Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Purva Ashadha and Uttara Ashadha nakshatra matching
31–34 of 36 with Purva Ashadha as bride, 31–34 with Uttara Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Monkey yoni · Manushya gana | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana
Purva Ashadha as bride
31–34
of 36
Uttara Ashadha as bride
31–34
of 36
Across all padas
22–33
spread of 11
Of the eight kootas, 2 leave something on the table for this pair and 6 do not. Yoni at 1–3 of 4 and Vashya at 0–1 of 2 are level as the largest, 1 short apiece. The complete ones are Varna, Tara, Graha Maitri, Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 30 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Purva Ashadha passes the mid-point of Sagittarius after pada 1, which moves it from the Manav vashya group into Chatushpada and Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1, 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 22 to 33 of 36 depending on the padas. At 11 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Purva Ashadha with Uttara Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: here neither one differs, so the two columns agree.
| Koota | Purva Ashadha bride | Uttara Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya · Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Purva Ashadha: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Purva Ashadha: Sampat (2) · from Uttara Ashadha: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Purva Ashadha: Monkey |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Purva Ashadha: Jupiter |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Purva Ashadha: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Sagittarius and Sagittarius — 1/1 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 31–34 | 31–34 | Good |
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Purva Ashadha: Monkey. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Purva Ashadha: 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 Purva Ashadha’s table and Uttara Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Purva Ashadha runs Sagittarius 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°00′ — 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: Purva Ashadha as bride first, Uttara Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 21 at the lowest and 33 at the highest.
| Purva Ashadha ↓ / Uttara Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Sagittarius | 31 / 31 | 21 / 22 | 21 / 22 | 21 / 22 |
| Pada 2Sagittarius | 33 / 33 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 |
| Pada 3Sagittarius | 33 / 33 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 |
| Pada 4Sagittarius | 33 / 33 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 24 | 23 / 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
The two heavy kootas, checked with their cancellations. Neither gives a partial score, so each is worth 8 and 7 guna outright or nothing at all.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Purva Ashadha is Madhya (Pitta) and Uttara Ashadha 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 — 7 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 Jupiter 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 Purva Ashadha and Uttara Ashadha 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 Purva Ashadha to Uttara Ashadha 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 Purva Ashadha and 27 from Uttara Ashadha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Uttara Ashadha 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), Uttara Ashadha 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: 31 of 36 puts Uttara Ashadha 1st among Purva Ashadha's 27 possible partners and Purva Ashadha 1st among Uttara Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Purva Ashadha’s table
1st of 27
Uttara Ashadha scores 31 there outright. Purva Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9 to 31 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Uttara Ashadha’s table
1st of 27
Purva Ashadha scores 31 there outright. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Purva Ashadha and Uttara Ashadha 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: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Purva Ashadha page and the Uttara Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Purva Ashadha and Uttara Ashadha to sixteen answers between 22 and 33. Two birth times pick one of them.
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