Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Uttara Phalguni and Dhanishta nakshatra matching
10.5–13.5 of 36 with Uttara Phalguni as bride, 14.5–17.5 with Dhanishta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana
Uttara Phalguni as bride
10.5–13.5
of 36
Dhanishta as bride
14.5–17.5
of 36
Across all padas
14.5–21.5
spread of 7
Uttara Phalguni and Dhanishta come to 10.5–13.5 of 36 with Uttara Phalguni on the bride's side and 14.5–17.5 with Dhanishta on it. What sits behind those two figures: Nadi scores in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Graha Maitri (0 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 Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
A swing of 7 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 14.5 at the bottom, 21.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo 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 Phalguni 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 Phalguni bride | Dhanishta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Dhanishta: Vaishya · Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Dhanishta: Jalachar · Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Uttara Phalguni: Vipat (3) · from Dhanishta: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Dhanishta: Lion · Uttara Phalguni: Cow |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0 | 0 | Dhanishta: Saturn · Uttara Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Uttara Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Leo — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 10.5–13.5 | 14.5–17.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Leo — 6/8. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Uttara Phalguni: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Dhanishta: Saturn · Uttara Phalguni: Sun. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Uttara Phalguni: 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 Phalguni: Cow. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Dhanishta: Jalachar · Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Dhanishta: Vaishya · Uttara Phalguni: 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 Phalguni’s table and Dhanishta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Uttara Phalguni runs Leo 26°40′ – Virgo 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 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Uttara Phalguni as bride first, Dhanishta as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 10.5 at the lowest and 21.5 at the highest.
| Uttara Phalguni ↓ / Dhanishta → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 10.5 / 14.5 | 10.5 / 14.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 | 17.5 / 21.5 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 15.5 / 18.5 | 15.5 / 18.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 |
| Pada 3Virgo | 15.5 / 18.5 | 15.5 / 18.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 |
| Pada 4Virgo | 15.5 / 18.5 | 15.5 / 18.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 |
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. 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 Phalguni is Adi (Vata) 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 14 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Sun and Saturn, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
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 Phalguni 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 Phalguni to Dhanishta is 12. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. This one is directional in earnest: 12 from Uttara Phalguni and 17 from Dhanishta, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Uttara Phalguni 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: 14.5 of 36 puts Dhanishta 23rd among Uttara Phalguni's 27 possible partners and Uttara Phalguni 21st among Dhanishta's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Uttara Phalguni’s table
23rd of 27
Dhanishta scores 14.5 there outright. Uttara Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 33 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
In Dhanishta’s table
21st of 27
Uttara Phalguni scores 14.5 there outright. 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
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 Phalguni and Dhanishta 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 Uttara Phalguni page and the Dhanishta page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Uttara Phalguni and Dhanishta to sixteen answers between 14.5 and 21.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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