Name numerology
Love compatibility calculator
Enter two names and this works the numerology out in full — the Chaldean value of every letter, the root number, the graha it belongs to, and what the classical friendship table says about those two planets. It shows the arithmetic rather than a percentage, because there is no rule anywhere that turns a planetary relationship into a score out of a hundred.
What a love calculator is, honestly
Most love calculators take two names, run them through some arithmetic and return a percentage. The percentage is the part to distrust, and not because the arithmetic is random — it is usually deterministic, so the same two names always give the same figure. It is because nothing in numerology or in Jyotisha maps a relationship between two planets onto a number out of a hundred. The percentage is invented at the last step, after the only defensible part of the calculation is already finished.
So this tool stops at that step. It shows the value of every letter, the total, the root number, the graha the root belongs to, and what the classical friendship table says about the two grahas — and then it stops, because that is where the method runs out. It uses no birth date, birth time or place, and therefore no chart, which is where Vedic compatibility is actually read from. Use the tools further down when the question matters.
How name compatibility is calculated
Each letter is assigned a number, the letters of both names are summed and reduced, and the two figures are compared. Which table is used changes the answer, and it changes it far more often than the tools admit: the Chaldean system assigns values by sound and uses only 1 through 8, holding 9 back, while the Pythagorean system runs straight through the alphabet mapping A–I to 1–9 and repeating. Indian name numerology generally follows Chaldean.
Run both tables over the 484 established Indian names in this site's nakshatra name list and they give a different root number for 87% of them. That is the single most useful fact about name numerology: for the large majority of names, the "name number" is a property of the table someone chose rather than of the name. Any calculator that shows you one number has picked for you without saying so.
The nine digits are also mapped to the nine grahas — 1 to the Sun, 2 the Moon, 3 Jupiter, 4 Rahu, 5 Mercury, 6 Venus, 7 Ketu, 8 Saturn, 9 Mars — so a numerologist reading two names is really comparing two planets and asking whether they are friendly. That is the thread connecting a name game to something a practitioner would take seriously.
It is also where the method breaks. The natural-friendship table that answers "are these two planets friendly" covers only the seven planets that own signs. Rahu and Ketu own none and have no entry in it. Over the 1,16,886 distinct pairs of those names, 40% put at least one name on a node, so for two pairs in five there is no friendliness reading to give at all. This tool says so on those pairs instead of filling the gap.
How Vedic astrology actually assesses a couple
The real system is Ashtakoot Guna Milan, which compares eight factors between two birth charts and scores them out of 36 points: Varna 1, Vashya 2, Tara 3, Yoni 4, Graha Maitri 5, Gana 6, Bhakoot 7, Nadi 8. Six of the eight are computed from the two birth nakshatras rather than from names or sun signs, which is why a pandit asks for a date, time and place of birth.
Conventional reading puts 18 out of 36 as the minimum acceptable, 25 to 32 as good, above 32 as excellent. But the composition matters more than the total — Bhakoot and Nadi dosha are treated as more serious than a shortfall of a few points, and Mangal Dosha is assessed entirely separately from this score.
What even Guna Milan leaves out
A 36-point score says nothing about the seventh house or its lord in either chart, which is where marriage lives in Jyotish. It says nothing about the condition of Venus and Jupiter, the classical significators of marriage. And it says nothing about timing — two charts can score 30 and belong to a couple entering opposing dasha periods.
A complete compatibility reading covers four things: the Guna Milan score, the doshas including Mangal and Nadi, the seventh house of both charts, and the dasha positions of both people. No calculator on this site or any other does all four, and it is worth knowing that before a number changes how you feel about someone.
If the answer matters, use these instead
For a proper score with a koota-by-koota breakdown, use the kundli matching tool, which works from both sets of birth details rather than from names. For the Manglik question, which Guna Milan does not test at all, use the Mangal Dosha checker. For a quick read on two signs without birth times, the compatibility calculator is the honest middle ground.
And for an actual decision — a proposal, a family conversation, a wedding date — have both charts read by an astrologer. Two names and a letter table are a pleasant thing to show someone. They are not evidence.
Frequently asked questions
Is a love calculator accurate?
No, and it does not claim to be. It applies the published numerology letter tables to two names and shows the result, with no access to birth dates, times or charts. It deliberately returns no percentage, because the step from a planetary relationship to a score out of a hundred is not part of any system — it is added by the calculator. Vedic compatibility is assessed from two birth charts through Ashtakoot Guna Milan, which is a different exercise entirely.
How does Vedic astrology check compatibility properly?
Through Ashtakoot Guna Milan — eight factors scored out of 36 points: Varna 1, Vashya 2, Tara 3, Yoni 4, Graha Maitri 5, Gana 6, Bhakoot 7 and Nadi 8. Six of the eight come from the two birth nakshatras, so it needs the date, time and place of birth for both people. A complete reading then adds the doshas, the seventh house of both charts and the dasha periods.
Does the same pair of names always give the same result?
Yes. The calculation is arithmetic on the letters, so it is deterministic — no randomness is involved. Change the spelling, add a surname or use a nickname and the number changes, which is a fair indication of how much weight the result deserves.
What score is considered a good match in kundli matching?
Conventionally 18 out of 36 is the minimum acceptable, 25 to 32 is good and above 32 excellent. But most pandits weigh the composition over the total: Bhakoot and Nadi dosha carry seven and eight points and are read as more serious than a few points either way, and Mangal Dosha sits outside the score altogether.