Is Pūrva Āṣāḍhā and Ārdrā nakshatra a good match for marriage?

Their typical gun milan score is 26 out of 36 — 21-27.5: a strong match in the classical reading; the lower kootas name the areas where the couple will do their learning. In the classical table this number is one factor among many; the full charts, dashas, and the dosha cancellations below matter just as much.

Does the score change by the exact pada of Pūrva Āṣāḍhā or Ārdrā?

No — neither nakshatra straddles a rashi boundary, so the score stays the same across all four padas.

नक्षत्र मिलान · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā & Ārdrā nakshatra compatibility

पूर्व आषाढ़ा Pūrva Āṣāḍhā & आर्द्रा Ārdrā

Person 1 (kanyā — bride position): Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Person 2 (vara — groom position): Ārdrā

The classical tables read from the bride position to the groom position — that is the only reason for the order.

Typical gun milan score

26/ 36

21-27.5: a strong match in the classical reading; the lower kootas name the areas where the couple will do their learning.

अष्टकूट · The 8-koota breakdown

The 8-koota breakdown
Koota	Person 1	Person 2	Points	What it measures
वर्ण Varṇa	Kshatriya	Shudra	0/1	A one-point comparison of temperament 'class' derived from the Moon sign's element — read today as ego and work-style compatibility, never as social caste.
वश्य Vaśya	Chatushpada	Manava	1/2	Two points on mutual attraction and influence: who naturally draws whom, whether the pull is even, and how the couple negotiates control.
तारा Tārā	Sadhaka	Pratyari	1.5/3	Three points on the mutual 'fortune' of the two birth stars: each person's janma nakshatra counted from the other's, in the nine-fold tara cycle — read as shared wellbeing and how each affects the other's luck and health.
योनि Yoni	Vanara	Shvan	2/4	Four points on instinctive, physical and intimate compatibility, through the animal symbol of each janma nakshatra — fourteen yonis in relations of sameness, friendship, neutrality and enmity.
ग्रह मैत्री Graha Maitrī	Jupiter	Mercury	0.5/5	Five points on mental and emotional rapport: the natural friendship between the lords of the two Moon signs — how the couple's minds relate when nobody is trying.
गण Gaṇa	Manushya	Manushya	6/6	Six points on temperament: each janma nakshatra belongs to the deva (harmonizing), manushya (pragmatic) or rakshasa (intense, assertive) gana — labels for energy styles, not moral judgements.
भकूट Bhakūṭa	Dhanu	Mithuna	7/7	Seven points on the day-to-day emotional weather of the couple: the mutual distance between the two Moon signs, read for shared growth, prosperity and family harmony.
नाड़ी Nāḍī	Madhya	Adi	8/8	Eight points — the heaviest koota — on constitutional compatibility: each nakshatra belongs to the adi (vata), madhya (pitta) or antya (kapha) nadi, classically linked to health and progeny.

Total: 26/36 · Muhūrta CintāmaṇiMuhurta traditionBPHS, Ch. 3

दोष · Doshas — always with their cancellations

Neither Nadi nor Bhakoot dosha applies to this pair — the Moons fall in different nadis and in an auspicious bhakoot distance.

सीमा · What this page does not cover

This is a nakshatra-only comparison — it never had a birth time, lagna or Mars position to work with, so Mangal (Kuja) dosha cannot be shown here (it needs Mars from a full chart). A complete Jyotish reading always weighs the full chart, not only the two Moons — that is the tradition's own standard, not a shortcut we are taking.

जुड़े पेज · Related pages

प्रश्नोत्तर · Frequently asked questions

Is Pūrva Āṣāḍhā and Ārdrā nakshatra a good match for marriage?: Their typical gun milan score is 26 out of 36 — 21-27.5: a strong match in the classical reading; the lower kootas name the areas where the couple will do their learning. In the classical table this number is one factor among many; the full charts, dashas, and the dosha cancellations below matter just as much.
Does Pūrva Āṣāḍhā-Ārdrā carry any dosha?: Neither Nadi nor Bhakoot dosha applies to this pair — the Moons fall in different nadis and in an auspicious bhakoot distance.
Does the score change by the exact pada of Pūrva Āṣāḍhā or Ārdrā?: No — neither nakshatra straddles a rashi boundary, so the score stays the same across all four padas.
What about Mangal (Kuja) dosha for Pūrva Āṣāḍhā and Ārdrā?: This is a nakshatra-only comparison — it never had a birth time, lagna or Mars position to work with, so Mangal (Kuja) dosha cannot be shown here (it needs Mars from a full chart). A complete Jyotish reading always weighs the full chart, not only the two Moons — that is the tradition's own standard, not a shortcut we are taking.

Sources

Muhūrta CintāmaṇiRama Daivajna, Muhurta Chintamani (c. 16th c. CE), Vivaha Prakarana: the classical systematization of the eight kootas (varna, vashya, tara, yoni, graha maitri, gana, bhakoot, nadi), their point values and the dosha exceptions. Sanskrit classic, public domain; all prose here is original synthesis.
Muhurta traditionCommon muhurta/vivaha doctrine shared across the classical muhurta manuals (Muhurta Chintamani, Muhurta Martanda, regional panchanga practice) and standardized in modern Jyotish teaching, where a rule is common property rather than attributable to a single shloka — including the koota point matrices as implemented by the major public calculators, against which our engine is validated.
BPHS, Ch. 3Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (attrib. Maharshi Parashara), Ch. 3 'Graha Characters and Description' (97-chapter recension, R. Santhanam ed.): the natural planetary friendships (naisargika maitri) that drive Graha Maitri koota and the lord-friendship cancellations of Nadi and Bhakoot doshas.