Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Pushya and Purva Phalguni nakshatra matching
12.5–15.5 of 36 with Pushya as bride, 13.5–16.5 with Purva Phalguni as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Sheep yoni · Deva gana | Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana
Pushya as bride
12.5–15.5
of 36
Purva Phalguni as bride
13.5–16.5
of 36
Across all padas
13.5
one answer
Of the eight kootas, 7 leave something on the table for this pair and 1 does not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta). The complete one is Graha Maitri, which is 5 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Pushya with Purva Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Pushya bride | Purva Phalguni bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya · Pushya: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Phalguni: Vanachar · Pushya: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Pushya: Kshema (4) · from Purva Phalguni: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Phalguni: Rat · Pushya: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Phalguni: Sun · Pushya: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Purva Phalguni: Manushya · Pushya: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Leo and Cancer — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 12.5–15.5 | 13.5–16.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Leo and Cancer — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Pushya: Kshema (4) · from Purva Phalguni: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Purva Phalguni: Manushya · Pushya: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Phalguni: Rat · Pushya: Sheep. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Phalguni: Vanachar · Pushya: Jalachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Phalguni: 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 Purva Phalguni’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Pushya runs Cancer 3°20′ – 16°40′ and Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 26°40′ and 53°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Pushya as bride first, Purva Phalguni as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Pushya ↓ / Purva Phalguni → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Leo | Pada 3Leo | Pada 4Leo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 12.5 / 13.5 | 12.5 / 13.5 | 12.5 / 13.5 | 12.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 12.5 / 13.5 | 12.5 / 13.5 | 12.5 / 13.5 | 12.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 12.5 / 13.5 | 12.5 / 13.5 | 12.5 / 13.5 | 12.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 12.5 / 13.5 | 12.5 / 13.5 | 12.5 / 13.5 | 12.5 / 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
Pushya and Purva Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni 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: Moon and Sun 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 Pushya and Purva Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni is 4. 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: 4 from Pushya and 25 from Purva Phalguni, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Purva Phalguni 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), Purva Phalguni is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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: 13.5 of 36 puts Purva Phalguni 24th among Pushya's 27 possible partners and Pushya 25th among Purva Phalguni's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Pushya’s table
24th of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 13.5 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 Purva Phalguni’s table
25th of 27
Pushya scores 13.5 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.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Pushya and Purva 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 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 Purva Phalguni page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Pushya and Purva Phalguni score?
Are Pushya and Purva Phalguni compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Pushya and Purva Phalguni?
Do Pushya and Purva Phalguni have Nadi 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 Purva Phalguni, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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