Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Uttara Ashadha and Dhanishta nakshatra matching
13.5–16.5 of 36 with Uttara Ashadha as bride, 17.5–20.5 with Dhanishta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana
Uttara Ashadha as bride
13.5–16.5
of 36
Dhanishta as bride
17.5–20.5
of 36
Across all padas
17.5–26.5
spread of 9
Of the eight kootas, 7 leave something on the table for this pair and 1 does not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Sagittarius — 2/12. The complete one is Nadi, which is 8 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
A swing of 9 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 17.5 at the bottom, 26.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1 and Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius after pada 2. Since 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, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Uttara Ashadha with Dhanishta. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Uttara Ashadha bride | Dhanishta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Dhanishta: Vaishya · Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Dhanishta: Jalachar · Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Uttara Ashadha: Vipat (3) · from Dhanishta: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Dhanishta: Lion · Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Dhanishta: Saturn · Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Uttara Ashadha: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Sagittarius — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 13.5–16.5 | 17.5–20.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Sagittarius — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Uttara Ashadha: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Dhanishta: Saturn · Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter. 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 Uttara Ashadha: Vipat (3) · from Dhanishta: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Dhanishta: Lion · Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Dhanishta: Jalachar · Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Dhanishta: Vaishya · Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya. 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 Uttara Ashadha’s table and Dhanishta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°00′ and Dhanishta runs Capricorn 23°20′ – Aquarius 6°40′ — 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: Uttara Ashadha as bride first, Dhanishta as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 13.5 at the lowest and 26.5 at the highest.
| Uttara Ashadha ↓ / Dhanishta → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Sagittarius | 13.5 / 17.5 | 13.5 / 17.5 | 20.5 / 24.5 | 20.5 / 24.5 |
| Pada 2Capricorn | 23.5 / 26.5 | 23.5 / 26.5 | 15.5 / 19.5 | 15.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 3Capricorn | 23.5 / 26.5 | 23.5 / 26.5 | 15.5 / 19.5 | 15.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 4Capricorn | 23.5 / 26.5 | 23.5 / 26.5 | 15.5 / 19.5 | 15.5 / 19.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. 14 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 2 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
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
Uttara Ashadha is Antya (Kapha) and Dhanishta 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 — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In 8 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 6 of those 8 cells carry the cancellation and the rest do not, so the pada decides not just the score but whether the relief clause is available.
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 Uttara Ashadha and Dhanishta 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 Uttara Ashadha to Dhanishta 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 Uttara Ashadha and 26 from Dhanishta, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Dhanishta as the bride and not with Uttara Ashadha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Uttara Ashadha is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed), Dhanishta 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 Dhanishta 20th among Uttara Ashadha's 27 possible partners and Uttara Ashadha 17th among Dhanishta's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Uttara Ashadha’s table
20th of 27
Dhanishta scores 17.5 there outright. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Dhanishta’s table
17th of 27
Uttara Ashadha scores 17.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Dhanishta’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 29.5 with a median of 19, so this one sits below the middle of what Dhanishta can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Uttara Ashadha and Dhanishta 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 below the conventional threshold 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 Uttara Ashadha page and the Dhanishta page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Uttara Ashadha and Dhanishta to sixteen answers between 17.5 and 26.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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