Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Uttara Ashadha and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
26.5–29.5 of 36 with Uttara Ashadha as bride, 27.5–30.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Uttara Ashadha as bride
26.5–29.5
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
27.5–30.5
of 36
Across all padas
22.5–29.5
spread of 7
Uttara Ashadha and Purva Bhadrapada come to 26.5–29.5 of 36 with Uttara Ashadha on the bride's side and 27.5–30.5 with Purva Bhadrapada on it. What sits behind those two figures: Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi score in full, while Graha Maitri (3 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Graha Maitri on its own accounts for 2 of the guna that go missing.
The pada decides part of this one. Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1 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. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 22.5 and 29.5, a swing of 7 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 Uttara Ashadha with Purva Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Uttara Ashadha bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Uttara Ashadha: Pratyari (5) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Uttara Ashadha: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Aquarius and Sagittarius — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 26.5–29.5 | 27.5–30.5 | Good |
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Purva Bhadrapada: 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: Pratyari (5) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Sadhaka (6). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°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 40°00′ and 66°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Uttara Ashadha as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 21.5 at the lowest and 29.5 at the highest.
| Uttara Ashadha ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Sagittarius | 26.5 / 27.5 | 26.5 / 27.5 | 26.5 / 27.5 | 29.5 / 28.5 |
| Pada 2Capricorn | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 27.5 / 26.5 |
| Pada 3Capricorn | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 27.5 / 26.5 |
| Pada 4Capricorn | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 21.5 / 22.5 | 27.5 / 26.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every 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 Uttara Ashadha and Purva Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Uttara Ashadha 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
In 9 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: Jupiter and Saturn are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
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 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 Uttara Ashadha to Purva 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 Uttara Ashadha and 24 from Purva Bhadrapada, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Purva Bhadrapada 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), 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: 27.5 of 36 puts Purva Bhadrapada 4th among Uttara Ashadha's 27 possible partners and Uttara Ashadha 5th among Purva Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Uttara Ashadha’s table
4th of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 27.5 there outright. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Ashadha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Purva Bhadrapada’s table
5th of 27
Uttara Ashadha scores 27.5 there outright. 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 Uttara Ashadha 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: Venus, and what it decides about a marriage and the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Uttara Ashadha page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Uttara Ashadha and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 22.5 and 29.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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