Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Pushya and Mula nakshatra matching
14.5–17.5 of 36 with Pushya as bride, 16.5–19.5 with Mula as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Sheep yoni · Deva gana | Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana
Pushya as bride
14.5–17.5
of 36
Mula as bride
16.5–19.5
of 36
Across all padas
16.5
one answer
Of the eight kootas, 7 leave something on the table for this pair and 1 does not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Cancer — 6/8. The complete one is Nadi, which is 8 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
All sixteen combinations give the same answer. Neither star crosses a boundary of any kind between its padas, so the totals below are the whole result and the birth times only need to be accurate enough to fix the nakshatra. This pair is one of the 120 of 351 where that is true.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Pushya with Mula. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Pushya bride | Mula bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Mula: Kshatriya · Pushya: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Mula: Manav · Pushya: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Pushya: Vipat (3) · from Mula: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Mula: Dog · Pushya: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Mula: Jupiter · Pushya: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Mula: Rakshasa · Pushya: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Cancer — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Mula: Adi (Vata) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 14.5–17.5 | 16.5–19.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Cancer — 6/8. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Mula: Rakshasa · Pushya: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Pushya: Vipat (3) · from Mula: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Mula: Jupiter · 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 — Mula: Dog · Pushya: Sheep. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Mula: Manav · Pushya: Jalachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Mula: Kshatriya · Pushya: Brahmin. The groom's rank has to reach the bride's and does not. One guna, and no tradition treats it as disqualifying.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Pushya’s table and Mula’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Pushya runs Cancer 3°20′ – 16°40′ and Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Pushya as bride first, Mula as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Pushya ↓ / Mula → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 | 14.5 / 16.5 |
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
Fifteen of the 36 guna sit in these two, and both are all-or-nothing. Their cancellations are stated specifically enough to be checked for Pushya and Mula rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Pushya is Madhya (Pitta) and Mula 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 — 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 Jupiter, 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 Pushya and Mula 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 Pushya to Mula is 12. 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: 12 from Pushya and 17 from Mula, 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), Mula is Tikshna (sharp) — 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: 16.5 of 36 puts Mula 20th among Pushya's 27 possible partners and Pushya 18th among Mula's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Pushya’s table
20th of 27
Mula scores 16.5 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 Mula’s table
18th of 27
Pushya scores 16.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Mula’s 27 partners run from 11 to 30 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Mula can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Pushya and Mula 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 below the conventional threshold is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Pushya page and the Mula page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Pushya and Mula score?
Are Pushya and Mula compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Pushya and Mula?
Do Pushya and Mula have Bhakoot dosha?
Is it better for Pushya to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Pushya and Mula, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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