Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Rohini and Mula nakshatra matching

12–15 of 36 with Rohini as bride, 14–17 with Mula as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Rohini: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Serpent yoni · Manushya gana | Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana

Rohini as bride

12–15

of 36

Mula as bride

14–17

of 36

Across all padas

one answer

Rohini and Mula come to 12–15 of 36 with Rohini on the bride's side and 14–17 with Mula on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), 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) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.

Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Rohini and Mula 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

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Rohini with Mula. 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 Mula 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	Mula bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Mula: Kshatriya · Rohini: Vaishya
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Mula: Manav · Rohini: Chatushpada
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Rohini: Vadha (7) · from Mula: Kshema (4)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Mula: Dog · Rohini: Serpent
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Mula: Jupiter · Rohini: Venus
Gana / 6	0	3	Mula: Rakshasa · Rohini: Manushya
Bhakoot / 7	0	0	Sagittarius and Taurus — 8/6
Nadi / 8	8	8	Mula: Adi (Vata) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha)
Total / 36	12–15	14–17	Below the conventional threshold

Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Taurus — 8/6. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
Gana, 0 of 6 — Mula: Rakshasa · Rohini: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Mula: Jupiter · 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: Vadha (7) · from Mula: Kshema (4). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Mula: Dog · Rohini: Serpent. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Mula: Manav · 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 Mula’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Rohini runs Taurus 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 146°40′ and 173°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Rohini as bride first, Mula 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 Mula across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Rohini as bride then Mula as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Rohini ↓ / Mula →	Pada 1Sagittarius	Pada 2Sagittarius	Pada 3Sagittarius	Pada 4Sagittarius
Pada 1Taurus	12 / 14	12 / 14	12 / 14	12 / 14
Pada 2Taurus	12 / 14	12 / 14	12 / 14	12 / 14
Pada 3Taurus	12 / 14	12 / 14	12 / 14	12 / 14
Pada 4Taurus	12 / 14	12 / 14	12 / 14	12 / 14

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 — 8 of 8

Rohini is Antya (Kapha) and Mula 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. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Venus and Jupiter, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.

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 Mula alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.

Mahendra — present. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Rohini to Mula is 16. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. This one is directional in earnest: 16 from Rohini and 13 from Mula, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds either way round here.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Rohini is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed), Mula 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: 14 of 36 puts Mula 21st among Rohini's 27 possible partners and Rohini 22nd among Mula's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Rohini’s table

21st of 27

Mula scores 14 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 Mula’s table

22nd of 27

Rohini scores 14 there outright. Mula’s 27 partners run from 11 to 30 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Mula 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 Mula 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: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Rohini page and the Mula page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Rohini and Mula score?

12–15 of 36 with Rohini as the bride and 14–17 with Mula 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 Mula compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Rohini with Mula at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Bhakoot (0 of 7), 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 Bhakoot — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Rohini and Mula?

No. Every one of the sixteen pada combinations returns the same total for Rohini and Mula. 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 Mula have Bhakoot dosha?

Yes, in every pada combination: Sagittarius and Taurus — 8/6 puts the signs at a forbidden distance, which costs all seven guna. Neither cancellation applies: the two sign lords are Venus and Jupiter, which are neither the same planet nor mutual friends. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.

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

On the arithmetic, Mula on the bride's side scores higher — 14–17 against 12–15. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 1 with Rohini as bride to 0 with Mula as bride and Gana goes from 0 with Rohini as bride to 3 with Mula 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 Mula, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.

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