Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Punarvasu and Pushya nakshatra matching

20–23 of 36 with Punarvasu as bride, 19–22 with Pushya as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cat yoni · Deva gana | Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Sheep yoni · Deva gana

Punarvasu as bride

20–23

of 36

Pushya as bride

19–22

of 36

Across all padas

20–33

spread of 13

Punarvasu and Pushya come to 20–23 of 36 with Punarvasu on the bride's side and 19–22 with Pushya on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Tara, Gana and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Graha Maitri (1 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.

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 and 33, a swing of 13 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 Pushya. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Punarvasu with Pushya 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	Pushya bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Pushya: Brahmin · Punarvasu: Shudra
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Pushya: Jalachar · Punarvasu: Manav
Tara / 3	3	3	Counting from Punarvasu: Sampat (2) · from Pushya: Ati-Mitra (9)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Pushya: Sheep · Punarvasu: Cat
Graha Maitri / 5	1	1	Pushya: Moon · Punarvasu: Mercury
Gana / 6	6	6	Pushya: Deva · Punarvasu: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	0	0	Cancer and Gemini — 2/12
Nadi / 8	8	8	Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) · Punarvasu: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	20–23	19–22	Acceptable

Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Cancer and Gemini — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
Graha Maitri, 1 of 5 — Pushya: Moon · Punarvasu: Mercury. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Pushya: Sheep · Punarvasu: Cat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Pushya: Jalachar · Punarvasu: Manav. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.

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

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Punarvasu runs Gemini 20°00′ – Cancer 3°20′ and Pushya runs Cancer 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Punarvasu as bride first, Pushya as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 19 at the lowest and 33 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Punarvasu with Pushya across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Punarvasu as bride then Pushya as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Punarvasu ↓ / Pushya →	Pada 1Cancer	Pada 2Cancer	Pada 3Cancer	Pada 4Cancer
Pada 1Gemini	20 / 19	20 / 19	20 / 19	20 / 19
Pada 2Gemini	20 / 19	20 / 19	20 / 19	20 / 19
Pada 3Gemini	20 / 19	20 / 19	20 / 19	20 / 19
Pada 4Cancer	33 / 33	33 / 33	33 / 33	33 / 33

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 Pushya rather than guessed at.

Nadi Koota — 8 of 8

Punarvasu is Adi (Vata) and Pushya 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 12 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 Moon, 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 Pushya 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 Pushya is 2. 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: 2 from Punarvasu and 27 from Pushya, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Pushya as the bride and not with Punarvasu.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Punarvasu is Chara (movable), Pushya is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light) — 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: 20 of 36 puts Pushya 17th among Punarvasu's 27 possible partners and Punarvasu 13th among Pushya's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Punarvasu’s table

17th of 27

Pushya scores 20 there outright. 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 Pushya’s table

13th of 27

Punarvasu scores 20 there outright. Pushya’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 28.5 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Pushya 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 Pushya 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: Venus, and what it decides about a marriage and the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Punarvasu page and the Pushya page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Punarvasu and Pushya score?

20–23 of 36 with Punarvasu as the bride and 19–22 with Pushya as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 20 to 33, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 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 Pushya compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Punarvasu with Pushya at acceptable. The guna are lost on Bhakoot (0 of 7), Graha Maitri (1 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Bhakoot — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Punarvasu and Pushya?

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 20 to 33 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 13 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 Pushya have Bhakoot dosha?

In 12 of the sixteen pada combinations, yes — a sign boundary decides it. None of those cells carries a cancellation. In the remaining 4, 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?

On the arithmetic, Punarvasu on the bride's side scores higher — 20–23 against 19–22. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 1 with Punarvasu as bride to 0 with Pushya as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Punarvasu and Pushya to sixteen answers between 20 and 33. Two birth times pick one of them.

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