Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Punarvasu and Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
25.5–28.5 of 36 with Punarvasu as bride, 24.5–27.5 with Uttara Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cat yoni · Deva gana | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Punarvasu as bride
25.5–28.5
of 36
Uttara Bhadrapada as bride
24.5–27.5
of 36
Across all padas
24–25.5
spread of 1.5
Of the eight kootas, 4 leave something on the table for this pair and 4 do not. Graha Maitri is the largest at 0.5 of 5 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Punarvasu: Mercury. The complete ones are Varna, Tara, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 19 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 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 24 and 25.5, a swing of 1.5 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 Uttara Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Punarvasu bride | Uttara Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Brahmin · Punarvasu: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Punarvasu: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Punarvasu: Sampat (2) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Punarvasu: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Punarvasu: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Punarvasu: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Pisces and Gemini — 10/4 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 25.5–28.5 | 24.5–27.5 | Good |
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Punarvasu: Mercury. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Punarvasu: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Punarvasu: Cat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Bhadrapada: 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 Uttara Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Punarvasu runs Gemini 20°00′ – Cancer 3°20′ and Uttara Bhadrapada runs Pisces 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 93°20′ and 120°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Punarvasu as bride first, Uttara Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 24 at the lowest and 25.5 at the highest.
| Punarvasu ↓ / Uttara Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Gemini | 25.5 / 24.5 | 25.5 / 24.5 | 25.5 / 24.5 | 25.5 / 24.5 |
| Pada 2Gemini | 25.5 / 24.5 | 25.5 / 24.5 | 25.5 / 24.5 | 25.5 / 24.5 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 25.5 / 24.5 | 25.5 / 24.5 | 25.5 / 24.5 | 25.5 / 24.5 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 24 / 24 | 24 / 24 | 24 / 24 | 24 / 24 |
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 Uttara Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Punarvasu is Adi (Vata) and Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada is 20. 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: 20 from Punarvasu and 9 from Uttara Bhadrapada, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Punarvasu as the bride and not with Uttara Bhadrapada.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Punarvasu is Chara (movable), Uttara Bhadrapada is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 5th among Punarvasu's 27 possible partners and Punarvasu 6th among Uttara Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Punarvasu’s table
5th of 27
Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada’s table
6th of 27
Punarvasu scores 25.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Uttara Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Punarvasu and Uttara Bhadrapada 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: 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 Uttara Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Punarvasu and Uttara Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 24 and 25.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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