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Kundli matching, or Ashtakoot Guna Milan, scores compatibility between two charts out of 36 gunas across eight factors, and checks the key doshas like Nadi and Bhakoot. It is a guideline, not a pass-or-fail verdict: low scores often have cancellations, and many happy marriages score under eighteen. Match two real charts with our free tool, and read the result with context rather than fear.
Eight factors are scored: Varna, Vashya, Tara, Yoni, Graha Maitri, Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi, adding up to 36. Eighteen or more is generally acceptable, twenty-five or more is very good.
Nadi (same Nadi loses the most points and touches health and progeny) and Bhakoot (emotional and financial) are the main doshas, alongside a Mangal Dosha cross-check, many of which have cancellations.
Guna Milan is one input. A low score with cancellations, or a strong full-chart synastry, often outweighs the number. Never reject a match on points alone.
The thirty-six points divide as Varna 1, Vashya 2, Tara 3, Yoni 4, Graha Maitri 5, Gana 6, Bhakoot 7 and Nadi 8. All eight are computed from the two Moon positions alone — each person's nakshatra and rashi — which is why matching can be done without birth times when a full chart comparison cannot. It is also why the method is fast, popular, and far narrower than most people realise.
Nadi is read constitutionally, in the ayurvedic sense of adi, madhya and antya, and a same-Nadi pairing is the classical Nadi dosha. Bhakoot compares the two Moon signs by the distance between them and flags particular axes. Together they can remove fifteen points, which is exactly why two people who get on completely can score badly. A low score with those two as the cause is a different conversation from a low score spread across the light koots.
Four significant things. Neither person's 7th house. Neither person's Navamsa, which is where the durability of a marriage is classically read. Mangal Dosha, which is checked separately. And the dashas each person is running, which is what actually times a marriage. A thirty-two out of thirty-six between two difficult 7th houses is a weaker match than a twenty-two between two strong ones.
Read which koots the points were lost in, not only the total. Take the cause seriously and the number lightly. And remember what this tradition was built for — two families comparing temperament before a decision, not a compatibility percentage. No figure here is a reason to end something that is working, and no figure is a reason to enter something that is not.
Eighteen or more out of 36 is generally considered acceptable for marriage, and twenty-five or more is very good. But low scores often have cancellations, and many happy marriages score under eighteen.
The eight Ashtakoot factors are Varna (1), Vashya (2), Tara (3), Yoni (4), Graha Maitri (5), Gana (6), Bhakoot (7) and Nadi (8), totalling 36 points.
Nadi dosha occurs when both partners share the same Nadi, losing all eight Nadi points, and is linked to health and progeny. It has several classical cancellations and should not by itself reject a match.
It is a helpful guideline, not a strict pass-or-fail test. A low score with cancellations or strong full-chart compatibility can still mean a happy marriage. Read it with context, not fear.
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