Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Punarvasu and Purva Phalguni nakshatra matching
26.5 of 36 with Punarvasu as bride, 25.5 with Purva Phalguni as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cat yoni · Deva gana | Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana
Punarvasu as bride
26.5
of 36
Purva Phalguni as bride
25.5
of 36
Across all padas
20.5–26.5
spread of 6
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 Punarvasu with Purva Phalguni that leaves 3 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Bhakoot and Nadi — and 5 carrying a deduction: Yoni (0 of 4), Vashya (0 of 2), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6) and Graha Maitri (4 of 5). The heaviest of them is Yoni, where Purva Phalguni: Rat · Punarvasu: Cat gives 0 of 4.
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 20.5 and 26.5, a swing of 6 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Punarvasu and Purva Phalguni, 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 | Purva Phalguni bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya · Punarvasu: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 0 | 0 | Purva Phalguni: Vanachar · Punarvasu: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Punarvasu: Pratyari (5) · from Purva Phalguni: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Purva Phalguni: Rat · Punarvasu: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Purva Phalguni: Sun · Punarvasu: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Purva Phalguni: Manushya · Punarvasu: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Leo and Gemini — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) · Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 26.5 | 25.5 | Good |
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Purva Phalguni: Rat · Punarvasu: Cat. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Vashya, 0 of 2 — Purva Phalguni: Vanachar · Punarvasu: Manav. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Punarvasu: Pratyari (5) · from Purva Phalguni: Sadhaka (6). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Purva Phalguni: Manushya · Punarvasu: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Purva Phalguni: Sun · Punarvasu: Mercury. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Punarvasu’s table and Purva Phalguni’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Punarvasu runs Gemini 20°00′ – Cancer 3°20′ and Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 40°00′ and 66°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Punarvasu as bride first, Purva Phalguni as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 19.5 at the lowest and 26.5 at the highest.
| Punarvasu ↓ / Purva Phalguni → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Leo | Pada 3Leo | Pada 4Leo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Gemini | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 |
| Pada 2Gemini | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 |
| 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 0 and 1 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 Phalguni rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Punarvasu is Adi (Vata) and Purva Phalguni 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. 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Punarvasu to Purva Phalguni is 5 and back is 24, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 5 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 — 5 with Punarvasu as bride, 24 with Purva Phalguni — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Purva Phalguni as the bride and not with Punarvasu.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Punarvasu is Chara (movable), Purva Phalguni is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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: 2nd place in Punarvasu's table, 5th in Purva Phalguni's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Punarvasu’s table
2nd of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 26.5 there outright. 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 Phalguni’s table
5th of 27
Punarvasu scores 26.5 there outright. Purva Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 33 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Phalguni 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 Punarvasu 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: the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers and the guide to all 27 birth stars. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Punarvasu page and the Purva Phalguni page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Punarvasu and Purva Phalguni to sixteen answers between 20.5 and 26.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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