Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Vishakha and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
23–25 of 36 with Vishakha as bride, 20–22 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Vishakha as bride
23–25
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
20–22
of 36
Across all padas
16.5–23
spread of 6.5
Vishakha and Purva Bhadrapada come to 23–25 of 36 with Vishakha on the bride's side and 20–22 with Purva Bhadrapada on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Vashya, Tara, Graha Maitri and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (3 of 6) and Yoni (1–3 of 4) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio after pada 3 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 — so the total follows, anywhere from 16.5 to 23 of 36 depending on the padas. At 6.5 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 Vishakha with Purva Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Vishakha bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Vishakha: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Vishakha: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Vishakha: Janma (1) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Janma (1) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Vishakha: Tiger |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Vishakha: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 3 | 0 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Vishakha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Aquarius and Libra — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 23–25 | 20–22 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Libra — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 3 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Vishakha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Vishakha: Tiger. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Vishakha’s table and Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ 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 106°40′ and 133°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Vishakha as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 12.5 at the lowest and 23 at the highest.
| Vishakha ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Libra | 23 / 20 | 23 / 20 | 23 / 20 | 16.5 / 12.5 |
| Pada 2Libra | 23 / 20 | 23 / 20 | 23 / 20 | 16.5 / 12.5 |
| Pada 3Libra | 23 / 20 | 23 / 20 | 23 / 20 | 16.5 / 12.5 |
| Pada 4Scorpio | 22.5 / 20.5 | 22.5 / 20.5 | 22.5 / 20.5 | 21 / 18 |
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. 13 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 3 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
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
Vishakha is Antya (Kapha) and Purva Bhadrapada 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 13 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 10 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 Vishakha and Purva Bhadrapada 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 Vishakha to Purva Bhadrapada 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 Vishakha and 19 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 — Vishakha is Mishra (mixed), 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: 23 of 36 puts Purva Bhadrapada 8th among Vishakha's 27 possible partners and Vishakha 10th among Purva Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Vishakha’s table
8th of 27
Purva Bhadrapada scores 23 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 above the middle of what Vishakha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Purva Bhadrapada’s table
10th of 27
Vishakha scores 23 there outright. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Vishakha and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 16.5 and 23. Two birth times pick one of them.
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