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Kundli matching,
explained

The 36 gunas, the eight kootas and their points, the 18-point threshold, and the doshas families ask about. A clear and respectful guide to what Guna Milan is, where the authorities disagree, and an honest view of what the score really means.

By the Evara editorial team. Every claim about the tradition on this page names the printed edition it came from and the date we read it. Raynu Garg, our founder, reviews the matchmaking guidance on this site. She is not a Sanskritist or a historian of jyotisha, and nothing here is astrological advice or a prediction. Sources checked 6 September 2026.
The Short Answer

What kundli matching is

Kundli matching, also called Guna Milan or Ashtakoota, is a method in jyotisha for checking the compatibility of two birth charts before marriage. It scores the match out of 36 points across eight factors, and the classical rule is that the couple’s total should come to more than half, that is more than 18. The text it comes from is the Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, composed in Shaka 1522, which is 1600 CE. Families weigh the result very differently, some treating it as the deciding factor and some as one consideration among values, temperament, family and circumstance.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948). Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

The system compares the Moon sign, or rashi, and the birth star, or nakshatra, of each person. Those are taken from the date and place of birth. A birth time is needed for the house-based judgements that sit alongside the score, such as Mangal Dosha, which B. V. Raman reckons from the rising sign as well as from the Moon and Venus, and the rising sign cannot be found without a time. The eight factors, called kootas, each carry a different weight, and the points add up to a score out of 36.

Source: Mahidhar Sharma (Hindi tika), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Daivajna Ramacharya, Hindi tika by Mahidhar Sharma; Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Hindi commentary and Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

This guide explains each of the eight kootas, what the classical texts say about reading the total, the doshas families ask about, and an honest view of what the number can and cannot tell you. It also says where the authorities disagree, because they do: the commentary relied on here gives two different sets of bands, and the cut-offs most matching websites quote are in neither of them. It is written to inform, not to prescribe. Whether a family treats kundli matching as central, as one consideration, or not at all is a personal choice, and a good matchmaker respects that choice either way.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948). Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

This guide describes a tradition. It is not astrological advice and it is not a prediction. Every statement about what the tradition says names the printed edition it came from, what kind of authority that edition is, and the date we last read it. A guna score is a traditional calculation that families follow, and no study has shown that it forecasts how a marriage will go, so nothing here tells you what will happen to a couple. Where two authorities disagree, this page says so rather than choosing one for you.
The Eight Factors

The eight kootas

Ashtakoota means eight aspects, and each koota carries its own maximum points. Varna, worth 1 point, grades the two rashis on the four varnas, and the rule in the text is that a bride of higher varna than the groom is not approved by the learned. Vashya, worth 2, asks which of the two signs is held to be subject to the other, which Raman glosses as the degree of control one partner would be able to exercise over the other. Tara, worth 3, is a count between the two birth stars, with three of the nine possible remainders read as inauspicious. Yoni, worth 4, is read in the tradition as physical and sexual compatibility. We report these meanings as the texts give them, which is not the same as endorsing them: the first two are about rank and subordination, and describing them instead as temperament and mutual attraction, as this page once did, misreports the doctrine rather than respecting it.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Mahidhar Sharma (Hindi tika), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Daivajna Ramacharya, Hindi tika by Mahidhar Sharma; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author and Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

The remaining four carry the greater weight. Graha Maitri, worth 5, turns on whether the lords of the two rashis are friendly, and the Mahidhar Sharma commentary awards the full 5 when they are friends or the same planet. One caution for anyone checking that against a scan: the summary line in that edition reads Graha Maitri as 4, which is a scanning error, contradicted by its own running prose and by both other editions read for this page. It is 5. Gana, worth 6, sorts the birth stars into three classes and compares them. Bhakoot, worth 7, turns on the positions of the two Moon signs relative to each other, and the outcomes the texts attach to it are material ones such as wealth, poverty, longevity and children. Nadi, worth 8, is the highest scoring of the eight, and Raman defines it as pulse or nervous energy, standing for physiological and to some extent hereditary factors. Added together, the eight kootas give a score out of 36.

