Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Pushya and Anuradha nakshatra matching
15–18 of 36 with Pushya as bride, 15–18 with Anuradha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Sheep yoni · Deva gana | Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Deer yoni · Deva gana
Pushya as bride
15–18
of 36
Anuradha as bride
15–18
of 36
Across all padas
15
one answer
Pushya and Anuradha come to 15–18 of 36 with Pushya on the bride's side and 15–18 with Anuradha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Tara and Gana score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Graha Maitri (4 of 5), 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 Pushya with Anuradha 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 Pushya with Anuradha. 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 | Pushya bride | Anuradha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Anuradha: Brahmin · Pushya: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Anuradha: Keet · Pushya: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Pushya: Janma (1) · from Anuradha: Janma (1) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Anuradha: Deer · Pushya: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Anuradha: Mars · Pushya: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Anuradha: Deva · Pushya: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Scorpio and Cancer — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 15–18 | 15–18 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Scorpio and Cancer — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Anuradha: Mars · Pushya: Moon. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Anuradha: Deer · Pushya: Sheep. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Anuradha: Keet · Pushya: Jalachar. 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 Pushya’s table and Anuradha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Pushya runs Cancer 3°20′ – 16°40′ and Anuradha runs Scorpio 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 106°40′ and 133°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Pushya as bride first, Anuradha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Pushya ↓ / Anuradha → | Pada 1Scorpio | Pada 2Scorpio | Pada 3Scorpio | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 | 15 / 15 |
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
Pushya and Anuradha 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 Pushya with Anuradha 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. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Moon and Mars, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
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 Pushya and Anuradha 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 Pushya to Anuradha is 10. 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: 10 from Pushya and 19 from Anuradha, 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 — Pushya is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Anuradha is Mridu (tender) — 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: 15 of 36 puts Anuradha 22nd among Pushya's 27 possible partners and Pushya 22nd among Anuradha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Pushya’s table
22nd of 27
Anuradha scores 15 there outright. Pushya’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 28.5 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Pushya can reach — all 27 rows.
In Anuradha’s table
22nd of 27
Pushya scores 15 there, level with 1 other partner. Anuradha’s 27 partners run from 12 to 31 with a median of 20, so this one sits below the middle of what Anuradha 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 Pushya and Anuradha 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 Pushya page and the Anuradha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Pushya and Anuradha score?
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Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Pushya and Anuradha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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