Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Vishakha and Revati nakshatra matching
5–8 of 36 with Vishakha as bride, 3–6 with Revati as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana | Revati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Elephant yoni · Deva gana
Vishakha as bride
5–8
of 36
Revati as bride
3–6
of 36
Across all padas
5–9.5
spread of 4.5
Of the eight kootas, 7 leave something on the table for this pair and 1 does not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Revati: Antya (Kapha) · Vishakha: Antya (Kapha). The complete one is Varna, which is 1 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
A swing of 4.5 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 5 at the bottom, 9.5 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
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Vishakha with Revati. 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 | Revati bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Revati: Brahmin · Vishakha: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Revati: Jalachar · Vishakha: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Vishakha: Vipat (3) · from Revati: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Revati: Elephant · Vishakha: Tiger |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Revati: Jupiter · Vishakha: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Revati: Deva · Vishakha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Pisces and Libra — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Revati: Antya (Kapha) · Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 5–8 | 3–6 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Revati: Antya (Kapha) · Vishakha: Antya (Kapha). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Pisces and Libra — 6/8. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Revati: Deva · Vishakha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Revati: Jupiter · Vishakha: Venus. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Vishakha: Vipat (3) · from Revati: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Revati: Elephant · Vishakha: Tiger. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Revati: Jalachar · 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 Revati’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ and Revati runs Pisces 16°40′ – 30°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Vishakha as bride first, Revati as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 3 at the lowest and 9.5 at the highest.
| Vishakha ↓ / Revati → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Libra | 5 / 3 | 5 / 3 | 5 / 3 | 5 / 3 |
| Pada 2Libra | 5 / 3 | 5 / 3 | 5 / 3 | 5 / 3 |
| Pada 3Libra | 5 / 3 | 5 / 3 | 5 / 3 | 5 / 3 |
| Pada 4Scorpio | 9.5 / 8.5 | 9.5 / 8.5 | 9.5 / 8.5 | 9.5 / 8.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. 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 — 0 of 8
Vishakha and Revati are both Antya (Kapha), so the plain rule gives nothing. None of the three recognised cancellations reaches this pair — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — so the eight guna are lost and 28 is the ceiling for Vishakha with Revati however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 4 of those 16 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. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.
Two Tests Outside the 36
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Vishakha and Revati 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 Revati is 12. 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: 12 from Vishakha and 17 from Revati, 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), Revati 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: 5 of 36 puts Revati 27th among Vishakha's 27 possible partners and Vishakha 27th among Revati's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Vishakha’s table
27th of 27
Revati scores 5 there outright. 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 Revati’s table
27th of 27
Vishakha scores 5 there outright. Revati’s 27 partners run from 5 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Revati can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Vishakha and Revati 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 below the conventional threshold 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 Vishakha page and the Revati page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Vishakha and Revati to sixteen answers between 5 and 9.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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