Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Purva Ashadha and Shravana nakshatra matching
21.5–22.5 of 36 with Purva Ashadha as bride, 22.5–23.5 with Shravana as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Monkey yoni · Manushya gana | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana
Purva Ashadha as bride
21.5–22.5
of 36
Shravana as bride
22.5–23.5
of 36
Across all padas
22.5–24.5
spread of 2
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 Purva Ashadha with Shravana that leaves 2 of the eight at full marks — Yoni and Nadi — and 6 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), Graha Maitri (3 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Bhakoot, where Capricorn and Sagittarius — 2/12 gives 0 of 7.
The pada decides part of this one. Purva Ashadha passes the mid-point of Sagittarius after pada 1, which moves it from the Manav vashya group into Chatushpada and Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar, and Vashya is read from the half of the sign the Moon falls in, so two guna turn on that mid-point. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 22.5 and 24.5, a swing of 2 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Purva Ashadha and Shravana, 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 | Purva Ashadha bride | Shravana bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shravana: Vaishya · Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Shravana: Chatushpada · Purva Ashadha: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Purva Ashadha: Vipat (3) · from Shravana: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 4 | 4 | Shravana: Monkey · Purva Ashadha: Monkey |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Shravana: Saturn · Purva Ashadha: Jupiter |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Shravana: Deva · Purva Ashadha: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Sagittarius — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 21.5–22.5 | 22.5–23.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Sagittarius — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Shravana: Saturn · Purva Ashadha: Jupiter. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Purva Ashadha: Vipat (3) · from Shravana: Mitra (8). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Shravana: Deva · Purva Ashadha: Manushya. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shravana: Chatushpada · Purva Ashadha: Manav. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shravana: Vaishya · Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya. A deliberately one-way test on rank, failed in this direction. It is one point of thirty-six.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Purva Ashadha’s table and Shravana’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Purva Ashadha runs Sagittarius 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 13°20′ and 40°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Purva Ashadha as bride first, Shravana as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 21.5 at the lowest and 24.5 at the highest.
| Purva Ashadha ↓ / Shravana → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Sagittarius | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 2Sagittarius | 23.5 / 24.5 | 23.5 / 24.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 3Sagittarius | 23.5 / 24.5 | 23.5 / 24.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 4Sagittarius | 23.5 / 24.5 | 23.5 / 24.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 |
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 Purva Ashadha and Shravana rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Purva Ashadha is Madhya (Pitta) and Shravana is Antya (Kapha). 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 every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Jupiter and Saturn, 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Purva Ashadha to Shravana is 3 and back is 26, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 3 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 — 3 with Purva Ashadha as bride, 26 with Shravana — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Shravana as the bride and not with Purva Ashadha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Purva Ashadha is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Shravana is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 22.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 14th place in Purva Ashadha's table, 10th in Shravana's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Purva Ashadha’s table
14th of 27
Shravana scores 22.5 there outright. Purva Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9 to 31 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Purva Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Shravana’s table
10th of 27
Purva Ashadha scores 22.5 there outright. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Shravana 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 Purva Ashadha 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 acceptable and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Purva Ashadha page and the Shravana page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Purva Ashadha and Shravana to sixteen answers between 22.5 and 24.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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