Source: Mahidhar Sharma (Hindi tika), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Daivajna Ramacharya, Hindi tika by Mahidhar Sharma; Mahidhar Sharma (Hindi tika), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Daivajna Ramacharya, Hindi tika by Mahidhar Sharma; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Hindi commentary and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

Two of the kootas dominate the total. Nadi at 8 points and Bhakoot at 7 together make up 15 of the 36 points, which is 41.7 per cent, so how a chart scores on these two moves the number more than any other pair does. That is the largest share held by any two kootas and it is not a majority: the other six hold 21 of the 36 points between them. The two doshas the texts treat at greatest length sit in exactly these two factors. The Maniprabha commentary gives five named cancellations for an impure Bhakoot, scores Bhakoot at zero in its own worked example, and holds that Nadi purity is required in every case.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948). Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

Ashtakoota is the eight-koota system, and it is not the only one. The Piyushadhara explanation of Govinda Daivajna sets the eight aside from a ten-koota scheme known in other regions, saying it treats the eight because those are the ones well known where it was written. That edition also spells the eight point values out in Sanskrit words rather than digits, which is how the numbers here were checked against the digit lists in the other editions. B. V. Raman, writing from South India in 1948, sets out a twelve-factor scheme and calls the units of agreement poruthams. He is blunt about how they get used, calling the practice of rejecting horoscopes simply because they do not conform to certain poruthams defective and dangerous when the more important factors go unweighed. So a family told a different number of factors by a different astrologer is not being misled. They are being given a different regional system.

Source: Govinda Daivajna (Piyushadhara), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna with the Yuktimanjari commentary and Piyushadhara explanation of Govinda Daivajna; Govinda Daivajna (Piyushadhara), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna with the Yuktimanjari commentary and Piyushadhara explanation of Govinda Daivajna; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit edition and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

Reading The Score

Reading the total

Once the eight kootas are added up, the total is read against a threshold and then in bands, and a few specific patterns, called doshas, are looked at more closely. The bands are not uniform across authorities.

The threshold

The classical rule is that the couple total should come to more than half of 36, that is more than 18, before a marriage is settled. The Maniprabha commentary states it in those terms, so it is more than 18 rather than at least 18.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948). Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

The bands, which vary

Above the threshold the bands are not the same in every authority. The Maniprabha commentary reads under 16 as poor, 16 to 20 as middling, 20 to 30 as good and 30 to 36 as best, and applies a stricter scale of 20, 25 and 30 where Bhakoot is impure. It backs both with a quoted verse.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948). Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

The 24 and 32 cut-offs

The familiar figures of 24 for a good match and 32 for an excellent one are a modern popular convention with no classical authority behind them. No named authority read for this page states either number, and the commentary that does give bands gives 16, 20 and 30 instead. A family comparing two reports may therefore see one total described in two different ways.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948). Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

Nadi Dosha

When both partners have the same Nadi, that koota scores zero. This is called Nadi Dosha. The Maniprabha commentary says such a marriage is not auspicious, treats Nadi as the principal koota and requires its purity in every case, and Raman calls it the most important and most significant of the kootas, which is why it is read as the most serious of the doshas.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

Bhakoot Dosha

Certain relative positions of the two Moon signs make Bhakoot score zero, which is read as Bhakoot Dosha. The outcomes the texts attach to it are material ones. Raman, for example, reads one relative position as great poverty and its mirror image as great wealth, so this is not the modern language of emotional harmony.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

Mangal Dosha

Being Manglik is when Mars sits in certain houses, and it is looked at separately from the 36-point count rather than as part of it. Authorities differ on the list. The Piyushadhara explanation gives the 1st, 12th, 4th, 7th and 8th. Raman gives the 2nd, 12th, 4th, 7th and 8th, reckoned from the rising sign, the Moon and Venus. The six-house list in common use combines the two.

