Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Shravana and Shatabhisha nakshatra matching
15.5–18.5 of 36 with Shravana as bride, 17.5–20.5 with Shatabhisha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana
Shravana as bride
15.5–18.5
of 36
Shatabhisha as bride
17.5–20.5
of 36
Across all padas
17.5
one answer
Shravana and Shatabhisha come to 15.5–18.5 of 36 with Shravana on the bride's side and 17.5–20.5 with Shatabhisha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Graha Maitri and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), 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.
A boundary is crossed and the result survives it: Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar. Vashya reads differently either side of it, and yet every one of the sixteen combinations still lands on 17.5 of 36 on the conservative reading. 120 of the 351 pairs are untouched by the pada altogether; this one is one of 26 touched everywhere except in the total.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Shravana with Shatabhisha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Shravana bride | Shatabhisha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Shudra · Shravana: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Shatabhisha: Manav · Shravana: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Shravana: Vipat (3) · from Shatabhisha: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Shatabhisha: Horse · Shravana: Monkey |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Shatabhisha: Saturn · Shravana: Saturn |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Shravana: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Aquarius and Capricorn — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Shravana: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 15.5–18.5 | 17.5–20.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Capricorn — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Shravana: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Shravana: Vipat (3) · from Shatabhisha: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shatabhisha: Horse · Shravana: Monkey. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shatabhisha: Manav · Shravana: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shatabhisha: Shudra · Shravana: 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 Shravana’s table and Shatabhisha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Shatabhisha runs Aquarius 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 13°20′ and 40°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Shravana as bride first, Shatabhisha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Shravana ↓ / Shatabhisha → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Capricorn | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 |
| Pada 2Capricorn | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 |
| Pada 3Capricorn | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 |
| Pada 4Capricorn | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 | 15.5 / 17.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. 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
Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Shravana is Antya (Kapha) and Shatabhisha 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 every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers all of them: 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
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Shravana and Shatabhisha 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 Shravana to Shatabhisha is 3. 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: 3 from Shravana and 26 from Shatabhisha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Shatabhisha as the bride and not with Shravana.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Shravana is Chara (movable), Shatabhisha 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: 17.5 of 36 puts Shatabhisha 19th among Shravana's 27 possible partners and Shravana 18th among Shatabhisha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Shravana’s table
19th of 27
Shatabhisha scores 17.5 there outright. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Shravana can reach — all 27 rows.
In Shatabhisha’s table
18th of 27
Shravana scores 17.5 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 below the middle of what Shatabhisha 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 Shravana and Shatabhisha 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 Shravana page and the Shatabhisha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Shravana and Shatabhisha score?
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Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Shravana and Shatabhisha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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