28 | 25–27 | Good |
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Punarvasu: Mercury. 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 Punarvasu: Pratyari (5) · from Purva Ashadha: Sadhaka (6). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Punarvasu: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Ashadha: Monkey · 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 Purva Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Punarvasu runs Gemini 20°00′ – Cancer 3°20′ and Purva Ashadha runs Sagittarius 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 160°00′ and 180°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Punarvasu as bride first, Purva Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 19.5 at the lowest and 26 at the highest.
| Punarvasu ↓ / Purva Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Gemini | 26 / 25 | 24 / 23 | 24 / 23 | 24 / 23 |
| Pada 2Gemini | 26 / 25 | 24 / 23 | 24 / 23 | 24 / 23 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 26 / 25 | 24 / 23 | 24 / 23 | 24 / 23 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 19.5 / 20.5 | 19.5 / 20.5 | 19.5 / 20.5 | 19.5 / 20.5 |
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 Purva Ashadha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Punarvasu is Adi (Vata) and Purva Ashadha 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 4 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 Mercury 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
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Punarvasu and Purva Ashadha 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 Purva Ashadha is 14. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. This one is directional in earnest: 14 from Punarvasu and 15 from Purva Ashadha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Punarvasu is Chara (movable), Purva Ashadha 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: 26 of 36 puts Purva Ashadha 3rd among Punarvasu's 27 possible partners and Punarvasu 8th among Purva Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Punarvasu’s table
3rd of 27
Purva Ashadha scores 26 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 Purva Ashadha’s table
8th of 27
Punarvasu scores 26 there, level with 2 other partners. Purva Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9 to 31 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Ashadha 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 Punarvasu and Purva Ashadha 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: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Punarvasu page and the Purva Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Punarvasu and Purva Ashadha to sixteen answers between 20.5 and 26. Two birth times pick one of them.
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