Source: Govinda Daivajna (Piyushadhara), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna with the Yuktimanjari commentary and Piyushadhara explanation of Govinda Daivajna; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit edition and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

Remedies and cancellations

The texts describe conditions under which some doshas are considered reduced or cancelled. The Maniprabha commentary lists five for an impure Bhakoot. Raman writes that Mangal Dosha cancels when both charts carry it, and sets out conditions under which the evil of Nadi may be ignored. Reading the total on its own therefore does not reflect what the tradition itself prescribes.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

Where Authorities Differ

What the texts disagree about

There is no single settled set of cut-offs, and a page that prints one set as though there were is misleading a family who may be shown another. Three schemes are in play. The first is the half-way rule itself, more than 18 out of 36, which the Maniprabha commentary states plainly. The second is that same commentary’s band scheme where Bhakoot is clean: under 16 poor, 16 to 20 middling, 20 to 30 good, and 30 to 36 best. The third is the stricter scheme it applies where Bhakoot is impure: up to 20 poor, 20 to 25 middling, 25 to 30 good, and 30 upward best. Both band schemes are backed there by a quoted verse. The familiar 24 and 32 figures belong to none of the three, and this page used to print them as tradition.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948). Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

The Mangal Dosha house list is the same kind of problem. The Piyushadhara explanation quotes the verse as lagne vyaye cha patale jamitre chashtame kuje, which gives the 1st, 12th, 4th, 7th and 8th houses and no 2nd. Raman quotes the same verse as dhane vyaye cha pathale jamitre chashtame kuja, which gives the 2nd, 12th, 4th, 7th and 8th and no 1st. The six-house list of 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 and 12 that circulates widely, and that this page carried until now, is the two readings added together. It is not what either authority says, and taking both at once means one of the two disputed houses is wrong while neither text lets you say which.

Source: Govinda Daivajna (Piyushadhara), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna with the Yuktimanjari commentary and Piyushadhara explanation of Govinda Daivajna; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit edition and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

Raman adds four qualifications that matter a great deal to a family who has been told a chart is Manglik. He reckons the houses from three points, the Lagna for the body, the Moon for the mind and Venus for relations, rather than from the rising sign alone. He holds that the dosha is cancelled when both the bride’s and the bridegroom’s charts carry it. He records that so far as his own experience goes, only one regional tradition, the Kerala sastra, mentions Kuja Dosha at all. And he writes that it does not deserve the consideration now being paid to it. That is not a sceptic writing from outside the tradition. It is the author of a standard 1948 manual on electional astrology, and every one of those four points lowers the stakes.

Source: Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

One more thing has to be said plainly, and it sits outside the tradition rather than inside it. A guna score is not a forecast of how a marriage will go. When astrological compatibility was tested against Swedish population registers covering 1968 to 2001, the researchers reported that the results fail to provide any consistent evidence that astrologically more compatible couples are either overrepresented among marriages or at lower risk of divorce, and that their results support none of the classifications they evaluated. That study looked at Western sun signs, not at Guna Milan, and Guna Milan has never been tested that way, so it is not a refutation of Ashtakoota. What it does mean is that nobody has shown any astrological compatibility measure to predict a marriage, and the honest place to say that is on the same page that explains the system.

Source: Jonas Helgertz and Kirk Scott, Lund University and University of Minnesota, in Genus (SpringerOpen), The validity of astrological predictions on marriage and divorce: a longitudinal analysis of Swedish register data, Genus 76:34 (2020); Jonas Helgertz and Kirk Scott, Lund University and University of Minnesota, in Genus (SpringerOpen), The validity of astrological predictions on marriage and divorce: a longitudinal analysis of Swedish register data, Genus 76:34 (2020). Jurisdiction: Not law. Peer-reviewed demographic research on Swedish population registers. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

What The Number Means

The score is a starting point

It is easy to treat the total out of 36 as a verdict, but the texts themselves do not read it that way. Which kootas scored low matters as much as the total. The Maniprabha commentary holds that Nadi purity is required in every case, so a high total with an unresolved Nadi Dosha is not read there as a clean match, and the same commentary sets out five named cancellations for an impure Bhakoot instead of letting the number stand alone. Raman goes further, holding that the units of agreement should be considered only where there is general sympathy between the two horoscopes taken as wholes.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

