Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Rohini and Punarvasu nakshatra matching
20.5–23.5 of 36 with Rohini as bride, 21.5–24.5 with Punarvasu as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Rohini: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Serpent yoni · Manushya gana | Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cat yoni · Deva gana
Rohini as bride
20.5–23.5
of 36
Punarvasu as bride
21.5–24.5
of 36
Across all padas
21.5–24
spread of 2.5
Rohini and Punarvasu come to 20.5–23.5 of 36 with Rohini on the bride's side and 21.5–24.5 with Punarvasu on it. What sits behind those two figures: Graha Maitri and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Punarvasu runs from Gemini into Cancer after pada 3, 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 21.5 to 24 of 36 depending on the padas. At 2.5 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Rohini with Punarvasu. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Rohini bride | Punarvasu bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Punarvasu: Shudra · Rohini: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Punarvasu: Manav · Rohini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Rohini: Kshema (4) · from Punarvasu: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Punarvasu: Cat · Rohini: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Punarvasu: Mercury · Rohini: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Punarvasu: Deva · Rohini: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Gemini and Taurus — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 20.5–23.5 | 21.5–24.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Gemini and Taurus — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Rohini: Kshema (4) · from Punarvasu: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Punarvasu: Deva · Rohini: Manushya. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Punarvasu: Cat · Rohini: Serpent. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Punarvasu: Manav · Rohini: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Punarvasu: Shudra · Rohini: Vaishya. The groom's rank has to reach the bride's and does not. One guna, and no tradition treats it as disqualifying.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Rohini’s table and Punarvasu’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Rohini runs Taurus 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Punarvasu runs Gemini 20°00′ – Cancer 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 26°40′ and 53°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Rohini as bride first, Punarvasu as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 20.5 at the lowest and 24 at the highest.
| Rohini ↓ / Punarvasu → | Pada 1Gemini | Pada 2Gemini | Pada 3Gemini | Pada 4Cancer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 24 / 23 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 24 / 23 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 24 / 23 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 24 / 23 |
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
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 Punarvasu 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 12 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 Mercury 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 Punarvasu 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 Punarvasu is 4. 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: 4 from Rohini and 25 from Punarvasu, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Punarvasu as the bride and not with Rohini.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Rohini is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed), Punarvasu 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: 21.5 of 36 puts Punarvasu 14th among Rohini's 27 possible partners and Rohini 13th among Punarvasu's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Rohini’s table
14th of 27
Punarvasu scores 21.5 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 on the middle of what Rohini can reach — all 27 rows.
In Punarvasu’s table
13th of 27
Rohini scores 21.5 there, level with 2 other partners. Punarvasu’s 27 partners run from 4 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Punarvasu 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 Punarvasu 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 Punarvasu page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Rohini and Punarvasu to sixteen answers between 21.5 and 24. Two birth times pick one of them.
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