Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Rohini and Purva Phalguni nakshatra matching
24.5–27.5 of 36 with Rohini as bride, 23.5–26.5 with Purva Phalguni as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Rohini: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Serpent yoni · Manushya gana | Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Rat yoni · Manushya gana
Rohini as bride
24.5–27.5
of 36
Purva Phalguni as bride
23.5–26.5
of 36
Across all padas
24.5
one answer
Rohini and Purva Phalguni come to 24.5–27.5 of 36 with Rohini on the bride's side and 23.5–26.5 with Purva Phalguni on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi score in full, while Graha Maitri (0 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Graha Maitri on its own accounts for 5 of the guna that go missing.
All sixteen combinations give the same answer. Neither star crosses a boundary of any kind between its padas, so the totals below are the whole result and the birth times only need to be accurate enough to fix the nakshatra. This pair is one of the 120 of 351 where that is true.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Rohini with Purva Phalguni. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Rohini bride | Purva Phalguni bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Purva Phalguni: Kshatriya · Rohini: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Phalguni: Vanachar · Rohini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Rohini: Mitra (8) · from Purva Phalguni: Vipat (3) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Phalguni: Rat · Rohini: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0 | 0 | Purva Phalguni: Sun · Rohini: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Purva Phalguni: Manushya · Rohini: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Leo and Taurus — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Phalguni: Madhya (Pitta) · Rohini: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 24.5–27.5 | 23.5–26.5 | Acceptable |
- Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Purva Phalguni: Sun · Rohini: Venus. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Rohini: Mitra (8) · from Purva Phalguni: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Phalguni: Rat · Rohini: Serpent. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Phalguni: Vanachar · 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 Purva Phalguni’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Rohini runs Taurus 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Purva Phalguni runs Leo 13°20′ – 26°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 80°00′ and 106°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Rohini as bride first, Purva Phalguni as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Rohini ↓ / Purva Phalguni → | Pada 1Leo | Pada 2Leo | Pada 3Leo | Pada 4Leo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 24.5 / 23.5 | 24.5 / 23.5 | 24.5 / 23.5 | 24.5 / 23.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 24.5 / 23.5 | 24.5 / 23.5 | 24.5 / 23.5 | 24.5 / 23.5 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 24.5 / 23.5 | 24.5 / 23.5 | 24.5 / 23.5 | 24.5 / 23.5 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 24.5 / 23.5 | 24.5 / 23.5 | 24.5 / 23.5 | 24.5 / 23.5 |
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
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 Purva Phalguni rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Rohini is Antya (Kapha) and Purva Phalguni 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
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. 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 Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni is 8. 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: 8 from Rohini and 21 from Purva Phalguni, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Purva Phalguni as the bride and not with Rohini.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Rohini is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed), Purva Phalguni 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: 24.5 of 36 puts Purva Phalguni 8th among Rohini's 27 possible partners and Rohini 7th among Purva Phalguni's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Rohini’s table
8th of 27
Purva Phalguni scores 24.5 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 Phalguni’s table
7th of 27
Rohini scores 24.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Purva Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 33 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Rohini and Purva Phalguni score?
Are Rohini and Purva Phalguni compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Rohini and Purva Phalguni?
Do Rohini and Purva Phalguni have Bhakoot 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 Purva Phalguni, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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