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Purva Phalguni and Shatabhisha nakshatra matching
17.5–19.5 of 36 with Purva Phalguni as bride, 21.5–23.5 with Shatabhisha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana
Purva Phalguni as bride
17.5–19.5
of 36
Shatabhisha as bride
21.5–23.5
of 36
Across all padas
21.5
one answer
Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Gana is the largest at 0 of 6 — Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Purva Phalguni: Manushya. The complete ones are Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 15 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Purva Phalguni and Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha. 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 | Shatabhisha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Shudra · Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0 | 0 | Shatabhisha: Manav · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Purva Phalguni: Pratyari (5) · from Shatabhisha: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shatabhisha: Horse · Purva Phalguni: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0 | 0 | Shatabhisha: Saturn · Purva Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Purva Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Leo — 7/7 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 17.5–19.5 | 21.5–23.5 | Acceptable |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Purva Phalguni: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Shatabhisha: Saturn · Purva Phalguni: Sun. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
- Vashya, 0 of 2 — Shatabhisha: Manav · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Purva Phalguni: Pratyari (5) · from Shatabhisha: Sadhaka (6). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shatabhisha: Horse · Purva Phalguni: Rat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shatabhisha: Shudra · Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya. The groom's rank has to reach the bride's and does not. One guna, and no tradition treats it as disqualifying.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Purva Phalguni’s table and Shatabhisha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Shatabhisha runs Aquarius 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 160°00′ and 180°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Purva Phalguni as bride first, Shatabhisha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Purva Phalguni ↓ / Shatabhisha → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 |
| Pada 2Leo | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 |
| Pada 3Leo | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 |
| Pada 4Leo | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 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 Shatabhisha 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
Aquarius and Leo — 7/7 — 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 Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha is 14. 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: 14 from Purva Phalguni and 15 from Shatabhisha, 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), Shatabhisha is Chara (movable) — 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: 21.5 of 36 puts Shatabhisha 12th among Purva Phalguni's 27 possible partners and Purva Phalguni 13th among Shatabhisha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Purva Phalguni’s table
12th of 27
Shatabhisha scores 21.5 there, level with 2 other partners. Purva Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 33 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Purva Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
In Shatabhisha’s table
13th of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 21.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Shatabhisha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Shatabhisha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Purva Phalguni and Shatabhisha 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 acceptable is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Purva Phalguni page and the Shatabhisha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Purva Phalguni and Shatabhisha score?
Are Purva Phalguni and Shatabhisha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Purva Phalguni and Shatabhisha?
Do Purva Phalguni and Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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