Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Vishakha and Jyeshtha nakshatra matching
20.5–23.5 of 36 with Vishakha as bride, 19.5–22.5 with Jyeshtha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana | Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Deer yoni · Rakshasa gana
Vishakha as bride
20.5–23.5
of 36
Jyeshtha as bride
19.5–22.5
of 36
Across all padas
20.5–31.5
spread of 11
Reading the eight kootas in order for Vishakha and Jyeshtha: Bhakoot is where the largest deduction falls — Scorpio and Libra — 2/12, so 0 of 7, with Graha Maitri at 3 of 5, Tara at 1.5 of 3, Yoni at 1–3 of 4 and Vashya at 0–1 of 2 behind it. The remaining 3 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 20.5–23.5 one way round and 19.5–22.5 the other.
A swing of 11 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 20.5 at the bottom, 31.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio after pada 3. Since 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, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Vishakha and Jyeshtha, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Vishakha bride | Jyeshtha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Jyeshtha: Brahmin · Vishakha: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Jyeshtha: Keet · Vishakha: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Vishakha: Vipat (3) · from Jyeshtha: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Jyeshtha: Deer · Vishakha: Tiger |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 3 | 3 | Jyeshtha: Mars · Vishakha: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Jyeshtha: Rakshasa · Vishakha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Scorpio and Libra — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Jyeshtha: Adi (Vata) · Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 20.5–23.5 | 19.5–22.5 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Scorpio and Libra — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Graha Maitri, 3 of 5 — Jyeshtha: Mars · Vishakha: Venus. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Vishakha: Vipat (3) · from Jyeshtha: Mitra (8). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Jyeshtha: Deer · Vishakha: Tiger. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Jyeshtha: Keet · Vishakha: Manav. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Vishakha’s table and Jyeshtha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ and Jyeshtha runs Scorpio 16°40′ – 30°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 13°20′ and 40°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Vishakha as bride first, Jyeshtha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 19.5 at the lowest and 31.5 at the highest.
| Vishakha ↓ / Jyeshtha → | Pada 1Scorpio | Pada 2Scorpio | Pada 3Scorpio | Pada 4Scorpio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Libra | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 2Libra | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 3Libra | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 | 20.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 4Scorpio | 31.5 / 31.5 | 31.5 / 31.5 | 31.5 / 31.5 | 31.5 / 31.5 |
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. 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
Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Vishakha is Antya (Kapha) and Jyeshtha is Adi (Vata). 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Vishakha to Jyeshtha is 3 and back is 26, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 3 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 — 3 with Vishakha as bride, 26 with Jyeshtha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Jyeshtha as the bride and not with Vishakha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Vishakha is Mishra (mixed), Jyeshtha is Tikshna (sharp) — 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: 14th place in Vishakha's table, 12th in Jyeshtha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Vishakha’s table
14th of 27
Jyeshtha 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.
In Jyeshtha’s table
12th of 27
Vishakha scores 20.5 there outright. Jyeshtha’s 27 partners run from 4 to 31 with a median of 19, so this one sits above the middle of what Jyeshtha 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: kundli matching for marriage, end to end and the 36 guna taken one koota at a time. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Vishakha page and the Jyeshtha page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Vishakha and Jyeshtha to sixteen answers between 20.5 and 31.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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