How many gunas out of 36 are needed for marriage?

There is no single verse that fixes a pass mark, and this app does not pretend otherwise. It grades 18 to 20 as Average, 21 to 26 as Good, 27 to 31 as Very Good and 32 or more as Excellent, which is the widely used convention. The total is one input among several: the same page also reports Bhakoot and Nadi separately, the Manglik status of both charts, and the Papasamyam balance, because a good total can sit on top of an uncancelled Nadi dosha.

What is Nadi dosha, and can it be cancelled?

Nadi dosha, or Eka-Nadi, is formed when both partners' birth nakshatras belong to the same nadi group of Aadi, Madhya or Antya, and it costs the full 8 points of that koota. It is cancelled by the classical pariharas in three cases: the same nakshatra with different Moon signs, the same Moon sign with different nakshatras, or a shared birth star from the exempt set of Rohini, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Vishakha, Shravana, Uttara Bhadrapada and Revati. When the couple share both the star and the sign with no exemption, it stands.

What is Bhakoot dosha?

Bhakoot dosha is formed when the two Moon signs stand in a 2 and 12, 5 and 9, or 6 and 8 relationship, and it costs the 7 points that koota carries. Two cancellations restore the points in full. The first, which the sources agree on unanimously, is that both Moon signs share one lord; the second and weaker one is that the two sign lords are mutual natural friends. This page names which cancellation applied rather than silently adjusting the score.

What is the difference between Ashtakoota and Dashakoota?

Ashtakoota is the North Indian eight-koota system scored out of 36, with Nadi and Bhakoot carrying the largest weights. Dashakoota is the South Indian ten-porutham system scored out of 10, where each porutham is favourable, partial or unfavourable and Rajju and Vedha are the critical tests. Both read the same two inputs, the birth star and the Moon sign, so this page computes them from one set of details and lets you switch between the tables.

Papasamyam is the Kerala method of comparing the malefic burden of the two charts, grounded in Prasna Marga chapter XXI. Malefics are counted in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th and 12th houses from three reference points with different weights: the ascendant at 1.0, the Moon at 0.5 and Venus at 0.25. The match is sanctioned on this test when the bride's weighted total is equal to or lower than the groom's.

Can kundli matching be done without a birth time?

Partly. The eight kootas need only the Moon's nakshatra and the Moon's sign, and the Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days, so on most dates a time is not strictly required. It is required when the Moon was near a sign or nakshatra boundary that day, and it is required for everything else on this page: Manglik status, Papasamyam and the navamsa comparison all depend on the ascendant. Where only the birth stars are known, use the nakshatra matching tool instead.

Why does the Moon's degree matter for Vashya koota?

Because two signs split in the middle. Sagittarius and Capricorn each change Vashya class at 15 degrees, so a Moon in the first half and a Moon in the second half of those signs belong to different classes. If the exact degree is not supplied, the calculation reads both as first-half, which is a defined default rather than a guess but is genuinely wrong for a second-half Moon. Entering full birth details avoids the question.

Is Bhrigu Bindu a classical point?

No classical locus for it could be found. A search across BPHS volumes 1 and 2, Jaimini's Upadesha Sutras, Uttara Kalamrita and Prasna Marga returned no reference, which is why this page shows Bhrigu Bindu as a computed position, the midpoint of Rahu and the Moon, and attaches no compatibility claim to it. The point is displayed with that disclosure visible rather than left out or dressed up as classical.

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Ashtakuta (Gun Milan) - 36 Point Matching

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The 36 points of Ashtakoota, koota by koota

Ashtakoota Gun Milan scores two charts out of 36 across eight kootas, and the weights are fixed: Varna 1 point, Vashya 2, Tara 3, Yoni 4, Graha Maitri 5, Gana 6, Bhakoot 7 and Nadi 8.

Every one of them is computed from just two quantities per person, the Moon's nakshatra and the Moon's sign, which is why the method needs an accurate Moon rather than a full chart. This page computes all eight and shows the score and the reason for each.

The bands this app applies to the total are 32 and above Excellent, 27 to 31 Very Good, 21 to 26 Good, 18 to 20 Average, 14 to 17 Below Average, and below 14 Not Recommended. Those bands are the app's presentation of a widely used convention, not a verse in a text, and they are stated here so the number is not mistaken for a verdict the classics deliver.

The two kootas that carry the most points, and their pariharas

Nadi carries 8 of the 36 and is scored on the Aadi, Madhya and Antya classification of the birth nakshatra. Different nadis score the full 8.

The same nadi is Eka-Nadi dosha, but the classical pariharas nullify it in three cases: the same nakshatra with different rashis, the same rashi with different nakshatras, and a shared birth star that belongs to the exempt set. Where none of those applies and the couple share both the star and the rashi, the score stands at 0, which is the severest attested form.

Bhakoot carries 7 and is scored on the distance between the two Moon signs. The 2 and 12, 5 and 9, and 6 and 8 relationships are the inauspicious ones. Two pariharas restore the full 7: the unanimously attested one, where both Moon signs share a single lord, as Aries and Scorpio both do under Mars, and a weaker one, where the two sign lords are mutual natural friends.

The engine restores the points in both cases and says which parihara applied, since the sources do not supply a partial figure and inventing one would be an interpolation.

Dashakoota, the South Indian ten poruthams

The Dashakoota toggle switches the koota table to the Tamil ten-porutham system, which reads the same birth star and Moon sign through a different set of tests. Each porutham is scored favourable, partial or unfavourable, worth 1, 0.5 or 0, for a maximum of 10. The page reports the count of fully favourable poruthams alongside the point total, because the two are not the same measure.

