Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Uttara Phalguni and Vishakha nakshatra matching
16.5 of 36 with Uttara Phalguni as bride, 20.5 with Vishakha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana
Uttara Phalguni as bride
16.5
of 36
Vishakha as bride
20.5
of 36
Across all padas
20–24.5
spread of 4.5
Reading the eight kootas in order for Uttara Phalguni and Vishakha: Gana is where the largest deduction falls — Vishakha: Rakshasa · Uttara Phalguni: Manushya, so 0 of 6, with Graha Maitri at 0 of 5, Yoni at 0 of 4, Vashya at 0 of 2, Tara at 1.5 of 3 and Varna at 0 of 1 behind it. The remaining 2 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 16.5 one way round and 20.5 the other.
The pada decides part of this one. Uttara Phalguni runs from Leo into Virgo after pada 1 and Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio 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 20 and 24.5, a swing of 4.5 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Uttara Phalguni and Vishakha, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Uttara Phalguni bride | Vishakha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Vishakha: Shudra · Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0 | 0 | Vishakha: Manav · Uttara Phalguni: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Uttara Phalguni: Pratyari (5) · from Vishakha: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Vishakha: Tiger · Uttara Phalguni: Cow |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0 | 0 | Vishakha: Venus · Uttara Phalguni: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 3 | Vishakha: Rakshasa · Uttara Phalguni: Manushya |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Libra and Leo — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Uttara Phalguni: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 16.5 | 20.5 | Acceptable |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Vishakha: Rakshasa · Uttara Phalguni: Manushya. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Vishakha: Venus · Uttara Phalguni: Sun. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Vishakha: Tiger · Uttara Phalguni: Cow. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Vashya, 0 of 2 — Vishakha: 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 Vishakha: Sadhaka (6). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Vishakha: Shudra · Uttara Phalguni: Kshatriya. A deliberately one-way test on rank, failed in this direction. It is one point of thirty-six.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Uttara Phalguni’s table and Vishakha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Uttara Phalguni runs Leo 26°40′ – Virgo 10°00′ and Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 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 Phalguni as bride first, Vishakha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 16.5 at the lowest and 24.5 at the highest.
| Uttara Phalguni ↓ / Vishakha → | Pada 1Libra | Pada 2Libra | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 16.5 / 20.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 | 22.5 / 24.5 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 16.5 / 20.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 | 18 / 20 |
| Pada 3Virgo | 16.5 / 20.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 | 18 / 20 |
| Pada 4Virgo | 16.5 / 20.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 | 16.5 / 20.5 | 18 / 20 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 0 and 1 guna, depending on the 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 Phalguni and Vishakha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Uttara Phalguni is Adi (Vata) and Vishakha 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 — 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: Sun and Venus 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Uttara Phalguni to Vishakha is 5 and back is 24, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 5 stars between them, against a favourable set of 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 and 25. 108 of the 351 pairs land on one of those.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 5 with Uttara Phalguni as bride, 24 with Vishakha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Vishakha 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), Vishakha is Mishra (mixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 20.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 15th place in Uttara Phalguni's table, 14th in Vishakha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Uttara Phalguni’s table
15th of 27
Vishakha scores 20.5 there, level with 1 other partner. 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 Vishakha’s table
14th of 27
Uttara Phalguni scores 20.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Vishakha’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29.5 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Vishakha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: how to check compatibility in a kundli and Venus, and what it decides about a marriage. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Uttara Phalguni page and the Vishakha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Uttara Phalguni and Vishakha to sixteen answers between 20 and 24.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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