Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Uttara Phalguni and Mula nakshatra matching
8.5–10.5 of 36 with Uttara Phalguni as bride, 11.5–13.5 with Mula as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana | Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana
Uttara Phalguni as bride
8.5–10.5
of 36
Mula as bride
11.5–13.5
of 36
Across all padas
11.5–15
spread of 3.5
Uttara Phalguni and Mula come to 8.5–10.5 of 36 with Uttara Phalguni on the bride's side and 11.5–13.5 with Mula on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna and Graha Maitri score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Vashya (0 of 2), Tara (1.5 of 3) and Yoni (1–3 of 4) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.
The pada decides part of this one. Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo after pada 1, 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 11.5 and 15, a swing of 3.5 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 Phalguni with Mula. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Uttara Phalguni bride | Mula bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Mula: Kshatriya · Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0 | 0 | Mula: Manav · Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Uttara Phalguni: Mitra (8) · from Mula: Vipat (3) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Mula: Dog · Uttara Phalguni: Cow |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Mula: Jupiter · Uttara Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Mula: Rakshasa · Uttara Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Leo — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Mula: Adi (Vata) · Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 8.5–10.5 | 11.5–13.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Mula: Adi (Vata) · Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Leo — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Mula: Rakshasa · Uttara Phalguni: Manushya. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Vashya, 0 of 2 — Mula: Manav · Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Uttara Phalguni: Mitra (8) · from Mula: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Mula: Dog · Uttara Phalguni: Cow. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Uttara Phalguni’s table and Mula’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Uttara Phalguni runs Leo 26°40′ – Virgo 10°00′ and Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 80°00′ and 106°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Uttara Phalguni as bride first, Mula as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 8.5 at the lowest and 15 at the highest.
| Uttara Phalguni ↓ / Mula → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 8.5 / 11.5 | 8.5 / 11.5 | 8.5 / 11.5 | 8.5 / 11.5 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 13 / 15 | 13 / 15 | 13 / 15 | 13 / 15 |
| Pada 3Virgo | 13 / 15 | 13 / 15 | 13 / 15 | 13 / 15 |
| Pada 4Virgo | 13 / 15 | 13 / 15 | 13 / 15 | 13 / 15 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 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
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 Phalguni and Mula rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 0 of 8
Uttara Phalguni and Mula are both Adi (Vata), so the plain rule gives nothing. None of the three recognised cancellations reaches this pair — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — so the eight guna are lost and 28 is the ceiling for Uttara Phalguni with Mula however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In 4 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: Sun and Jupiter are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
A cancellation is relief, not a score adjustment — the koota still reads zero above. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.
Two Tests Outside the 36
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Uttara Phalguni and Mula 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 Mula is 8. 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: 8 from Uttara Phalguni and 21 from Mula, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Mula as the bride and not with Uttara Phalguni.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Uttara Phalguni is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed), Mula is Tikshna (sharp) — 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: 11.5 of 36 puts Mula 27th among Uttara Phalguni's 27 possible partners and Uttara Phalguni 26th among Mula's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Uttara Phalguni’s table
27th of 27
Mula scores 11.5 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 Mula’s table
26th of 27
Uttara Phalguni scores 11.5 there outright. Mula’s 27 partners run from 11 to 30 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Mula 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 Mula 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 Phalguni page and the Mula page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Uttara Phalguni and Mula to sixteen answers between 11.5 and 15. Two birth times pick one of them.
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