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Rohini and Ashlesha nakshatra matching

11–14 of 36 with Rohini as bride, 13–16 with Ashlesha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Rohini: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Serpent yoni · Manushya gana | Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana

Rohini as bride

11–14

of 36

Ashlesha as bride

13–16

of 36

Across all padas

one answer

Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha). The complete ones are Varna and Bhakoot, which is 8 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 Rohini with Ashlesha 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 Rohini with Ashlesha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Rohini with Ashlesha at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Rohini bride	Ashlesha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Ashlesha: Brahmin · Rohini: Vaishya
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Ashlesha: Jalachar · Rohini: Chatushpada
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Rohini: Sadhaka (6) · from Ashlesha: Pratyari (5)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Ashlesha: Cat · Rohini: Serpent
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Ashlesha: Moon · Rohini: Venus
Gana / 6	0	3	Ashlesha: Rakshasa · Rohini: Manushya
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Cancer and Taurus — 3/11
Nadi / 8	0	0	Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha)
Total / 36	11–14	13–16	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Gana, 0 of 6 — Ashlesha: Rakshasa · Rohini: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Ashlesha: Moon · Rohini: Venus. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Rohini: Sadhaka (6) · from Ashlesha: Pratyari (5). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Ashlesha: Cat · Rohini: Serpent. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Ashlesha: Jalachar · Rohini: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.

Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Rohini’s table and Ashlesha’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Rohini runs Taurus 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 53°20′ and 80°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Rohini as bride first, Ashlesha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Rohini with Ashlesha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Rohini as bride then Ashlesha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Rohini ↓ / Ashlesha →	Pada 1Cancer	Pada 2Cancer	Pada 3Cancer	Pada 4Cancer
Pada 1Taurus	11 / 13	11 / 13	11 / 13	11 / 13
Pada 2Taurus	11 / 13	11 / 13	11 / 13	11 / 13
Pada 3Taurus	11 / 13	11 / 13	11 / 13	11 / 13
Pada 4Taurus	11 / 13	11 / 13	11 / 13	11 / 13

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

Rohini and Ashlesha are both Antya (Kapha), 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 Rohini with Ashlesha however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

Cancer and Taurus — 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

The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Rohini and Ashlesha 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 Rohini to Ashlesha is 6. 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: 6 from Rohini and 23 from Ashlesha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Ashlesha as the bride and not with Rohini.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Rohini is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed), Ashlesha 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: 13 of 36 puts Ashlesha 23rd among Rohini's 27 possible partners and Rohini 23rd among Ashlesha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Rohini’s table

23rd of 27

Ashlesha scores 13 there outright. Rohini’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 35 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Rohini can reach — all 27 rows.

In Ashlesha’s table

23rd of 27

Rohini scores 13 there outright. Ashlesha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 18, so this one sits below the middle of what Ashlesha can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

The whole of Ashtakoot for Rohini and Ashlesha 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: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Rohini page and the Ashlesha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Rohini and Ashlesha score?

11–14 of 36 with Rohini as the bride and 13–16 with Ashlesha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The padas do not change it — all sixteen combinations give the same answer, which makes this one of the 146 pairs of 351 where the two birth stars settle the score outright. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Rohini and Ashlesha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Rohini with Ashlesha at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Gana (0 of 6), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Gana and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Rohini and Ashlesha?

No. Every one of the sixteen pada combinations returns the same total for Rohini and Ashlesha. Neither star crosses a boundary between its padas, so all four sit in one rashi and one half of it, and no koota can move. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way.

Do Rohini and Ashlesha have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Antya (Kapha), and a shared nadi scores 0 of 8 — the largest single deduction in Ashtakoot. The three recognised cancellations — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — do not apply to Rohini with Ashlesha, so the eight guna are genuinely lost. That leaves a ceiling of 28 for this pair however well the other seven go. Across every possible pairing, 33.3% carry Nadi dosha and 23.2% of those are cancelled.

Is it better for Rohini to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Ashlesha on the bride's side scores higher — 13–16 against 11–14. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 1 with Rohini as bride to 0 with Ashlesha as bride and Gana goes from 0 with Rohini as bride to 3 with Ashlesha as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The score is settled for Rohini and Ashlesha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.

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