Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Purva Phalguni and Anuradha nakshatra matching
20.5–23.5 of 36 with Purva Phalguni as bride, 19.5–22.5 with Anuradha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana | Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Deer yoni · Deva gana
Purva Phalguni as bride
20.5–23.5
of 36
Anuradha as bride
19.5–22.5
of 36
Across all padas
20.5
one answer
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 Phalguni with Anuradha that leaves 3 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot — and 5 carrying a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). The heaviest of them is Nadi, where Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) gives 0 of 8.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Purva Phalguni with Anuradha is one of them: every one of the sixteen cells in the grid below repeats the same total, so knowing the two birth stars is knowing the score.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Purva Phalguni and Anuradha, 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 Phalguni bride | Anuradha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Anuradha: Brahmin · Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Anuradha: Keet · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Purva Phalguni: Vadha (7) · from Anuradha: Kshema (4) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Anuradha: Deer · Purva Phalguni: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Anuradha: Mars · Purva Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Anuradha: Deva · Purva Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Scorpio and Leo — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 20.5–23.5 | 19.5–22.5 | Acceptable |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Purva Phalguni: Vadha (7) · from Anuradha: Kshema (4). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Anuradha: Deva · Purva Phalguni: Manushya. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Anuradha: Deer · Purva Phalguni: Rat. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Anuradha: Keet · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar. 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 Phalguni’s table and Anuradha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Anuradha runs Scorpio 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Purva Phalguni as bride first, Anuradha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Purva Phalguni ↓ / Anuradha → | Pada 1Scorpio | Pada 2Scorpio | Pada 3Scorpio | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 2Leo | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 3Leo | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 4Leo | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every 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
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
Purva Phalguni and Anuradha are both Madhya (Pitta), 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 Purva Phalguni with Anuradha however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Scorpio and Leo — 4/10 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.
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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Purva Phalguni to Anuradha is 7 and back is 22, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 7 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 — 7 with Purva Phalguni as bride, 22 with Anuradha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Anuradha as the bride and not with Purva Phalguni.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Purva Phalguni is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Anuradha is Mridu (tender) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 20.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 17th place in Purva Phalguni's table, 12th in Anuradha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Purva Phalguni’s table
17th of 27
Anuradha scores 20.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Purva Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 33 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
In Anuradha’s table
12th of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 20.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Anuradha’s 27 partners run from 12 to 31 with a median of 20, so this one sits above the middle of what Anuradha 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 Phalguni 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 Phalguni page and the Anuradha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Purva Phalguni and Anuradha score?
Are Purva Phalguni and Anuradha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Purva Phalguni and Anuradha?
Do Purva Phalguni and Anuradha have Nadi dosha?
Is it better for Purva Phalguni to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Purva Phalguni and Anuradha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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