Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Purva Phalguni and Uttara Ashadha nakshatra matching
24–27 of 36 with Purva Phalguni as bride, 24–27 with Uttara Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana
Purva Phalguni as bride
24–27
of 36
Uttara Ashadha as bride
24–27
of 36
Across all padas
19–24
spread of 5
Four of the eight kootas — Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi — are settled by the two birth stars alone, before anyone asks about a pada; the other four are read from the Moon rashi, which a pada can move. For Purva Phalguni with Uttara Ashadha that leaves 5 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Tara, Graha Maitri, Gana and Nadi — and 3 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). The heaviest of them is Bhakoot, where Sagittarius and Leo — 5/9 gives 0 of 7.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1, and 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 19 to 24 of 36 depending on the padas. At 5 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Purva Phalguni and Uttara Ashadha, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: here neither one differs, so the two columns agree.
| Koota | Purva Phalguni bride | Uttara Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya · Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Purva Phalguni: Sampat (2) · from Uttara Ashadha: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Purva Phalguni: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Purva Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Purva Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Leo — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 24–27 | 24–27 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Leo — 5/9. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Purva Phalguni: Rat. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Purva Phalguni’s table and Uttara Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 120°00′ and 146°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Purva Phalguni as bride first, Uttara Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 18 at the lowest and 24 at the highest.
| Purva Phalguni ↓ / Uttara Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 24 / 24 | 18 / 19 | 18 / 19 | 18 / 19 |
| Pada 2Leo | 24 / 24 | 18 / 19 | 18 / 19 | 18 / 19 |
| Pada 3Leo | 24 / 24 | 18 / 19 | 18 / 19 | 18 / 19 |
| Pada 4Leo | 24 / 24 | 18 / 19 | 18 / 19 | 18 / 19 |
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 Uttara Ashadha 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. 4 of those 16 cells carry the cancellation and the rest do not, so the pada decides not just the score but whether the relief clause is available.
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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Purva Phalguni to Uttara Ashadha is 11 and back is 18, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 11 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 — 11 with Purva Phalguni as bride, 18 with Uttara Ashadha — 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), Uttara Ashadha is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 24 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 9th place in Purva Phalguni's table, 10th in Uttara Ashadha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Purva Phalguni’s table
9th of 27
Uttara Ashadha scores 24 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 Uttara Ashadha’s table
10th of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 24 there, level with 2 other partners. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
One number cannot carry a marriage. Ashtakoot reads a single point from each chart — the Moon — so two people born hours apart with the Moon in Purva Phalguni score identically here whatever else their charts do. The seventh house and its lord, Venus, Mars and Mangal dosha, and the dasha each partner is running are all outside it, and any of them can matter more than the difference between acceptable and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers and the guide to all 27 birth stars. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Purva Phalguni page and the Uttara Ashadha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Purva Phalguni and Uttara Ashadha to sixteen answers between 19 and 24. Two birth times pick one of them.
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