A low total is also not treated as a closed door inside the tradition. The texts describe remedies and cancellations for several doshas: five named ones for an impure Bhakoot in the Maniprabha commentary, and in Raman the cancellation of Mangal Dosha where both charts carry it. Raman also holds that longevity and the strength of the seventh and eighth houses belong before the units of agreement, not after them. Whatever a family makes of the system, that is a reminder that the number was never meant to be read on its own, and an automated total from a website is precisely the reading that strips out everything the texts ask for.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

In our own work we see families weigh it differently. For some it is central and a low total would end a match. For others it is one input among many, checked for peace of mind but not decisive. For others it plays no part at all. None of these positions is wrong. What matters is that both families are honest with each other about how much weight they give it, early, so it does not become a surprise later.

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How We Approach It

Respecting the family’s choice

At Evara we treat kundli matching the way we treat the rest of a family’s wishes: as something to understand and respect, not to judge. If horoscope compatibility is important to your family, we make sure it is part of the conversation from the start, so matches are considered with that in mind and neither family is disappointed late in the process. If it is not important to you, we do not impose it. The cost of raising it early is a longer first conversation, and we think that is a fair trade for not discovering a mismatch of expectations after two families have met.

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What we never do is let a number stand in for the harder, more human work of matchmaking. A guna score cannot tell you whether two people share values, whether two families will get along, or whether a candidate is who they say they are. Those are the things careful profiling, verification, and honest conversation are for. Kundli matching, where a family wants it, sits alongside that work, and the guide on how matchmaking works explains the rest of the picture.

Evara describing its own practice. This is not a statement of law.

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Common Questions

Kundli Matching FAQs

What is a good kundli matching score out of 36?+

The classical rule is more than half of 36, that is more than 18. Above that, the bands differ by authority. The Maniprabha commentary on the Muhurtacintamani reads under 16 as poor, 16 to 20 as middling, 20 to 30 as good and 30 to 36 as best, with a stricter scale of 20, 25 and 30 where Bhakoot is impure. The 24 and 32 figures quoted on many matching websites are a modern convention and are not what that commentary gives. Which factors scored low also matters as much as the total, because the same commentary holds that Nadi purity is required in every case.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948). Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

What are the eight kootas in Guna Milan?+

They are Varna (1 point), Vashya (2), Tara (3), Yoni (4), Graha Maitri (5), Gana (6), Bhakoot (7), and Nadi (8), adding up to 36. These are the values given in verse 21 of the Vivaha Prakarana of the Muhurtacintamani and repeated in its commentaries, cross-checked here against three printed editions, because one of those editions carries a scanned summary line that misprints Graha Maitri as 4. Nadi and Bhakoot together carry 15 of the 36 points, which is 41.7 per cent, so no other pair weighs more in the total, though 15 of 36 is not a majority.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Govinda Daivajna (Piyushadhara), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna with the Yuktimanjari commentary and Piyushadhara explanation of Govinda Daivajna; Mahidhar Sharma (Hindi tika), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Daivajna Ramacharya, Hindi tika by Mahidhar Sharma; Mahidhar Sharma (Hindi tika), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Daivajna Ramacharya, Hindi tika by Mahidhar Sharma. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary and Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit edition and Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

Which text does the 36-point system come from?+

The eight kootas and their point values are set out in the Vivaha Prakarana of the Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, a muhurta text composed in Shaka 1522, which is 1600 CE, and in the printed commentaries on it. Three editions were read for this page: the Maniprabha commentary edited by Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Banaras 1948, the Piyushadhara explanation of Govinda Daivajna, and the Hindi tika of Mahidhar Sharma. Alongside them we read B. V. Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), 1948, which is a twentieth-century English monograph rather than a classical text. That is why this page calls the system jyotisha rather than Vedic: the source is a text of about 1600 CE.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Govinda Daivajna (Piyushadhara), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna with the Yuktimanjari commentary and Piyushadhara explanation of Govinda Daivajna. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary and Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit edition. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

What is Nadi Dosha and Mangal Dosha?+

Nadi Dosha is when both partners have the same Nadi, so that koota scores zero. The Maniprabha commentary says such a marriage is not auspicious, treats Nadi as the principal koota and says its purity is required in every case, which is why it is read as the most serious. Mangal Dosha, or being Manglik, is when Mars sits in certain houses, and authorities differ on which. The Piyushadhara explanation gives the 1st, 12th, 4th, 7th and 8th. B. V. Raman gives the 2nd, 12th, 4th, 7th and 8th, reckoned from the rising sign, the Moon and Venus. It is assessed separately from the 36-point score, and Raman writes that it is cancelled when both charts carry it.

