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Purva Phalguni and Dhanishta nakshatra matching

2.5–5.5 of 36 with Purva Phalguni as bride, 6.5–9.5 with Dhanishta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana

Purva Phalguni as bride

2.5–5.5

of 36

Dhanishta as bride

6.5–9.5

of 36

Across all padas

6.5–13.5

spread of 7

Reading the eight kootas in order for Purva Phalguni and Dhanishta: Nadi is where the largest deduction falls — Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta), so 0 of 8, with Bhakoot at 0 of 7, Gana at 0 of 6, Graha Maitri at 0 of 5, Tara at 1.5 of 3, Yoni at 1–3 of 4, Vashya at 0–1 of 2 and Varna at 0 of 1 behind it. No koota is left complete, which puts the pair at 2.5–5.5 one way round and 6.5–9.5 the other.

A swing of 7 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 6.5 at the bottom, 13.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius after pada 2. 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

All eight kootas for Purva Phalguni and Dhanishta, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna and Gana differ between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Purva Phalguni with Dhanishta at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Purva Phalguni bride	Dhanishta bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Dhanishta: Vaishya · Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Dhanishta: Jalachar · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Purva Phalguni: Kshema (4) · from Dhanishta: Vadha (7)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Dhanishta: Lion · Purva Phalguni: Rat
Graha Maitri / 5	0	0	Dhanishta: Saturn · Purva Phalguni: Sun
Gana / 6	0	3	Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Purva Phalguni: Manushya
Bhakoot / 7	0	0	Capricorn and Leo — 6/8
Nadi / 8	0	0	Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta)
Total / 36	2.5–5.5	6.5–9.5	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Leo — 6/8. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
Gana, 0 of 6 — Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Purva Phalguni: Manushya. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Dhanishta: Saturn · Purva Phalguni: Sun. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Purva Phalguni: Kshema (4) · from Dhanishta: Vadha (7). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Dhanishta: Lion · Purva Phalguni: Rat. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Dhanishta: Jalachar · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Dhanishta: Vaishya · Purva Phalguni: 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 Phalguni’s table and Dhanishta’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Dhanishta runs Capricorn 23°20′ – Aquarius 6°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 146°40′ and 173°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Purva Phalguni as bride first, Dhanishta as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 2.5 at the lowest and 13.5 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Purva Phalguni with Dhanishta across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Purva Phalguni as bride then Dhanishta as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Purva Phalguni ↓ / Dhanishta →	Pada 1Capricorn	Pada 2Capricorn	Pada 3Aquarius	Pada 4Aquarius
Pada 1Leo	2.5 / 6.5	2.5 / 6.5	9.5 / 13.5	9.5 / 13.5
Pada 2Leo	2.5 / 6.5	2.5 / 6.5	9.5 / 13.5	9.5 / 13.5
Pada 3Leo	2.5 / 6.5	2.5 / 6.5	9.5 / 13.5	9.5 / 13.5
Pada 4Leo	2.5 / 6.5	2.5 / 6.5	9.5 / 13.5	9.5 / 13.5

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. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. 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 Dhanishta 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 Dhanishta however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1

In 8 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 Sun and Saturn, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.

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 Dhanishta is 13 and back is 16, counting inclusively.

Mahendra — present. 13 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 both ways. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 13 with Purva Phalguni as bride, 16 with Dhanishta — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds either way round here.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Purva Phalguni is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Dhanishta is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.

How the Pair Ranks on Each Side

The same 6.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 27th place in Purva Phalguni's table, 27th in Dhanishta's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.

In Purva Phalguni’s table

27th of 27

Dhanishta scores 6.5 there outright. 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 Dhanishta’s table

27th of 27

Purva Phalguni scores 6.5 there outright. Dhanishta’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 29.5 with a median of 19, so this one sits below the middle of what Dhanishta can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.

Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: how to check compatibility in a kundli and Venus, and what it decides about a marriage. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Purva Phalguni page and the Dhanishta page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Purva Phalguni and Dhanishta score?

2.5–5.5 of 36 with Purva Phalguni as the bride and 6.5–9.5 with Dhanishta as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 6.5 to 13.5, 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 Purva Phalguni and Dhanishta compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Purva Phalguni with Dhanishta at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Graha Maitri (0 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). It is a filter, and filters do not recommend. A koota scoring zero — here Varna, Graha Maitri, Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Purva Phalguni and Dhanishta?

Yes. Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius after pada 2, 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 6.5 to 13.5 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 7 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Purva Phalguni and Dhanishta have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Madhya (Pitta), 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 Purva Phalguni with Dhanishta, 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 Purva Phalguni to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Dhanishta on the bride's side scores higher — 6.5–9.5 against 2.5–5.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Purva Phalguni as bride to 1 with Dhanishta as bride and Gana goes from 0 with Purva Phalguni as bride to 3 with Dhanishta 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 Purva Phalguni and Dhanishta to sixteen answers between 6.5 and 13.5. Two birth times pick one of them.

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