Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Pushya and Vishakha nakshatra matching
19.5–22.5 of 36 with Pushya as bride, 21.5–24.5 with Vishakha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Sheep yoni · Deva gana | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana
Pushya as bride
19.5–22.5
of 36
Vishakha as bride
21.5–24.5
of 36
Across all padas
18–21.5
spread of 3.5
Four of the eight kootas — Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi — are settled by the two birth stars alone, before anyone asks about a pada; the other four are read from the Moon rashi, which a pada can move. For Pushya with Vishakha that leaves 3 of the eight at full marks — Tara, Bhakoot and Nadi — and 5 carrying a deduction: Gana (0 of 6), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Gana, where Vishakha: Rakshasa · Pushya: Deva gives 0 of 6.
The pada decides part of this one. Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio after pada 3, 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. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 18 and 21.5, a swing of 3.5 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Pushya and Vishakha, 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 | Vishakha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Vishakha: Shudra · Pushya: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Vishakha: Manav · Pushya: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Pushya: Ati-Mitra (9) · from Vishakha: Sampat (2) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Vishakha: Tiger · Pushya: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Vishakha: Venus · Pushya: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Vishakha: Rakshasa · Pushya: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Libra and Cancer — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 19.5–22.5 | 21.5–24.5 | Acceptable |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Vishakha: Rakshasa · Pushya: Deva. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Vishakha: Venus · Pushya: Moon. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Vishakha: Tiger · Pushya: Sheep. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Vishakha: 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 — Vishakha: Shudra · 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 Vishakha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Pushya runs Cancer 3°20′ – 16°40′ and Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 93°20′ and 120°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Pushya as bride first, Vishakha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 17 at the lowest and 21.5 at the highest.
| Pushya ↓ / Vishakha → | Pada 1Libra | Pada 2Libra | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 19.5 / 21.5 | 19.5 / 21.5 | 19.5 / 21.5 | 17 / 18 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 19.5 / 21.5 | 19.5 / 21.5 | 19.5 / 21.5 | 17 / 18 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 19.5 / 21.5 | 19.5 / 21.5 | 19.5 / 21.5 | 17 / 18 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 19.5 / 21.5 | 19.5 / 21.5 | 19.5 / 21.5 | 17 / 18 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 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
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 Vishakha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Pushya is Madhya (Pitta) and Vishakha is Antya (Kapha). 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 4 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 Moon and Venus, 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Pushya to Vishakha is 9 and back is 20, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 9 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 — 9 with Pushya as bride, 20 with Vishakha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Vishakha 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), Vishakha is Mishra (mixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 21.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 10th place in Pushya's table, 11th in Vishakha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Pushya’s table
10th of 27
Vishakha scores 21.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Pushya’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 28.5 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Pushya can reach — all 27 rows.
In Vishakha’s table
11th of 27
Pushya scores 21.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Vishakha’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29.5 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Vishakha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
One number cannot carry a marriage. Ashtakoot reads a single point from each chart — the Moon — so two people born hours apart with the Moon in Pushya score identically here whatever else their charts do. The seventh house and its lord, Venus, Mars and Mangal dosha, and the dasha each partner is running are all outside it, and any of them can matter more than the difference between acceptable and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers and the guide to all 27 birth stars. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Pushya page and the Vishakha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Pushya and Vishakha to sixteen answers between 18 and 21.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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