Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Purva Phalguni and Uttara Phalguni nakshatra matching
33–35 of 36 with Purva Phalguni as bride, 33–35 with Uttara Phalguni as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana | Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Purva Phalguni as bride
33–35
of 36
Uttara Phalguni as bride
33–35
of 36
Across all padas
23–33
spread of 10
Of the eight kootas, 1 leaves something on the table for this pair and 7 do not. Yoni is the largest at 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Phalguni: Cow · Purva Phalguni: Rat. The complete ones are Varna, Vashya, Tara, Graha Maitri, Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 32 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo 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 23 to 33 of 36 depending on the padas. At 10 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Purva Phalguni with Uttara Phalguni. 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 | Uttara Phalguni bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya · Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar · Purva Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Purva Phalguni: Sampat (2) · from Uttara Phalguni: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Phalguni: Cow · Purva Phalguni: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Phalguni: Sun · Purva Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Uttara Phalguni: Manushya · Purva Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Leo and Leo — 1/1 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) · Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 33–35 | 33–35 | Very high |
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Phalguni: Cow · 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 Uttara Phalguni’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ and Uttara Phalguni runs Leo 26°40′ – Virgo 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Purva Phalguni as bride first, Uttara Phalguni as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 22 at the lowest and 33 at the highest.
| Purva Phalguni ↓ / Uttara Phalguni → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Virgo | Pada 4Virgo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 33 / 33 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 |
| Pada 2Leo | 33 / 33 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 |
| Pada 3Leo | 33 / 33 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 |
| Pada 4Leo | 33 / 33 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 | 22 / 23 |
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 Uttara Phalguni 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
In 12 of the sixteen pada combinations, 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 Sun, 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 Uttara Phalguni 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 Uttara Phalguni is 2. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. This one is directional in earnest: 2 from Purva Phalguni and 27 from Uttara Phalguni, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Uttara Phalguni as the bride and not with Purva Phalguni.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Purva Phalguni is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Uttara Phalguni 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: 33 of 36 puts Uttara Phalguni 1st among Purva Phalguni's 27 possible partners and Purva Phalguni 1st among Uttara Phalguni's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Purva Phalguni’s table
1st of 27
Uttara Phalguni scores 33 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 above the middle of what Purva Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
In Uttara Phalguni’s table
1st of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 33 there outright. Uttara Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 33 with a median of 21, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Purva Phalguni and Uttara Phalguni 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 very high 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 Uttara Phalguni page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Purva Phalguni and Uttara Phalguni to sixteen answers between 23 and 33. Two birth times pick one of them.
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