Rajju and Vedha are the two the tradition treats as critical. Rajju maps each nakshatra onto a part of the body through a nine-step cycle running Pada, Kati, Nabhi, Kantha and Siro and back down again, and a shared rajju is a serious dosha. Vedha pairs nakshatras that afflict each other; Chitra is unpaired and has no Vedha partner. Both are flagged separately from the total rather than buried in it.

Papasamyam and Manglik: two ways of weighing the same malefics

Papasamyam is the Kerala practice of balancing the malefic load the two charts carry, and it is grounded in Prasna Marga chapter XXI. The papa grahas are the Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu, and the papa houses are the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th and 12th.

Those houses are counted from three reference points with different weights: the ascendant at 1.0, the Moon at 0.5 and Venus at 0.25. The alliance is sanctioned when the bride's weighted total is equal to or less than the groom's.

Manglik status is computed for each chart separately using the same three reference points, and the exceptions that nullify the dosha are applied before the status is reported. Papasamyam and Manglik are not duplicates of each other: Manglik asks whether one planet sits in one of a set of houses, while Papasamyam sums all five malefics across three references and then compares the two people. A couple can pass one and fail the other.

Chart-level factors, and one point shown without a verdict

Beyond the kootas, the page computes three chart-level comparisons from the two natal charts. Graha Maitri here is the compound natural friendship of the two Moon-sign lords, merged by the classical rule where friend with enemy resolves to neutral. The navamsa comparison reads each Moon's D9 sign and the relation between them. The marriage significators, the seventh lord and Venus in each chart, are reported alongside.

Bhrigu Bindu, the midpoint of Rahu and the Moon, is shown as a position only and deliberately carries no compatibility judgement. The reason is on the card: a search across BPHS volumes 1 and 2, Jaimini's Upadesha Sutras, Uttara Kalamrita and Prasna Marga returned no locus for it.

The construction is real and is computed exactly; what is missing is any classical text that says what it means for a couple, so the app prints the point and stops rather than asserting a marriage verdict in its own voice.

Frequently asked questions

How many gunas out of 36 are needed for marriage?: There is no single verse that fixes a pass mark, and this app does not pretend otherwise. It grades 18 to 20 as Average, 21 to 26 as Good, 27 to 31 as Very Good and 32 or more as Excellent, which is the widely used convention. The total is one input among several: the same page also reports Bhakoot and Nadi separately, the Manglik status of both charts, and the Papasamyam balance, because a good total can sit on top of an uncancelled Nadi dosha.
What is Nadi dosha, and can it be cancelled?: Nadi dosha, or Eka-Nadi, is formed when both partners' birth nakshatras belong to the same nadi group of Aadi, Madhya or Antya, and it costs the full 8 points of that koota. It is cancelled by the classical pariharas in three cases: the same nakshatra with different Moon signs, the same Moon sign with different nakshatras, or a shared birth star from the exempt set of Rohini, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Vishakha, Shravana, Uttara Bhadrapada and Revati. When the couple share both the star and the sign with no exemption, it stands.
What is Bhakoot dosha?: Bhakoot dosha is formed when the two Moon signs stand in a 2 and 12, 5 and 9, or 6 and 8 relationship, and it costs the 7 points that koota carries. Two cancellations restore the points in full. The first, which the sources agree on unanimously, is that both Moon signs share one lord; the second and weaker one is that the two sign lords are mutual natural friends. This page names which cancellation applied rather than silently adjusting the score.
What is the difference between Ashtakoota and Dashakoota?: Ashtakoota is the North Indian eight-koota system scored out of 36, with Nadi and Bhakoot carrying the largest weights. Dashakoota is the South Indian ten-porutham system scored out of 10, where each porutham is favourable, partial or unfavourable and Rajju and Vedha are the critical tests. Both read the same two inputs, the birth star and the Moon sign, so this page computes them from one set of details and lets you switch between the tables.
What is Papasamyam?: Papasamyam is the Kerala method of comparing the malefic burden of the two charts, grounded in Prasna Marga chapter XXI. Malefics are counted in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th and 12th houses from three reference points with different weights: the ascendant at 1.0, the Moon at 0.5 and Venus at 0.25. The match is sanctioned on this test when the bride's weighted total is equal to or lower than the groom's.
Can kundli matching be done without a birth time?: Partly. The eight kootas need only the Moon's nakshatra and the Moon's sign, and the Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days, so on most dates a time is not strictly required. It is required when the Moon was near a sign or nakshatra boundary that day, and it is required for everything else on this page: Manglik status, Papasamyam and the navamsa comparison all depend on the ascendant. Where only the birth stars are known, use the nakshatra matching tool instead.
Why does the Moon's degree matter for Vashya koota?: Because two signs split in the middle. Sagittarius and Capricorn each change Vashya class at 15 degrees, so a Moon in the first half and a Moon in the second half of those signs belong to different classes. If the exact degree is not supplied, the calculation reads both as first-half, which is a defined default rather than a guess but is genuinely wrong for a second-half Moon. Entering full birth details avoids the question.
Is Bhrigu Bindu a classical point?: No classical locus for it could be found. A search across BPHS volumes 1 and 2, Jaimini's Upadesha Sutras, Uttara Kalamrita and Prasna Marga returned no reference, which is why this page shows Bhrigu Bindu as a computed position, the midpoint of Rahu and the Moon, and attaches no compatibility claim to it. The point is displayed with that disclosure visible rather than left out or dressed up as classical.