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Uttara Phalguni and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching

15.5–17.5 of 36 with Uttara Phalguni as bride, 16.5–18.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana

Uttara Phalguni as bride

15.5–17.5

of 36

Purva Bhadrapada as bride

16.5–18.5

of 36

Across all padas

14.5–17

spread of 2.5

Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata). The complete ones are Gana and Bhakoot, which is 13 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.

The pada decides part of this one. Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo 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 14.5 and 17, a swing of 2.5 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 Purva Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Uttara Phalguni with Purva Bhadrapada at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Uttara Phalguni bride	Purva Bhadrapada bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya
Vashya / 2	0	0	Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Uttara Phalguni: Pratyari (5) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Sadhaka (6)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Uttara Phalguni: Cow
Graha Maitri / 5	0	0	Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Uttara Phalguni: Sun
Gana / 6	6	6	Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Uttara Phalguni: Manushya
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Aquarius and Leo — 7/7
Nadi / 8	0	0	Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	15.5–17.5	16.5–18.5	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Uttara Phalguni: Sun. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
Vashya, 0 of 2 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Uttara Phalguni: 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 Phalguni: Cow. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Uttara Phalguni runs Leo 26°40′ – Virgo 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 160°00′ and 180°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Uttara Phalguni as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 13.5 at the lowest and 17 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Uttara Phalguni with Purva Bhadrapada across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Uttara Phalguni as bride then Purva Bhadrapada as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Uttara Phalguni ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada →	Pada 1Aquarius	Pada 2Aquarius	Pada 3Aquarius	Pada 4Pisces
Pada 1Leo	15.5 / 16.5	15.5 / 16.5	15.5 / 16.5	14.5 / 13.5
Pada 2Virgo	14.5 / 15.5	14.5 / 15.5	14.5 / 15.5	17 / 16
Pada 3Virgo	14.5 / 15.5	14.5 / 15.5	14.5 / 15.5	17 / 16
Pada 4Virgo	14.5 / 15.5	14.5 / 15.5	14.5 / 15.5	17 / 16

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. 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 Purva Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.

Nadi Koota — 0 of 8

Uttara Phalguni and Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

In 10 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 1 of those 10 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. 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 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 Phalguni to Purva Bhadrapada is 14. 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: 14 from Uttara Phalguni and 15 from Purva Bhadrapada, 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), 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: 16.5 of 36 puts Purva Bhadrapada 22nd among Uttara Phalguni's 27 possible partners and Uttara Phalguni 22nd among Purva Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Uttara Phalguni’s table

22nd of 27

Purva Bhadrapada scores 16.5 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s table

22nd of 27

Uttara Phalguni scores 16.5 there outright. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

The whole of Ashtakoot for Uttara Phalguni and Purva 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 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 Phalguni page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Uttara Phalguni and Purva Bhadrapada score?

15.5–17.5 of 36 with Uttara Phalguni as the bride and 16.5–18.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 14.5 to 17, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Uttara Phalguni and Purva Bhadrapada compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Uttara Phalguni with Purva Bhadrapada at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Graha Maitri (0 of 5), Vashya (0 of 2), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Uttara Phalguni and Purva Bhadrapada?

Yes. Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo after pada 1 and Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces after pada 3, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are read from the Moon rashi rather than from the nakshatra, so 15 of the 36 guna move with that boundary. The total ranges from 14.5 to 17 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 2.5 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Uttara Phalguni and Purva Bhadrapada have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Adi (Vata), and a shared nadi scores 0 of 8 — the largest single deduction in Ashtakoot. The three recognised cancellations — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — do not apply to Uttara Phalguni with Purva Bhadrapada, so the eight guna are genuinely lost. That leaves a ceiling of 28 for this pair however well the other seven go. Across every possible pairing, 33.3% carry Nadi dosha and 23.2% of those are cancelled.

Is it better for Uttara Phalguni to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Purva Bhadrapada on the bride's side scores higher — 16.5–18.5 against 15.5–17.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Uttara Phalguni as bride to 1 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Uttara Phalguni and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 14.5 and 17. Two birth times pick one of them.

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