Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Rohini and Mrigashira nakshatra matching
35 of 36 with Rohini as bride, 35 with Mrigashira as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Rohini: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Serpent yoni · Manushya gana | Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana
Rohini as bride
35
of 36
Mrigashira as bride
35
of 36
Across all padas
26–35
spread of 9
Of the eight kootas, 1 leaves something on the table for this pair and 7 do not. Gana is the largest at 5 of 6 — Mrigashira: Deva · Rohini: Manushya. The complete ones are Varna, Vashya, Tara, Yoni, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 30 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada decides part of this one. Mrigashira runs from Taurus into Gemini 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 26 and 35, a swing of 9 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 Mrigashira. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: here neither one differs, so the two columns agree.
| Koota | Rohini bride | Mrigashira bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Mrigashira: Vaishya · Rohini: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Mrigashira: Chatushpada · Rohini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Rohini: Sampat (2) · from Mrigashira: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 4 | 4 | Mrigashira: Serpent · Rohini: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Mrigashira: Venus · Rohini: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Mrigashira: Deva · Rohini: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Taurus and Taurus — 1/1 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 35 | 35 | Very high |
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Mrigashira: Deva · Rohini: Manushya. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Rohini’s table and Mrigashira’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Rohini runs Taurus 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Rohini as bride first, Mrigashira as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 25 at the lowest and 35 at the highest.
| Rohini ↓ / Mrigashira → | Pada 1Taurus | Pada 2Taurus | Pada 3Gemini | Pada 4Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 35 / 35 | 35 / 35 | 25 / 26 | 25 / 26 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 35 / 35 | 35 / 35 | 25 / 26 | 25 / 26 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 35 / 35 | 35 / 35 | 25 / 26 | 25 / 26 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 35 / 35 | 35 / 35 | 25 / 26 | 25 / 26 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 0 and 1 guna, depending on the 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 Mrigashira rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Rohini is Antya (Kapha) and Mrigashira 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 — 7 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: both signs answer to Venus.
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 Mrigashira 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 Mrigashira is 2. 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: 2 from Rohini and 27 from Mrigashira, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Mrigashira as the bride and not with Rohini.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Rohini is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed), Mrigashira is Mridu (tender) — 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: 35 of 36 puts Mrigashira 1st among Rohini's 27 possible partners and Rohini 1st among Mrigashira's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Rohini’s table
1st of 27
Mrigashira scores 35 there outright. 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 Mrigashira’s table
1st of 27
Rohini scores 35 there outright. Mrigashira’s 27 partners run from 9 to 35 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Mrigashira can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Rohini and Mrigashira 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 very high is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Rohini page and the Mrigashira page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Rohini and Mrigashira to sixteen answers between 26 and 35. Two birth times pick one of them.
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