Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Rohini and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
28.5–31.5 of 36 with Rohini as bride, 29.5–32.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Rohini: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Serpent yoni · Manushya gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Rohini as bride
28.5–31.5
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
29.5–32.5
of 36
Across all padas
25–29.5
spread of 4.5
Of the eight kootas, 4 leave something on the table for this pair and 4 do not. Tara is the largest at 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Rohini: Kshema (4) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Vadha (7). The complete ones are Graha Maitri, Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 26 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces 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 25 to 29.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 4.5 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 Purva Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Rohini bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Rohini: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Rohini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Rohini: Kshema (4) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Rohini: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Rohini: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Rohini: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Taurus — 10/4 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 28.5–31.5 | 29.5–32.5 | Good |
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Rohini: Kshema (4) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Rohini: Serpent. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Rohini: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Rohini runs Taurus 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 3°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, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 24 at the lowest and 29.5 at the highest.
| Rohini ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 25 / 24 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 25 / 24 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 25 / 24 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 28.5 / 29.5 | 25 / 24 |
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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Aquarius and Taurus — 10/4 — 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. 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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada is 22. 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: 22 from Rohini and 7 from Purva Bhadrapada, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Rohini as the bride and not with Purva Bhadrapada.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Rohini is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed), Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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: 29.5 of 36 puts Purva Bhadrapada 2nd among Rohini's 27 possible partners and Rohini 1st among Purva Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Rohini’s table
2nd of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 29.5 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s table
1st of 27
Rohini scores 29.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Rohini and Purva Bhadrapada 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 good is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Rohini page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Rohini and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 25 and 29.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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