Kundli Matching — Aṣṭakūṭa Guṇa-milana

Compatibility analysis between two birth charts on the classical Aṣṭakūṭa (eight-fold) scoring system — the framework Indian families have used to evaluate marriage prospects for centuries. Eight separate aspects are scored, totalled to 36, with classical interpretations of each band.

What This Reading Tells You

• •A 0–36 compatibility score across the eight classical aspects.
• •Each aspect explained — mental harmony, life-direction alignment, devotional compatibility, and more.
• •The Mangal Doṣa (Mars-affliction) check for both charts, with classical cancellation factors.
• •Honest framing of what the score does and does not predict.

Classical Tradition

The Aṣṭakūṭa system is treated comprehensively in classical compendia and modern systematizations, notably K.K. Joshi’s Marriage Compatibility through Ashtakoot and B.V. Raman’s Hindu Predictive Astrology Ch.18. The framework reads two Moon-positions across eight categories — varṇa (life-direction), vaśya (instinctual harmony), tārā (well-being indicator), yoni (instinctual fit), graha-maitrī (planetary friendship), gaṇa (temperament), bhakūṭa (life-direction overlap), nāḍī (constitutional compatibility).

How We Compute It

We compute both charts, extract the Moon’s lunar mansion (nakṣatra) and pāda for each, then score the eight categories per the classical rules. The total is mapped to a band (excellent / good / acceptable / requires careful review). Mangal Doṣa is checked separately on both sides with classical cancellation rules applied.

How To Read The Result

A score of 18 or higher is considered acceptable by classical standards; 24 or higher is good; 28 or higher excellent. Below 18 the classical recommendation is careful review, particularly of the nāḍī aspect (which carries the most weight). A good score is necessary but not sufficient — the rest of both charts also matters.