Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Rohini and Dhanishta nakshatra matching
18–21 of 36 with Rohini as bride, 21–24 with Dhanishta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Rohini: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Serpent yoni · Manushya gana | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana
Rohini as bride
18–21
of 36
Dhanishta as bride
21–24
of 36
Across all padas
21–28
spread of 7
Rohini and Dhanishta come to 18–21 of 36 with Rohini on the bride's side and 21–24 with Dhanishta on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Tara, Graha Maitri and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
The pada decides part of this one. Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius after pada 2, 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 21 and 28, a swing of 7 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Rohini with Dhanishta. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Rohini bride | Dhanishta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Dhanishta: Vaishya · Rohini: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Dhanishta: Jalachar · Rohini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Rohini: Sampat (2) · from Dhanishta: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Dhanishta: Lion · Rohini: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Dhanishta: Saturn · Rohini: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Rohini: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Taurus — 9/5 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 18–21 | 21–24 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Taurus — 9/5. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Rohini: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Dhanishta: Lion · Rohini: Serpent. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Dhanishta: 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 Dhanishta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Rohini runs Taurus 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Dhanishta runs Capricorn 23°20′ – Aquarius 6°40′ — 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: Rohini as bride first, Dhanishta as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 18 at the lowest and 28 at the highest.
| Rohini ↓ / Dhanishta → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 | 24 / 28 | 24 / 28 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 | 24 / 28 | 24 / 28 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 | 24 / 28 | 24 / 28 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 18 / 21 | 18 / 21 | 24 / 28 | 24 / 28 |
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 Rohini and Dhanishta rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Rohini is Antya (Kapha) and Dhanishta is Madhya (Pitta). 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 8 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers each of those cells: Venus and Saturn 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
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Rohini and Dhanishta 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 Dhanishta is 20. 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: 20 from Rohini and 9 from Dhanishta, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Rohini as the bride and not with Dhanishta.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Rohini is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed), Dhanishta is Chara (movable) — 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: 21 of 36 puts Dhanishta 16th among Rohini's 27 possible partners and Rohini 11th among Dhanishta's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Rohini’s table
16th of 27
Dhanishta scores 21 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 below the middle of what Rohini can reach — all 27 rows.
In Dhanishta’s table
11th of 27
Rohini scores 21 there outright. Dhanishta’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 29.5 with a median of 19, so this one sits above the middle of what Dhanishta can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Rohini and Dhanishta or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: Venus, and what it decides about a marriage and the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Rohini page and the Dhanishta page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Rohini and Dhanishta to sixteen answers between 21 and 28. Two birth times pick one of them.
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