Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Purva Phalguni and Jyeshtha nakshatra matching
23.5–26.5 of 36 with Purva Phalguni as bride, 25.5–28.5 with Jyeshtha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana | Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Deer yoni · Rakshasa gana
Purva Phalguni as bride
23.5–26.5
of 36
Jyeshtha as bride
25.5–28.5
of 36
Across all padas
25.5
one answer
Purva Phalguni and Jyeshtha come to 23.5–26.5 of 36 with Purva Phalguni on the bride's side and 25.5–28.5 with Jyeshtha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi score in full, while Gana (0 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Gana on its own accounts for 6 of the guna that go missing.
Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Purva Phalguni and Jyeshtha the padas change nothing. Sixteen combinations, one answer. The exact minute of birth still decides plenty in a chart — it just does not decide this.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Purva Phalguni with Jyeshtha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Purva Phalguni bride | Jyeshtha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Jyeshtha: Brahmin · Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Jyeshtha: Keet · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Purva Phalguni: Mitra (8) · from Jyeshtha: Vipat (3) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Jyeshtha: Deer · Purva Phalguni: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Jyeshtha: Mars · Purva Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Jyeshtha: Rakshasa · Purva Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Scorpio and Leo — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 23.5–26.5 | 25.5–28.5 | Good |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Jyeshtha: Rakshasa · Purva Phalguni: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Purva Phalguni: Mitra (8) · from Jyeshtha: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Jyeshtha: Deer · Purva Phalguni: Rat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Jyeshtha: Keet · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar. 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 Phalguni’s table and Jyeshtha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Jyeshtha runs Scorpio 16°40′ – 30°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 80°00′ and 106°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Purva Phalguni as bride first, Jyeshtha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Purva Phalguni ↓ / Jyeshtha → | Pada 1Scorpio | Pada 2Scorpio | Pada 3Scorpio | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 23.5 / 25.5 | 23.5 / 25.5 | 23.5 / 25.5 | 23.5 / 25.5 |
| Pada 2Leo | 23.5 / 25.5 | 23.5 / 25.5 | 23.5 / 25.5 | 23.5 / 25.5 |
| Pada 3Leo | 23.5 / 25.5 | 23.5 / 25.5 | 23.5 / 25.5 | 23.5 / 25.5 |
| Pada 4Leo | 23.5 / 25.5 | 23.5 / 25.5 | 23.5 / 25.5 | 23.5 / 25.5 |
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
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 Phalguni is Madhya (Pitta) and Jyeshtha is Adi (Vata). 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
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. 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 Phalguni and Jyeshtha 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 Phalguni to Jyeshtha is 8. 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: 8 from Purva Phalguni and 21 from Jyeshtha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Jyeshtha 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), Jyeshtha is Tikshna (sharp) — 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: 25.5 of 36 puts Jyeshtha 6th among Purva Phalguni's 27 possible partners and Purva Phalguni 4th among Jyeshtha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Purva Phalguni’s table
6th of 27
Jyeshtha scores 25.5 there outright. Purva Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 33 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
In Jyeshtha’s table
4th of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 25.5 there outright. Jyeshtha’s 27 partners run from 4 to 31 with a median of 19, so this one sits above the middle of what Jyeshtha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Purva Phalguni and Jyeshtha or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: Venus, and what it decides about a marriage and the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Purva Phalguni page and the Jyeshtha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Purva Phalguni and Jyeshtha score?
Are Purva Phalguni and Jyeshtha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Purva Phalguni and Jyeshtha?
Do Purva Phalguni and Jyeshtha have Bhakoot 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 Jyeshtha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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