Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Purva Phalguni and Shravana nakshatra matching
15.5–18.5 of 36 with Purva Phalguni as bride, 16.5–19.5 with Shravana as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana
Purva Phalguni as bride
15.5–18.5
of 36
Shravana as bride
16.5–19.5
of 36
Across all padas
16.5
one answer
Purva Phalguni and Shravana come to 15.5–18.5 of 36 with Purva Phalguni on the bride's side and 16.5–19.5 with Shravana on it. What sits behind those two figures: Nadi scores in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Graha Maitri (0 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
A boundary is crossed and the result survives it: Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar. Vashya reads differently either side of it, and yet every one of the sixteen combinations still lands on 16.5 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 Shravana. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Purva Phalguni bride | Shravana bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shravana: Vaishya · Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Shravana: Chatushpada · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Purva Phalguni: Vipat (3) · from Shravana: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shravana: Monkey · Purva Phalguni: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0 | 0 | Shravana: Saturn · Purva Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Shravana: Deva · Purva Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Leo — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 15.5–18.5 | 16.5–19.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Leo — 6/8. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Shravana: Saturn · Purva Phalguni: Sun. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Purva Phalguni: Vipat (3) · from Shravana: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Shravana: Deva · Purva Phalguni: Manushya. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shravana: Monkey · Purva Phalguni: Rat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shravana: Chatushpada · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shravana: Vaishya · 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 Shravana’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Purva Phalguni as bride first, Shravana as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Purva Phalguni ↓ / Shravana → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 15.5 / 16.5 | 15.5 / 16.5 | 15.5 / 16.5 | 15.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 2Leo | 15.5 / 16.5 | 15.5 / 16.5 | 15.5 / 16.5 | 15.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 3Leo | 15.5 / 16.5 | 15.5 / 16.5 | 15.5 / 16.5 | 15.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 4Leo | 15.5 / 16.5 | 15.5 / 16.5 | 15.5 / 16.5 | 15.5 / 16.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every 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
Fifteen of the 36 guna sit in these two, and both are all-or-nothing. Their cancellations are stated specifically enough to be checked for Purva Phalguni and Shravana rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Purva Phalguni is Madhya (Pitta) and Shravana is Antya (Kapha). 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 — 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. 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. 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 Shravana 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 Shravana is 12. 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: 12 from Purva Phalguni and 17 from Shravana, 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), Shravana 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: 16.5 of 36 puts Shravana 20th among Purva Phalguni's 27 possible partners and Purva Phalguni 21st among Shravana's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Purva Phalguni’s table
20th of 27
Shravana scores 16.5 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 Shravana’s table
21st of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 16.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Shravana 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 Shravana 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: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Purva Phalguni page and the Shravana page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Purva Phalguni and Shravana score?
Are Purva Phalguni and Shravana compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Purva Phalguni and Shravana?
Do Purva Phalguni and Shravana 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 Shravana, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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