Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Purva Bhadrapada and Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
22–25 of 36 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride, 21–24 with Uttara Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
22–25
of 36
Uttara Bhadrapada as bride
21–24
of 36
Across all padas
22–33
spread of 11
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 Bhadrapada with Uttara Bhadrapada that leaves 4 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Tara, Gana and Nadi — and 4 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), Graha Maitri (3 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). The heaviest of them is Bhakoot, where Pisces and Aquarius — 2/12 gives 0 of 7.
The pada decides part of this one. Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces 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 22 and 33, a swing of 11 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Purva Bhadrapada and Uttara Bhadrapada, 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 Bhadrapada bride | Uttara Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Brahmin · Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Purva Bhadrapada: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Purva Bhadrapada: Sampat (2) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Purva Bhadrapada: Lion |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Pisces and Aquarius — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 22–25 | 21–24 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Pisces and Aquarius — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Purva Bhadrapada: Lion. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Purva Bhadrapada: Manav. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Purva Bhadrapada’s table and Uttara Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 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 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Purva Bhadrapada as bride first, Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Bhadrapada ↓ / Uttara Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aquarius | 22 / 21 | 22 / 21 | 22 / 21 | 22 / 21 |
| Pada 2Aquarius | 22 / 21 | 22 / 21 | 22 / 21 | 22 / 21 |
| Pada 3Aquarius | 22 / 21 | 22 / 21 | 22 / 21 | 22 / 21 |
| Pada 4Pisces | 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 Purva Bhadrapada and Uttara Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Purva Bhadrapada 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 — 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 Saturn 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Purva Bhadrapada to Uttara Bhadrapada is 2 and back is 27, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 2 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 — 2 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride, 27 with Uttara Bhadrapada — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Uttara Bhadrapada as the bride and not with Purva Bhadrapada.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce), 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
The same 22 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 11th place in Purva Bhadrapada's table, 11th in Uttara Bhadrapada's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Purva Bhadrapada’s table
11th of 27
Uttara Bhadrapada scores 22 there, level with 1 other partner. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
In Uttara Bhadrapada’s table
11th of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 22 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
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 Bhadrapada 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 Bhadrapada page and the Uttara Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Purva Bhadrapada and Uttara Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 22 and 33. Two birth times pick one of them.
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