शतभिषा Śatabhiṣā & मृगशिरा Mṛgaśirā
Person 1 (kanyā — bride position): Śatabhiṣā · Person 2 (vara — groom position): Mṛgaśirā
The classical tables read from the bride position to the groom position — that is the only reason for the order.
Typical gun milan score
28/ 36
28-36: an unusually harmonious pairing by the classical table. The tradition still asks the couple to check the doshas and, above all, to remember that a chart describes weather, not choices.
At least one of these nakshatras straddles a rashi boundary, so the exact pada changes the underlying Moon sign and the total ranges from 21 to 28/36. Below is the real score for all 16 pada combinations — this is why a single number would not be honest here.
| Person 1's pada | Person 2's pada → 1 | Person 2's pada → 2 | Person 2's pada → 3 | Person 2's pada → 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 21 |
| 2 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 21 |
Bold = the typical (most common) value
| Koota | Person 1 | Person 2 | Points | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| वर्ण Varṇa | Shudra | Vaishya | 1/1 | 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 | Manava | Chatushpada | 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 | Sampat | Parama_mitra | 3/3 | 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 | Ashva | Sarpa | 3/4 | 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 | Saturn | Venus | 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 | Rakshasa | Deva | 0/6 | 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 | Kumbha | Vṛṣabha | 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 | Adi | Madhya | 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: 28/36 · Muhūrta CintāmaṇiMuhurta traditionBPHS, Ch. 3
Neither Nadi nor Bhakoot dosha applies to this pair — the Moons fall in different nadis and in an auspicious bhakoot distance.
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.
- Is Śatabhiṣā and Mṛgaśirā nakshatra a good match for marriage?
- Their typical gun milan score is 28 out of 36 — 28-36: an unusually harmonious pairing by the classical table. The tradition still asks the couple to check the doshas and, above all, to remember that a chart describes weather, not choices. 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 Śatabhiṣā-Mṛgaśirā 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 Śatabhiṣā or Mṛgaśirā?
- Yes — at least one of these nakshatras straddles a rashi boundary, so the total can range from 21 to 28/36 depending on the exact pada. The most common value is 28/36, but only your exact birth chart tells you which one applies — see the pada table above.
- What about Mangal (Kuja) dosha for Śatabhiṣā and Mṛgaśirā?
- 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.