Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Vishakha and Uttara Ashadha nakshatra matching

14–17 of 36 with Vishakha as bride, 10–13 with Uttara Ashadha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana | Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Mongoose yoni · Manushya gana

Vishakha as bride

14–17

of 36

Uttara Ashadha as bride

10–13

of 36

Across all padas

10.5–18.5

spread of 8

Vishakha and Uttara Ashadha come to 14–17 of 36 with Vishakha on the bride's side and 10–13 with Uttara Ashadha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna and Bhakoot score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Gana (3 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.

A swing of 8 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 10.5 at the bottom, 18.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio after pada 3 and Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1. 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 Uttara Ashadha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Vishakha with Uttara Ashadha at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Vishakha bride	Uttara Ashadha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Uttara Ashadha: Kshatriya · Vishakha: Shudra
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · Vishakha: Manav
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Vishakha: Sadhaka (6) · from Uttara Ashadha: Pratyari (5)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Vishakha: Tiger
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Vishakha: Venus
Gana / 6	3	0	Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Vishakha: Rakshasa
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Sagittarius and Libra — 3/11
Nadi / 8	0	0	Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Vishakha: Antya (Kapha)
Total / 36	14–17	10–13	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Uttara Ashadha: Antya (Kapha) · Vishakha: Antya (Kapha). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Uttara Ashadha: Jupiter · Vishakha: Venus. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
Gana, 3 of 6 — Uttara Ashadha: Manushya · Vishakha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Vishakha: Sadhaka (6) · from Uttara Ashadha: Pratyari (5). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Ashadha: Mongoose · Vishakha: Tiger. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Ashadha: Chatushpada · 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 Uttara Ashadha’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ and Uttara Ashadha runs Sagittarius 26°40′ – Capricorn 10°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 53°20′ and 80°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Vishakha as bride first, Uttara Ashadha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 8.5 at the lowest and 18.5 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Vishakha with Uttara Ashadha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Vishakha as bride then Uttara Ashadha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Vishakha ↓ / Uttara Ashadha →	Pada 1Sagittarius	Pada 2Capricorn	Pada 3Capricorn	Pada 4Capricorn
Pada 1Libra	14 / 10	18.5 / 14.5	18.5 / 14.5	18.5 / 14.5
Pada 2Libra	14 / 10	18.5 / 14.5	18.5 / 14.5	18.5 / 14.5
Pada 3Libra	14 / 10	18.5 / 14.5	18.5 / 14.5	18.5 / 14.5
Pada 4Scorpio	10.5 / 8.5	13 / 11	13 / 11	13 / 11

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. 9 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 7 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

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 Uttara Ashadha 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 Uttara Ashadha however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

In 1 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: Venus and Jupiter are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.

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 Uttara Ashadha 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 Uttara Ashadha is 6. 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: 6 from Vishakha and 23 from Uttara Ashadha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Uttara Ashadha as the bride and not with Vishakha.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Vishakha is Mishra (mixed), Uttara Ashadha is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 14 of 36 puts Uttara Ashadha 25th among Vishakha's 27 possible partners and Vishakha 24th among Uttara Ashadha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Vishakha’s table

25th of 27

Uttara Ashadha scores 14 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 Uttara Ashadha’s table

24th of 27

Vishakha scores 14 there outright. Uttara Ashadha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 31 with a median of 22, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Ashadha 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 Uttara Ashadha 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: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Vishakha page and the Uttara Ashadha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Vishakha and Uttara Ashadha score?

14–17 of 36 with Vishakha as the bride and 10–13 with Uttara Ashadha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 10.5 to 18.5, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Vishakha and Uttara Ashadha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Vishakha with Uttara Ashadha at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Gana (3 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Vishakha and Uttara Ashadha?

Yes. Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio after pada 3 and Uttara Ashadha runs from Sagittarius into Capricorn after pada 1, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are read from the Moon rashi rather than from the nakshatra, so 15 of the 36 guna move with that boundary. The total ranges from 10.5 to 18.5 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 8 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Vishakha and Uttara Ashadha have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Antya (Kapha), and a shared nadi scores 0 of 8 — the largest single deduction in Ashtakoot. The three recognised cancellations — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — do not apply to Vishakha with Uttara Ashadha, so the eight guna are genuinely lost. That leaves a ceiling of 28 for this pair however well the other seven go. Across every possible pairing, 33.3% carry Nadi dosha and 23.2% of those are cancelled.

Is it better for Vishakha to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Vishakha on the bride's side scores higher — 14–17 against 10–13. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 1 with Vishakha as bride to 0 with Uttara Ashadha as bride and Gana goes from 3 with Vishakha as bride to 0 with Uttara Ashadha as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Vishakha and Uttara Ashadha to sixteen answers between 10.5 and 18.5. Two birth times pick one of them.

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