Kundli Matching (Guna Milan)

About the Kundli Matching (Guna Milan)

Enter the birth details of the boy (groom) and the girl (bride) — or just the nakshatra and pada of each Moon if that is what you know — and see the traditional Ashtakoota guna milan: varna, vashya, tara, yoni, graha maitri, gana, bhakoot and nadi, each with its points and a sentence on how they were worked out, and the total out of 36.

The page also checks nadi dosha, bhakoot dosha and mangal dosha (from the Lagna, the Moon and Venus) as calculations, and lists the facts some traditions treat as exceptions. The Moons are calculated in your browser with the same engine as the kundli generator. It reports a traditional calculation only: it does not say whether two people should marry. Without a pass, the free preview shows the total guna score out of 36 in full, with the dosha checks and the first rows of the koota table; the rest of the result, and copying, downloading or printing it, come with a Pro pass, or after unlocking this result.

The eight kootas

All eight come from the two Moons: the sign (rashi) and the nakshatra each Moon is in.

• Varna (1): water signs Brahmin, fire Kshatriya, earth Vaishya, air Shudra; 1 point when the groom’s varna is the same as or higher than the bride’s.
• Vashya (2): quadruped, human, water, wild (Simha) and insect (Vrishchika) signs, with Dhanu and Makara split at 15°; same group 2, one controls the other 1, one is the other’s prey ½, enemies 0.
• Tara (3): count the nakshatras from the bride’s to the groom’s and back, inclusive; a count that falls on the 3rd, 5th or 7th place of a cycle of nine (Vipat, Pratyari, Vadha) is unfavourable; 1.5 points for each favourable direction.
• Yoni (4): the animal of each nakshatra; same animal 4, friendly 3, neutral 2, unfriendly 1, sworn enemies 0.
• Graha maitri (5): the natural (Parashari) friendship of the two Moon-sign lords (the friends, neutrals and enemies listed on Saravali’s dignities page); same lord or mutual friends 5, friend and neutral 4, both neutral 3, friend and enemy 1, neutral and enemy ½, mutual enemies 0.
• Gana (6): Deva, Manushya or Rakshasa nakshatra; the same gana 6, groom Deva with bride Manushya 6, groom Manushya with bride Deva 5, Deva with Rakshasa 1, Manushya with Rakshasa 0.
• Bhakoot (7): the two Moon signs counted from each other; 2/12, 5/9 and 6/8 give 0 (bhakoot dosha), every other pair 7.
• Nadi (8): Adi, Madhya or Antya nakshatra; the same nadi gives 0 (nadi dosha), different nadis 8.

These are the eight kootas of the traditional North Indian guna milan, worth 36 points together (an overview is on Saravali’s Asta Koota page). Printed tables and other software differ in a few cells of the vashya, yoni, gana and graha maitri tables, so their totals can differ by a point or two; every table this page uses is shown under the results.

Doshas and their exceptions

The page reports nadi dosha (both Moons in the same nadi) and bhakoot dosha (a 2/12, 5/9 or 6/8 pair of Moon signs), then lists facts that some traditions treat as setting them aside: for nadi, the Moons sharing a rashi but not a nakshatra, or a nakshatra but not a rashi or pada; for bhakoot, Moon signs with the same lord or with lords that are natural friends of each other. Traditions disagree on which of these count, so the page only states whether each fact holds.

Mangal (Kuja) dosha is checked when both birth dates, times and places are given: Mars in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house counted from the Lagna, from the Moon and from Venus, with the usual check that both or neither have it. Some traditions leave out the 2nd house or list further exceptions.

Birth details or nakshatra only

With birth details, each Moon is calculated with the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa of the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris (or the one you choose), and the Lagna, Mars and Venus are known for the mangal-dosha check. With only the nakshatra and pada, the Moon is placed in the middle of that pada: the eight kootas are the same as with the exact degree, except that Purva Ashadha pada 1 and Shravana pada 2 straddle the middle of Dhanu and Makara, where the vashya group changes — the page then says what the other half would score.

Sources

• Saravali (CC BY-SA 4.0): the Asta Koota overview (the eight kootas and their points) and the dignities of planets (the natural friendships used for graha maitri).
• India Meteorological Department, Positional Astronomy Centre: the Indian Astronomical Ephemeris, whose Lahiri ayanamsa places each Moon in its nakshatra.
• D. Cross, astronomy-engine (MIT licence): the positions of the grahas — the Moon for the kootas, Mars and Venus for mangal dosha.
• GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): town names, coordinates and time zones of the place search; the IANA time zone database in your browser for the offset of a birth date.

Limitations

• A traditional calculation only: it does not judge whether two people should marry, and it gives no predictions or remedies.
• Tables differ between traditions and programs (above all vashya, yoni, gana and graha maitri), so another calculator can give a different total.
• South Indian porutham (the ten-porutham system with rajju and vedha) is a different method and is not calculated here.
• An error in a birth time can move a Moon into the next pada or nakshatra and change several kootas; the kundli generator shows how close a birth is to such a change.
• Mangal dosha needs both birth times and places; with nakshatras only it is not checked.
• Old birth records may follow a local clock the time zone database does not hold (local mean time before standard time, or the city clocks Mumbai and Kolkata kept for decades after Indian Standard Time began): the page says when that applies, and the offset from the record can be typed for each person.

Privacy

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Both people’s birth details are used only in this browser: they are not uploaded, not stored and not remembered for your next visit. Only your choice of ayanamsa and chart style is kept in this browser.