Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Rohini and Ardra nakshatra matching
21.5–24.5 of 36 with Rohini as bride, 22.5–25.5 with Ardra as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Rohini: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Serpent yoni · Manushya gana | Ardra: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Manushya gana
Rohini as bride
21.5–24.5
of 36
Ardra as bride
22.5–25.5
of 36
Across all padas
22.5
one answer
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 Rohini with Ardra that leaves 3 of the eight at full marks — Graha Maitri, Gana and Nadi — and 5 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Bhakoot, where Gemini and Taurus — 2/12 gives 0 of 7.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Rohini with Ardra 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
All eight kootas for Rohini and Ardra, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Rohini bride | Ardra bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Ardra: Shudra · Rohini: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Ardra: Manav · Rohini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Rohini: Vipat (3) · from Ardra: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Ardra: Dog · Rohini: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Ardra: Mercury · Rohini: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Ardra: Manushya · Rohini: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Gemini and Taurus — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Ardra: Adi (Vata) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 21.5–24.5 | 22.5–25.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Gemini and Taurus — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Rohini: Vipat (3) · from Ardra: Mitra (8). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Ardra: Dog · Rohini: Serpent. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Ardra: Manav · Rohini: Chatushpada. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Ardra: Shudra · Rohini: Vaishya. 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 Rohini’s table and Ardra’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Rohini runs Taurus 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Ardra runs Gemini 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 13°20′ and 40°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Rohini as bride first, Ardra as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Rohini ↓ / Ardra → | Pada 1Gemini | Pada 2Gemini | Pada 3Gemini | Pada 4Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 |
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
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 — 8 of 8
Rohini is Antya (Kapha) and Ardra 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. The commonly cited cancellation covers all of them: Venus and Mercury are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
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: Rohini to Ardra is 3 and back is 26, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 3 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 — 3 with Rohini as bride, 26 with Ardra — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Ardra as the bride and not with Rohini.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Rohini is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed), Ardra is Tikshna (sharp) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 22.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 12th place in Rohini's table, 14th in Ardra's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Rohini’s table
12th of 27
Ardra scores 22.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Rohini’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 35 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Rohini can reach — all 27 rows.
In Ardra’s table
14th of 27
Rohini scores 22.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Ardra’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Ardra 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 Rohini 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: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Rohini page and the Ardra page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Rohini and Ardra score?
Are Rohini and Ardra compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Rohini and Ardra?
Do Rohini and Ardra have Bhakoot dosha?
Is it better for Rohini to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Rohini and Ardra, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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