Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha nakshatra matching
16–18 of 36 with Purva Phalguni as bride, 16–18 with Purva Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Monkey yoni · Manushya gana
Purva Phalguni as bride
16–18
of 36
Purva Ashadha as bride
16–18
of 36
Across all padas
16
one answer
Of the eight kootas, 4 leave something on the table for this pair and 4 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta). The complete ones are Varna, Tara, Graha Maitri and Gana, which is 15 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
A boundary is crossed and the result survives it: Purva Ashadha passes the mid-point of Sagittarius after pada 1, which moves it from the Manav vashya group into Chatushpada. Vashya reads differently either side of it, and yet every one of the sixteen combinations still lands on 16 of 36 on the conservative reading. 120 of the 351 pairs are untouched by the pada altogether; this one is one of 26 touched everywhere except in the total.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Purva Phalguni with Purva 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 Phalguni bride | Purva Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Purva Ashadha: Kshatriya · Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0 | 0 | Purva Ashadha: Manav · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Purva Phalguni: Janma (1) · from Purva Ashadha: Janma (1) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Purva Phalguni: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Ashadha: Jupiter · Purva Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Purva Ashadha: Manushya · Purva Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Leo — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 16–18 | 16–18 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Purva Ashadha: Madhya (Pitta) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Leo — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Vashya, 0 of 2 — Purva Ashadha: Manav · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Ashadha: Monkey · Purva Phalguni: Rat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Purva Phalguni’s table and Purva Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Purva Ashadha runs Sagittarius 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 106°40′ and 133°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Purva Phalguni as bride first, Purva Ashadha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Purva Phalguni ↓ / Purva Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 |
| Pada 2Leo | 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 |
| Pada 3Leo | 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 |
| Pada 4Leo | 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 | 16 / 16 |
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 Purva Ashadha 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 Purva Ashadha however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers all of them: Sun and Jupiter are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
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
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.
- Mahendra — present. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Purva Phalguni to Purva Ashadha is 10. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. This one is directional in earnest: 10 from Purva Phalguni and 19 from Purva Ashadha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Purva Phalguni is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Purva Ashadha is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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: 16 of 36 puts Purva Ashadha 21st among Purva Phalguni's 27 possible partners and Purva Phalguni 21st among Purva Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Purva Phalguni’s table
21st of 27
Purva Ashadha scores 16 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 Purva Ashadha’s table
21st of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 16 there, level with 2 other partners. Purva Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9 to 31 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Purva Phalguni and Purva 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 below the conventional threshold is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Purva Phalguni page and the Purva Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha score?
Are Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha?
Do Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha 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 Purva Ashadha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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