Source: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Govinda Daivajna (Piyushadhara), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna with the Yuktimanjari commentary and Piyushadhara explanation of Govinda Daivajna; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage; Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary and Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit edition and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

What information is needed for kundli matching?+

The date, time and place of birth for both people. The eight kootas run on the Moon sign and birth star, which follow from the date and place. The birth time matters for the house-based judgements that sit alongside the score, in particular Mangal Dosha, which Raman reckons from the rising sign as well as from the Moon and Venus, and the rising sign cannot be found without a time. Where a birth time is unknown, that part cannot be done reliably, which is worth knowing before relying on it.

Source: Mahidhar Sharma (Hindi tika), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Daivajna Ramacharya, Hindi tika by Mahidhar Sharma; Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Hindi commentary and Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

Does a low score mean a marriage will not work?+

No. A guna score is not a forecast of how a marriage will go. It is a traditional calculation set out in texts that go back to about 1600 CE, and no study has shown that it predicts an outcome. When astrological compatibility was tested against Swedish marriage and divorce records covering 1968 to 2001, the researchers found no consistent evidence that more compatible couples were overrepresented among marriages or at lower risk of divorce, and none of the classifications they evaluated was supported. That study looked at Western sun signs rather than Guna Milan, and Guna Milan has not been tested that way at all, so the honest position is that the score is a tradition rather than a prediction. Within the tradition itself a low total is also not a closed door, because the texts describe remedies and cancellations for several doshas, five of them for an impure Bhakoot in the Maniprabha commentary, and in Raman the cancellation of Mangal Dosha where both charts carry it. Families weigh kundli matching very differently, from central to not at all, and the practical thing is for both families to agree early on how much weight it carries.

Source: Jonas Helgertz and Kirk Scott, Lund University and University of Minnesota, in Genus (SpringerOpen), The validity of astrological predictions on marriage and divorce: a longitudinal analysis of Swedish register data, Genus 76:34 (2020); Jonas Helgertz and Kirk Scott, Lund University and University of Minnesota, in Genus (SpringerOpen), The validity of astrological predictions on marriage and divorce: a longitudinal analysis of Swedish register data, Genus 76:34 (2020); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948); Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage. Jurisdiction: Not law. Peer-reviewed demographic research on Swedish population registers and Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary and Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026.

Does Evara require kundli matching?+

No. We treat it as part of a family’s wishes. If horoscope compatibility matters to your family, we make sure it is part of the conversation from the start. If it does not, we do not impose it. Either way, we try never to let a number replace careful profiling, verification, and honest conversation.

Evara describing its own practice. This is not a statement of law.

Where This Came From

Sources, with the date we read them

Every claim above points to one of these. Each entry names the authority, what kind of authority it is, the date we last read it, and the sentence we actually read.

  1. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948)

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: वणे, २ वश्य, ३ तारा, ४ योनि, ५ ग्रहमैत्री, ६ गणमेत्री, ७ भकूट और ८ नाड़ी ये ८ प्रकारके कूट हैं

  2. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948)

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: अर्थात्‌ वर्णका = १ गुण | वश्यके = २। ताराके = ३ । योनिके = ४। म्रः _ -मैश्रीकेटष, । गणमैत्रीके-६ । भकूटके=७ और नाड़ीके=८ गुण होते है ॥२१॥

  3. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948)

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: इन आठों कूटोंका शुणयोग ३६ दै, जिसमें अर्धाधिक (१८ से अधिक ) वर -कन्याका गुणयोग आने पर दोनोंका विवाद किया जाता दै, अर्धाल्पमें नहीं ।

  4. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948)

