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Uttara Phalguni and Uttara Ashadha nakshatra matching
24–27 of 36 with Uttara Phalguni as bride, 24–27 with Uttara Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana
Uttara Phalguni as bride
24–27
of 36
Uttara Ashadha as bride
24–27
of 36
Across all padas
19–26.5
spread of 7.5
Of the eight kootas, 3 leave something on the table for this pair and 5 do not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Leo — 5/9. The complete ones are Varna, Tara, Graha Maitri, Gana and Nadi, which is 23 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo after pada 1 and Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 19 to 26.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 7.5 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Uttara Phalguni with Uttara Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: here neither one differs, so the two columns agree.
| Koota | Uttara Phalguni bride | Uttara Ashadha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya · Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Uttara Phalguni: Janma (1) · from Uttara Ashadha: Janma (1) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Uttara Phalguni: Cow |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Uttara Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Uttara Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Sagittarius and Leo — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 24–27 | 24–27 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Sagittarius and Leo — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Uttara Phalguni: Cow. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Uttara Phalguni’s table and Uttara Ashadha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Uttara Phalguni runs Leo 26°40′ – Virgo 10°00′ and Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 106°40′ and 133°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Uttara Phalguni as bride first, Uttara Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 18 at the lowest and 26.5 at the highest.
| Uttara Phalguni ↓ / Uttara Ashadha → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Capricorn | Pada 4Capricorn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 24 / 24 | 18 / 19 | 18 / 19 | 18 / 19 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 26.5 / 25.5 | 23 / 23 | 23 / 23 | 23 / 23 |
| Pada 3Virgo | 26.5 / 25.5 | 23 / 23 | 23 / 23 | 23 / 23 |
| Pada 4Virgo | 26.5 / 25.5 | 23 / 23 | 23 / 23 | 23 / 23 |
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
The two heavy kootas, checked with their cancellations. Neither gives a partial score, so each is worth 8 and 7 guna outright or nothing at all.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Uttara Phalguni is Adi (Vata) and Uttara Ashadha is Antya (Kapha). 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 13 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 1 of those 13 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 Phalguni and Uttara Ashadha alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.
- Mahendra — present. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Uttara Phalguni to Uttara Ashadha is 10. 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: 10 from Uttara Phalguni and 19 from Uttara Ashadha, 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), Uttara Ashadha is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 24 of 36 puts Uttara Ashadha 7th among Uttara Phalguni's 27 possible partners and Uttara Phalguni 10th among Uttara Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Uttara Phalguni’s table
7th of 27
Uttara Ashadha scores 24 there, level with 2 other partners. Uttara Phalguni’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 33 with a median of 21, so this one sits above the middle of what Uttara Phalguni can reach — all 27 rows.
In Uttara Ashadha’s table
10th of 27
Uttara Phalguni scores 24 there, level with 2 other partners. 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.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Uttara Phalguni and Uttara Ashadha 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 acceptable is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Uttara Phalguni page and the Uttara Ashadha page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Uttara Phalguni and Uttara Ashadha to sixteen answers between 19 and 26.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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