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Purva Phalguni and Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
14.5–17.5 of 36 with Purva Phalguni as bride, 13.5–16.5 with Uttara Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Purva Phalguni as bride
14.5–17.5
of 36
Uttara Bhadrapada as bride
13.5–16.5
of 36
Across all padas
14.5
one answer
Purva Phalguni and Uttara Bhadrapada come to 14.5–17.5 of 36 with Purva Phalguni on the bride's side and 13.5–16.5 with Uttara Bhadrapada on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Graha Maitri and Gana score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Purva Phalguni with Uttara Bhadrapada is one of them: every one of the sixteen cells in the grid below repeats the same total, so knowing the two birth stars is knowing the score.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Purva Phalguni with Uttara Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Purva Phalguni bride | Uttara Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Brahmin · Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Purva Phalguni: Vadha (7) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Kshema (4) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Purva Phalguni: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Purva Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Purva Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Pisces and Leo — 8/6 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 14.5–17.5 | 13.5–16.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Pisces and Leo — 8/6. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Purva Phalguni: Vadha (7) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Kshema (4). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Purva Phalguni: Rat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · 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 Uttara Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Uttara Bhadrapada runs Pisces 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 146°40′ and 173°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Purva Phalguni as bride first, Uttara Bhadrapada as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Purva Phalguni ↓ / Uttara Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 2Leo | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 3Leo | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 4Leo | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 | 14.5 / 13.5 |
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
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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada is 16. 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: 16 from Purva Phalguni and 13 from Uttara Bhadrapada, 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), Uttara Bhadrapada is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 14.5 of 36 puts Uttara Bhadrapada 24th among Purva Phalguni's 27 possible partners and Purva Phalguni 25th among Uttara Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Purva Phalguni’s table
24th of 27
Uttara Bhadrapada scores 14.5 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 Uttara Bhadrapada’s table
25th of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 14.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Uttara Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Purva Phalguni and Uttara Bhadrapada score?
Are Purva Phalguni and Uttara Bhadrapada compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Purva Phalguni and Uttara Bhadrapada?
Do Purva Phalguni and Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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