Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Pushya and Chitra nakshatra matching
10.5–13.5 of 36 with Pushya as bride, 12.5–15.5 with Chitra as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Sheep yoni · Deva gana | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana
Pushya as bride
10.5–13.5
of 36
Chitra as bride
12.5–15.5
of 36
Across all padas
12–12.5
spread of 0.5
Reading the eight kootas in order for Pushya and Chitra: Nadi is where the largest deduction falls — Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta), so 0 of 8, with Gana at 0 of 6, Graha Maitri at 1 of 5, Tara at 1.5 of 3, Yoni at 1–3 of 4, Vashya at 0–1 of 2 and Varna at 0 of 1 behind it. The one remaining koota is complete, which puts the pair at 10.5–13.5 one way round and 12.5–15.5 the other.
A swing of 0.5 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 12 at the bottom, 12.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2. Since 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, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Pushya and Chitra, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Pushya bride | Chitra bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Chitra: Vaishya · Pushya: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Chitra: Manav · Pushya: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Pushya: Vadha (7) · from Chitra: Kshema (4) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Chitra: Tiger · Pushya: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 1 | 1 | Chitra: Mercury · Pushya: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Chitra: Rakshasa · Pushya: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Virgo and Cancer — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 10.5–13.5 | 12.5–15.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Chitra: Rakshasa · Pushya: Deva. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Graha Maitri, 1 of 5 — Chitra: Mercury · Pushya: Moon. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Pushya: Vadha (7) · from Chitra: Kshema (4). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Chitra: Tiger · Pushya: Sheep. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Chitra: Manav · Pushya: Jalachar. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Chitra: Vaishya · Pushya: Brahmin. A deliberately one-way test on rank, failed in this direction. It is one point of thirty-six.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Pushya’s table and Chitra’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Pushya runs Cancer 3°20′ – 16°40′ and Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Pushya as bride first, Chitra as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 10 at the lowest and 12.5 at the highest.
| Pushya ↓ / Chitra → | Pada 1Virgo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Libra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10 / 12 | 10 / 12 |
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 Chitra 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 Chitra however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Virgo and Cancer — 3/11 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.
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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Pushya to Chitra is 7 and back is 22, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 7 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 one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 7 with Pushya as bride, 22 with Chitra — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Chitra as the bride and not with Pushya.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Pushya is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Chitra is Mridu (tender) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 12.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 26th place in Pushya's table, 23rd in Chitra's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Pushya’s table
26th of 27
Chitra scores 12.5 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 Chitra’s table
23rd of 27
Pushya scores 12.5 there outright. Chitra’s 27 partners run from 7 to 29 with a median of 20, so this one sits below the middle of what Chitra can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: kundli matching for marriage, end to end and the 36 guna taken one koota at a time. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Pushya page and the Chitra page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Pushya and Chitra to sixteen answers between 12 and 12.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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