Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
22–24 of 36 with Shatabhisha as bride, 19–21 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Shatabhisha as bride
22–24
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
19–21
of 36
Across all padas
11–22
spread of 11
Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada come to 22–24 of 36 with Shatabhisha on the bride's side and 19–21 with Purva Bhadrapada on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Vashya, Tara, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Gana (3 of 6) and Yoni (1–3 of 4) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.
The pada decides part of this one. 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. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 11 and 22, a swing of 11 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 Shatabhisha with Purva Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Shatabhisha bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Shatabhisha: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Shatabhisha: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Shatabhisha: Sampat (2) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Shatabhisha: Horse |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Shatabhisha: Saturn |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Shatabhisha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Aquarius — 1/1 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 22–24 | 19–21 | Acceptable |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Shatabhisha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Shatabhisha: Horse. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Shatabhisha’s table and Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Shatabhisha runs Aquarius 6°40′ – 20°00′ 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 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Shatabhisha as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 7 at the lowest and 22 at the highest.
| Shatabhisha ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aquarius | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 11 / 7 |
| Pada 2Aquarius | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 11 / 7 |
| Pada 3Aquarius | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 11 / 7 |
| Pada 4Aquarius | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 22 / 19 | 11 / 7 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. 12 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 4 do not. 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 Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 0 of 8
Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada are both Adi (Vata), so the plain rule gives nothing. The cancellation applies: both Moons fall in Aquarius, which the texts hold voids Nadi dosha outright. Only 5 of the 108 same-nadi pairs qualify, so this is the uncommon case.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
In 4 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Saturn and Saturn, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
A cancellation is relief, not a score adjustment — the koota still reads zero above. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.
Two Tests Outside the 36
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada 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 Shatabhisha to Purva Bhadrapada 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 Shatabhisha and 27 from Purva Bhadrapada, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Purva Bhadrapada as the bride and not with Shatabhisha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Shatabhisha is Chara (movable), 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: 22 of 36 puts Purva Bhadrapada 11th among Shatabhisha's 27 possible partners and Shatabhisha 11th among Purva Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Shatabhisha’s table
11th of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 22 there, level with 1 other partner. Shatabhisha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Shatabhisha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Purva Bhadrapada’s table
11th of 27
Shatabhisha scores 22 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
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 Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada 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 Shatabhisha page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 11 and 22. Two birth times pick one of them.
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