Guna Milan · Ashtakoota

Ashwini and Ashlesha.

17/ 36

Below threshold

Under the 18 most families treat as a minimum. A full kundli reading, with both birth charts, matters far more than this number alone.

Nadi dosha — both are Aadi nadi. Both are commonly considered cancellable depending on the full charts. Worth asking an astrologer rather than reading a total.

The eight kootas

KootaMeasures AshwiniAshleshaScore
Varna Work and temperament Kshatriya Brahmin 0/1
Vashya Mutual influence Chatushpada Jalachara 1/2
Tara Health and fortune count 20 count 9 3/3
Yoni Physical compatibility Horse Cat 2/4
Graha Maitri Mental affinity Mars Moon 3/5
Gana Nature and disposition Deva Rakshasa 1/6
Bhakoot Prosperity together Mesha Karka 7/7
Nadi Health and progeny Aadi Aadi 0/8
Total17/36

How this was calculated

Ashtakoota assigns points across eight kootas weighted 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 to a maximum of 36. Most families treat 18 as the working minimum.

Four kootas — Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot — depend on the moon rashi, and a nakshatra alone does not fix it: a nakshatra spans 13°20' and can fall across two rashis depending on the pada. This page uses each nakshatra's principal rashi (Mesha and Karka here). If a birth falls in a pada belonging to the neighbouring rashi, those four scores can shift. For anything binding, use both full birth charts with an astrologer — this page is a first look, not a verdict on a marriage.