Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Punarvasu and Uttara Phalguni nakshatra matching

19.5–21.5 of 36 with Punarvasu as bride, 18.5–20.5 with Uttara Phalguni as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cat yoni · Deva gana | Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana

Punarvasu as bride

19.5–21.5

of 36

Uttara Phalguni as bride

18.5–20.5

of 36

Across all padas

13.5–22.5

spread of 9

Punarvasu and Uttara Phalguni come to 19.5–21.5 of 36 with Punarvasu on the bride's side and 18.5–20.5 with Uttara Phalguni on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna and Bhakoot score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Vashya (0 of 2), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Graha Maitri (4 of 5) and Yoni (1–3 of 4) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.

A swing of 9 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 13.5 at the bottom, 22.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Punarvasu runs from Gemini into Cancer after pada 3 and Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo after pada 1. Since 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, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.

Koota by Koota

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Punarvasu with Uttara Phalguni. 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 Uttara Phalguni 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	Uttara Phalguni bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya · Punarvasu: Shudra
Vashya / 2	0	0	Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar · Punarvasu: Manav
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Punarvasu: Sadhaka (6) · from Uttara Phalguni: Pratyari (5)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Uttara Phalguni: Cow · Punarvasu: Cat
Graha Maitri / 5	4	4	Uttara Phalguni: Sun · Punarvasu: Mercury
Gana / 6	5	5	Uttara Phalguni: Manushya · Punarvasu: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Leo and Gemini — 3/11
Nadi / 8	0	0	Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) · Punarvasu: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	19.5–21.5	18.5–20.5	Acceptable

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) · Punarvasu: Adi (Vata). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Vashya, 0 of 2 — Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar · Punarvasu: Manav. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Punarvasu: Sadhaka (6) · from Uttara Phalguni: Pratyari (5). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Gana, 5 of 6 — Uttara Phalguni: Manushya · Punarvasu: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Uttara Phalguni: Sun · 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 — Uttara Phalguni: Cow · 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 Uttara Phalguni’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Punarvasu runs Gemini 20°00′ – Cancer 3°20′ and Uttara Phalguni runs Leo 26°40′ – Virgo 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 53°20′ and 80°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Punarvasu as bride first, Uttara Phalguni as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 12.5 at the lowest and 22.5 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Punarvasu with Uttara Phalguni across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Punarvasu as bride then Uttara Phalguni as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Punarvasu ↓ / Uttara Phalguni →	Pada 1Leo	Pada 2Virgo	Pada 3Virgo	Pada 4Virgo
Pada 1Gemini	19.5 / 18.5	22.5 / 21.5	22.5 / 21.5	22.5 / 21.5
Pada 2Gemini	19.5 / 18.5	22.5 / 21.5	22.5 / 21.5	22.5 / 21.5
Pada 3Gemini	19.5 / 18.5	22.5 / 21.5	22.5 / 21.5	22.5 / 21.5
Pada 4Cancer	12.5 / 13.5	15.5 / 16.5	15.5 / 16.5	15.5 / 16.5

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. 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

Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.

Nadi Koota — 0 of 8

Punarvasu and Uttara Phalguni are both Adi (Vata), so the plain rule gives nothing. None of the three recognised cancellations reaches this pair — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — so the eight guna are lost and 28 is the ceiling for Punarvasu with Uttara Phalguni however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

In 1 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. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.

Two Tests Outside the 36

The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Punarvasu and Uttara Phalguni 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 Phalguni is 6. 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: 6 from Punarvasu and 23 from Uttara Phalguni, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Uttara Phalguni as the bride and not with Punarvasu.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Punarvasu is Chara (movable), Uttara Phalguni 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: 19.5 of 36 puts Uttara Phalguni 18th among Punarvasu's 27 possible partners and Punarvasu 17th among Uttara Phalguni's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Punarvasu’s table

18th of 27

Uttara Phalguni scores 19.5 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 below the middle of what Punarvasu can reach — all 27 rows.

In Uttara Phalguni’s table

17th of 27

Punarvasu scores 19.5 there outright. Uttara Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 33 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Phalguni 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 Uttara Phalguni 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 Uttara Phalguni page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Punarvasu and Uttara Phalguni score?

19.5–21.5 of 36 with Punarvasu as the bride and 18.5–20.5 with Uttara Phalguni as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 13.5 to 22.5, 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 Uttara Phalguni compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Punarvasu with Uttara Phalguni at acceptable. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Vashya (0 of 2), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Graha Maitri (4 of 5) and Yoni (1–3 of 4). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Vashya and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Punarvasu and Uttara Phalguni?

Yes. Punarvasu runs from Gemini into Cancer after pada 3 and Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo after pada 1, 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 13.5 to 22.5 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 9 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 Uttara Phalguni have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Adi (Vata), and a shared nadi scores 0 of 8 — the largest single deduction in Ashtakoot. The three recognised cancellations — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — do not apply to Punarvasu with Uttara Phalguni, so the eight guna are genuinely lost. That leaves a ceiling of 28 for this pair however well the other seven go. Across every possible pairing, 33.3% carry Nadi dosha and 23.2% of those are cancelled.

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

On the arithmetic, Punarvasu on the bride's side scores higher — 19.5–21.5 against 18.5–20.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 1 with Punarvasu as bride to 0 with Uttara Phalguni 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 Uttara Phalguni to sixteen answers between 13.5 and 22.5. Two birth times pick one of them.

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