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: यदि वरकन्याका भकूट शुद्ध दो तो भी १६ से कम शुरोक्य निन्दित होते हैं । १६ से २० तक मध्यम, २० से ३० तक उत्तम और ३० से ३६ तक उत्तमोत्तम होते हैं । परन्तु दुष्ट भकूट में २० तक निन्दित, २० से २५ तक मध्यम, २५ से ३० तक श्रेष्ट -और ३० से १६ तक उत्तमोत्तम होते हें ।

  5. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948)

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: गुणेः पोड़शाभिनिन्दयं मध्यमा चिशतिरुतथा । थे न्रिंशदू गुणं यावत्‌, परतस्तृत्तमोत्तमस ॥ सञ्चकूट इति सेयं, दुटकुरे तु चान्यथा । निन्द्यं गुणेविशतिमिसंघ्यं बाणाधिक्ै्मतस्‌ ॥

  6. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948)

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: वरस्य वर्णतः अधिका ( अधिकवर्णा ) वधूः बुधैः न शास्यते ॥ २२॥

  7. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948)

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: इसलिये नव-पश्व क भकूटका गुण शून्य ० मिला ॥ ३१॥

  8. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948)

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: दुष्ट भकूट रहने पर 'एकाधिपत्य १, राशीशमैत्री २, नवाँशपतिकी मैत्री ३, वारा शुद्धि ४, और राशिवश्यता ५, ये पांच प्रकारके परिद्दार बताये गये हें।

  9. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948)

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: यदि वर-कन्या दौनोंकी एकही नाड़ी हो तो विवाह शुभ नहीं होता.

  10. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948)

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: वर-कन्याकी .गणनामें वणे आदि ८ कूटं बनाये गये हें जिनमें साते प्रधान नाडीको हो माना गया दै भर्थात्‌ इर दाल्तमें नाडीको शुद्धि अवश्य चाश्यि।

  11. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Banaras; ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna, Vivaha Prakarana, with the Maniprabha commentary, ed. Pt. Kapileshwar Shastri (Banaras, 1948)

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit text with Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: शाके १५२२ में इस प्रन्थकी रचनाकी ।

  12. Govinda Daivajna (Piyushadhara), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna with the Yuktimanjari commentary and Piyushadhara explanation of Govinda Daivajna

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    What it says: यथा वणंमेज्यामेको गुणः, वश्ये दौ. गणौ, तारायां जयो गणाः, योनिमैऽ्यां चत्वारः, ग्रहभेऽ्यां पञ्च, गणमेज्यां षट्‌, सद्धकटे सप्त, ना- डीमेदेऽष्टावित्यथः।

  13. Govinda Daivajna (Piyushadhara), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna with the Yuktimanjari commentary and Piyushadhara explanation of Govinda Daivajna

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    What it says: तत्र द्शक्रुरटानां तत्तदेश विशं षभ्रसिद्धत्वात्तानि विहाय स्वदेशपरसिः दान्यष्टक्रटानि सलच्तणानि

  14. Govinda Daivajna (Piyushadhara), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Rama Daivajna with the Yuktimanjari commentary and Piyushadhara explanation of Govinda Daivajna

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Sanskrit edition. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: लग्ने व्यये च पाताले जाभि्रे चाष्टमे कुजे

  15. Mahidhar Sharma (Hindi tika), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Daivajna Ramacharya, Hindi tika by Mahidhar Sharma

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    What it says: वरकन्याकं राशी मित्र तथा एकाधिपत्यके हो तो ५ गुण

  16. Mahidhar Sharma (Hindi tika), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Daivajna Ramacharya, Hindi tika by Mahidhar Sharma

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: इस कूटमे गणसाम्यमें ६ गुण

  17. Mahidhar Sharma (Hindi tika), digitised edition on the Internet Archive, Muhurtacintamani of Daivajna Ramacharya, Hindi tika by Mahidhar Sharma

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Classical Jyotisha doctrine, published Hindi commentary. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of printed Devanagari and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place, so that a later checker can re-fetch the same file and match it character for character.

