Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Rohini and Magha nakshatra matching
10.5–13.5 of 36 with Rohini as bride, 12.5–15.5 with Magha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Rohini: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Serpent yoni · Manushya gana | Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana
Rohini as bride
10.5–13.5
of 36
Magha as bride
12.5–15.5
of 36
Across all padas
12.5
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 Magha that leaves 2 of the eight at full marks — Varna and Bhakoot — and 6 carrying a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Gana (0 of 6), Graha Maitri (0 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). The heaviest of them is Nadi, where Magha: Antya (Kapha) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha) gives 0 of 8.
Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Rohini and Magha the padas change nothing. Sixteen combinations, one answer. The exact minute of birth still decides plenty in a chart — it just does not decide this.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Rohini and Magha, 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 | Rohini bride | Magha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Magha: Kshatriya · Rohini: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Magha: Vanachar · Rohini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Rohini: Vadha (7) · from Magha: Kshema (4) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Magha: Rat · Rohini: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0 | 0 | Magha: Sun · Rohini: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Magha: Rakshasa · Rohini: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Leo and Taurus — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Magha: Antya (Kapha) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 10.5–13.5 | 12.5–15.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Magha: Antya (Kapha) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Magha: Rakshasa · Rohini: Manushya. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Magha: Sun · Rohini: Venus. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Rohini: Vadha (7) · from Magha: Kshema (4). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Magha: Rat · Rohini: Serpent. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Magha: Vanachar · Rohini: Chatushpada. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Rohini’s table and Magha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Rohini runs Taurus 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Rohini as bride first, Magha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Rohini ↓ / Magha → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Leo | Pada 3Leo | Pada 4Leo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 | 10.5 / 12.5 |
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
The two heavy kootas, checked with their cancellations. Neither gives a partial score, so each is worth 8 and 7 guna outright or nothing at all.
Nadi Koota — 0 of 8
Rohini and Magha 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 Magha however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Leo and Taurus — 4/10 — 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Rohini to Magha is 7 and back is 22, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 7 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 — 7 with Rohini as bride, 22 with Magha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Magha as the bride and not with Rohini.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Rohini is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed), Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 12.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 24th place in Rohini's table, 23rd in Magha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Rohini’s table
24th of 27
Magha scores 12.5 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 below the middle of what Rohini can reach — all 27 rows.
In Magha’s table
23rd of 27
Rohini scores 12.5 there outright. Magha’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 33 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Magha 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 below the conventional threshold 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 Rohini page and the Magha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Rohini and Magha score?
Are Rohini and Magha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Rohini and Magha?
Do Rohini and Magha have Nadi 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 Magha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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