Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Vishakha and Anuradha nakshatra matching
17–20 of 36 with Vishakha as bride, 15–18 with Anuradha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana | Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Deer yoni · Deva gana
Vishakha as bride
17–20
of 36
Anuradha as bride
15–18
of 36
Across all padas
17–28
spread of 11
Vishakha and Anuradha come to 17–20 of 36 with Vishakha on the bride's side and 15–18 with Anuradha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Tara and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (1 of 6), Graha Maitri (3 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
The pada decides part of this one. 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 17 and 28, a swing of 11 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 Vishakha with Anuradha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Vishakha bride | Anuradha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Anuradha: Brahmin · Vishakha: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Anuradha: Keet · Vishakha: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Vishakha: Sampat (2) · from Anuradha: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Anuradha: Deer · Vishakha: Tiger |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Anuradha: Mars · Vishakha: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Anuradha: Deva · Vishakha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Scorpio and Libra — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Anuradha: Madhya (Pitta) · Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 17–20 | 15–18 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Scorpio and Libra — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Anuradha: Deva · Vishakha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Anuradha: Mars · Vishakha: Venus. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Anuradha: Deer · Vishakha: Tiger. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Anuradha: Keet · Vishakha: Manav. 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 Vishakha’s table and Anuradha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ and Anuradha runs Scorpio 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Vishakha as bride first, Anuradha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 15 at the lowest and 28 at the highest.
| Vishakha ↓ / Anuradha → | Pada 1Scorpio | Pada 2Scorpio | Pada 3Scorpio | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Libra | 17 / 15 | 17 / 15 | 17 / 15 | 17 / 15 |
| Pada 2Libra | 17 / 15 | 17 / 15 | 17 / 15 | 17 / 15 |
| Pada 3Libra | 17 / 15 | 17 / 15 | 17 / 15 | 17 / 15 |
| Pada 4Scorpio | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 |
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. 4 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 12 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
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 Vishakha and Anuradha rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Vishakha is Antya (Kapha) and Anuradha 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 12 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 Venus and Mars, 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 Vishakha and Anuradha 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 Vishakha to Anuradha is 2. 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: 2 from Vishakha and 27 from Anuradha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Anuradha as the bride and not with Vishakha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Vishakha is Mishra (mixed), Anuradha is Mridu (tender) — 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: 17 of 36 puts Anuradha 20th among Vishakha's 27 possible partners and Vishakha 19th among Anuradha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Vishakha’s table
20th of 27
Anuradha scores 17 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 below the middle of what Vishakha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Anuradha’s table
19th of 27
Vishakha scores 17 there outright. Anuradha’s 27 partners run from 12 to 31 with a median of 20, so this one sits below the middle of what Anuradha 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 Vishakha and Anuradha 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 Vishakha page and the Anuradha page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Vishakha and Anuradha to sixteen answers between 17 and 28. Two birth times pick one of them.
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