    What it says: शेषको तारा जाननी, ३।५५।७ शेष, रहे तो अशुभ अन्य शुभ होते हं, भसे (३) गुण मिलते हं

  18. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

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    What it says: A girl belonging -to a higher grade of spiritual development -should not ho mated to a hoy of lesser^

  19. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

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    What it says: This is important as sug- gesting the degree of magnetic control or amenability the wife oi\ husband would be able to exercise on the other.

  20. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

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    What it says: The number of units for Yam Kuta is 4.

  21. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

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    What it says: Therefore the Yoni Kuta takes into account tlie sexual'aspeot of marriage and indicates the sex affinities such as the degree of sex-urge,' sex-compatibility

  22. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

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    What it says: The number of units for Rasi Kuta is 7,

  23. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

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    What it says: 12. Nadi Kuta This is the most important and at the same time the most significant Kuta.

  24. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of 1948 English print and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place.

    What it says: The unit ascribed for this Kuta is 8.

  25. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of 1948 English print and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place.

    What it says: In Sanskrit Nadi means several things but in reference to astrology, it signifies pulse or nervous energy indicating the physiological and to a certain extent hereditary factors.

  26. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of 1948 English print and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place.

    What it says: (4) The evil due to Nadi Kuta can be ignored subject to tlic following conditions

  27. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of 1948 English print and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place.

    What it says: If the boy’s Basi falls in the fourth from that of the girl’s then there be will great poverty ; but if the Basi of the girl happens to fall in the 4th from the boy’s there will be great wealth.

  28. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of 1948 English print and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place.

    What it says: If Mars is in 'the 2nd, 12th, 4th, 7th, and 8th houses in the' horoscope of the female, the death of husband, will occur; similar situation in the husband’s ‘horoscope causes the death of wife.

  29. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of 1948 English print and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place.

    What it says: The Lagna represents body, the Moon mind and Venus sexual* relations. Therefore the houses have to be reckoned .with refern ce to all the three, viz., Lagna, Moon and Venus.

  30. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of 1948 English print and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place.

    What it says: If Kuja Dosharn obtains in the horoscopes of both the bride and bridegroom the dosharn gets cancelled.

  31. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of 1948 English print and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place.

    What it says: Thus it will be seen that Kuja Dosha does not deserve that consideration which is now being paid to it.

  32. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of 1948 English print and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place.

    What it says: So far as our humble experience goes it is only in the kerala sastra that mention is made of Kuja Dosha.

  33. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of 1948 English print and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place.

    What it says: (c) Agreeability in regard to the Kutas commonly designated as Puruthtliam.

  34. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of 1948 English print and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place.

    What it says: The exist- ing practice almost all over India and particu- larly in South is highly defective and dangerous as horoscopes arc rejected simply because they do not conform to certain puruththas, while the most important factors such as longevity.

  35. Bangalore Venkata Raman, Muhurtha (Electional Astrology), first edition 1948, chapter on Marriage

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Twentieth-century Jyotisha monograph by a named author. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read live on 6 September 2026 from the Internet Archive full-text file of this printed edition. The quote is optical character recognition of 1948 English print and is reproduced with its scanning errors left in place.

    What it says: The puruthtlias or tlio units of agreement should be considered only when there is genera) sympathy between the horoscopes of the parties to be brought together.

  36. Jonas Helgertz and Kirk Scott, Lund University and University of Minnesota, in Genus (SpringerOpen), The validity of astrological predictions on marriage and divorce: a longitudinal analysis of Swedish register data, Genus 76:34 (2020)

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    What it says: The results fail to provide any consistent evidence to support the notion that astrologically more compatible couples are either overrepresented among observed marital unions or associated with a lower risk of divorce.

  37. Jonas Helgertz and Kirk Scott, Lund University and University of Minnesota, in Genus (SpringerOpen), The validity of astrological predictions on marriage and divorce: a longitudinal analysis of Swedish register data, Genus 76:34 (2020)

    Jurisdiction: Not law. Peer-reviewed demographic research on Swedish population registers. Retrieved 6 September 2026. Read from the Wayback Machine capture of 22 August 2025, because genus.springeropen.com answers this network with a Client Challenge interstitial.

    What it says: Our results do not provide evidence in support of any of the classifications evaluated in this article.

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