Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Shravana and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
20.5–23.5 of 36 with Shravana as bride, 21.5–24.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Shravana as bride
20.5–23.5
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
21.5–24.5
of 36
Across all padas
21.5–28.5
spread of 7
Reading the eight kootas in order for Shravana and Purva Bhadrapada: Bhakoot is where the largest deduction falls — Aquarius and Capricorn — 2/12, so 0 of 7, with Tara at 1.5 of 3, Gana at 5 of 6, Yoni at 1–3 of 4, Vashya at 0–1 of 2 and Varna at 0 of 1 behind it. The remaining 2 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 20.5–23.5 one way round and 21.5–24.5 the other.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar and 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 21.5 to 28.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 7 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Shravana and Purva Bhadrapada, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Shravana bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Shravana: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Shravana: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Shravana: Kshema (4) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Shravana: Monkey |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Shravana: Saturn |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Shravana: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Aquarius and Capricorn — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Shravana: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 20.5–23.5 | 21.5–24.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Capricorn — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Shravana: Kshema (4) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Vadha (7). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Shravana: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Shravana: Monkey. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Shravana: Chatushpada. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Shravana: Vaishya. A deliberately one-way test on rank, failed in this direction. It is one point of thirty-six.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Shravana’s table and Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Shravana runs Capricorn 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 26°40′ and 53°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Shravana as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 20.5 at the lowest and 28.5 at the highest.
| Shravana ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Capricorn | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 |
| Pada 2Capricorn | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 |
| Pada 3Capricorn | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 28.5 / 27.5 |
| Pada 4Capricorn | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 20.5 / 21.5 | 28.5 / 27.5 |
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. 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
Shravana 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 — 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: both signs answer to Saturn.
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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Shravana to Purva Bhadrapada is 4 and back is 25, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 4 stars between them, against a favourable set of 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 and 25. 108 of the 351 pairs land on one of those.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 4 with Shravana as bride, 25 with Purva Bhadrapada — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Purva Bhadrapada as the bride and not with Shravana.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Shravana 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
The same 21.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 11th place in Shravana's table, 13th in Purva Bhadrapada's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Shravana’s table
11th of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 21.5 there, level with 2 other partners. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Shravana can reach — all 27 rows.
In Purva Bhadrapada’s table
13th of 27
Shravana scores 21.5 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 on the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: how to check compatibility in a kundli and Venus, and what it decides about a marriage. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Shravana page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Shravana and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 21.5 and 28.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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