Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Shravana and Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
26.5–29.5 of 36 with Shravana as bride, 25.5–28.5 with Uttara Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Shravana as bride
26.5–29.5
of 36
Uttara Bhadrapada as bride
25.5–28.5
of 36
Across all padas
26.5–28.5
spread of 2
Of the eight kootas, 5 leave something on the table for this pair and 3 do not. Graha Maitri is the largest at 3 of 5 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Shravana: Saturn. The complete ones are Varna, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 16 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada decides part of this one. Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar, and Vashya is read from the half of the sign the Moon falls in, so two guna turn on that mid-point. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 26.5 and 28.5, a swing of 2 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 Shravana with Uttara Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Shravana bride | Uttara Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Brahmin · Shravana: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Shravana: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Shravana: Pratyari (5) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Shravana: Monkey |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Shravana: Saturn |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Shravana: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Pisces and Capricorn — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Shravana: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 26.5–29.5 | 25.5–28.5 | Good |
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Shravana: Saturn. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Shravana: Pratyari (5) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Sadhaka (6). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Shravana: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Shravana: Monkey. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Shravana: 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 Shravana’s table and Uttara Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Uttara Bhadrapada runs Pisces 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 40°00′ and 66°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Shravana as bride first, Uttara Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 25.5 at the lowest and 28.5 at the highest.
| Shravana ↓ / Uttara Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Capricorn | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 |
| Pada 2Capricorn | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 | 26.5 / 25.5 |
| Pada 3Capricorn | 28.5 / 27.5 | 28.5 / 27.5 | 28.5 / 27.5 | 28.5 / 27.5 |
| Pada 4Capricorn | 28.5 / 27.5 | 28.5 / 27.5 | 28.5 / 27.5 | 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
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 Shravana and Uttara Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Shravana is Antya (Kapha) and Uttara Bhadrapada 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
Pisces and Capricorn — 3/11 — 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 Shravana and Uttara 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 Shravana to Uttara Bhadrapada is 5. 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: 5 from Shravana and 24 from Uttara Bhadrapada, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Uttara Bhadrapada as the bride and not with Shravana.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Shravana is Chara (movable), Uttara Bhadrapada is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 26.5 of 36 puts Uttara Bhadrapada 3rd among Shravana's 27 possible partners and Shravana 4th among Uttara Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Shravana’s table
3rd of 27
Uttara Bhadrapada scores 26.5 there outright. 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 Uttara Bhadrapada’s table
4th of 27
Shravana scores 26.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Uttara Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Shravana and Uttara 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: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Shravana page and the Uttara Bhadrapada page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Shravana and Uttara Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 26.5 and 28.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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