# Kundli Milan: Kundali Matching by Date of Birth Kundli milan, or kundali matching, compares two birth charts on the eight kootas of Ashtakoot Guna Milan, worth 36 points between them. Every koota is read from each person's Moon: its nakshatra and its rashi, not the Sun sign. Enter both births to get the guna score, each koota's working, and Mangal dosha for both charts. ## What is kundli milan (kundali matching)? Kundli milan is the comparison of two janam kundlis before marriage. The method most of India uses is Ashtakoot Guna Milan: eight tests, or kootas, carrying 36 points between them. Each koota is read from the Moon: its nakshatra gives Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi, and its rashi gives Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot. Because everything hangs on the Moon, and the Moon crosses a nakshatra in roughly a day, the two birth dates settle most of the score and the birth times settle the rest. ## How many gunas are required for marriage? Eighteen out of 36 is the conventional minimum. Between 18 and 24 the match is read as workable, 25 to 32 as strong, and above 32 as rare. Below 18 the match is usually reconsidered rather than refused. But the total is the crudest thing on the report. Two matches can both score 20 and mean entirely different things depending on which eight points are missing, which is why this calculator shows every koota separately instead of leading with the number. ## What are the 8 kootas of Guna Milan and what is each worth? Varna (1 point) compares the working temperament. Vashya (2) asks who naturally yields to whom. Tara (3) counts the nakshatras between the two Moons for mutual fortune. Yoni (4) is physical and instinctive compatibility. Graha Maitri (5) tests whether the two Moon-sign lords are friends. Gana (6) compares disposition: deva, manushya or rakshasa. Bhakoot (7) measures the distance between the two Moon signs. Nadi (8) is the largest single block of points and the one most often decisive. ## What is Nadi dosha and can it be cancelled? Nadi carries 8 of the 36 points, more than any other koota, and scores zero when both Moons fall in the same nadi. That single zero puts a ceiling of 28 on the total, which is why a match can read as strong everywhere else and still be questioned. The texts also give conditions under which the dosha is held not to apply: the two Moons sharing a rashi in different nakshatras, a Moon in one of the stars Narada Samhita exempts, or the two rashi lords being friends. The belief that the same nakshatra in different padas also clears it is later practice and changes no score here. This report names the nadi of each chart and says which of those conditions are met, rather than returning a bare zero. ## What is Bhakoot dosha in kundali matching? Bhakoot is worth 7 points and is scored from the count between the two Moon signs. The 2-12, 5-9 and 6-8 relationships score zero and are together called Bhakoot dosha, or Rashi dosha. Like Nadi it has recognised cancellations, most commonly when the two Moon-sign lords are the same graha or are mutual friends, which is already being tested in Graha Maitri. Where a cancellation applies, we say so and show the rule it comes from. ## What is Mangal dosha in kundli matching? Mangal dosha, or Manglik, is judged outside the 36 points. A chart is Manglik when Mars occupies the 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house. This report checks Mars from all three classical references (the Lagna for the body, the Moon for the mind, and Venus as the karaka of marriage) because a dosha showing from one reference is a different matter from one showing from all three. Where both charts carry it, the tradition holds it to cancel; where recognised bhanga conditions apply, they are listed. Our Mangal Dosha calculator runs the same check on a single chart. ### The lagna: the reference most people mean Mars in the 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house counted from the ascendant is the standard reading, and it is what a bare "Manglik" usually refers to. It is also the reference most sensitive to the birth time: the lagna changes sign roughly every two hours, and a lagna off by one sign moves Mars into a different house and can create or remove the dosha outright. This report names the lagna it counted from. ### The Moon: the same five houses counted from the Moon The same five houses are counted from the sign the Moon occupies rather than from the ascendant. Because the Moon changes rashi only about every two and a quarter days, this reference survives an uncertain birth time far better than the lagna does. A chart that shows the dosha from the Moon but not from the lagna is not contradicting itself: the two are counting from different starting points. ### Venus: the reference the tradition adds Venus is the karaka the tradition assigns to marriage, and several references count the same five houses from it as well. It is the least universally applied of the three, and it is printed here for the reason the other two are: a dosha showing from one reference is a different matter from one showing from all three, and you can only weigh that if all three are shown separately rather than collapsed into a yes or no. ## Can kundli matching be done by name and date of birth? By date of birth, yes; by name only, not honestly, and this is worth being direct about because a great many sites offer it. Every koota in Guna Milan is derived from the Moon's position, and a name carries no astronomical information at all. The names you enter here only label the report. What name-based tools generally do is look up the nakshatra conventionally associated with a name's first syllable, which is a naming custom running the other way, from chart to name, and cannot be reversed: many nakshatra padas share syllables, and most people were not named by that custom in the first place. We ask for date, time and place because those are what the calculation actually needs. If you do not know a birth time, enter the date and place and tick birth time unknown: the report then tells you how far the Moon could have drifted that day and which kootas are affected. ## How accurate is online kundali matching? The arithmetic is exact and the astronomy behind it is exact: the Moon positions here are computed to arc-second accuracy against a modern planetary ephemeris, using the nirayana zodiac with the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsha. What varies between sites is not precision but convention: which Vashya table is used, whether Tara is counted one way or both ways, which nadi cancellations are honoured. Two careful calculators can differ by two or three points for that reason alone. We show the working for every koota so you can see which convention produced your number. ## What does a Guna Milan score not tell you? It does not tell you whether a marriage will last, and no koota total should be read that way. Guna Milan compares two Moons on eight specific dimensions; it says nothing about the seventh house of either chart, the dashas each person is running, or anything the two people know about each other. Traditional practice treats the score as the first filter, after which an astrologer reads both charts whole. We give you the filter, completely and with its working shown, and we leave the reading to you. ## Frequently asked questions ### How many gunas out of 36 are needed for marriage? Eighteen gunas out of 36 is the conventional minimum for marriage, and 25 or above is considered a strong match. Below 18, the match is usually examined more closely rather than rejected. The total is only a summary: which kootas failed matters more than the number itself, so read the koota breakdown before you read the score. ### Can kundli matching be done by name and date of birth? Kundli matching can be done by date of birth, but not by name alone. Every one of the eight kootas is derived from the Moon's nakshatra and rashi, and a name carries no astronomical information. Name-based tools look up the nakshatra tied to a name's first syllable, a naming custom that does not reverse: many padas share syllables, and most people were not named by it. Here the names only label the report. ### Can kundli matching be done by date of birth only, without the time? Kundli matching works without a birth time, with a stated caveat. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, so without a birth time it can sit in one of two nakshatras. Tick 'birth time unknown' and we assume noon, then tell you on the report how far the Moon could have drifted and which kootas that could move. Bhakoot and Graha Maitri, read from the rashi, are usually safe; Nadi, Gana and Yoni are not. ### What is Ashtakoot Guna Milan? Ashtakoot Guna Milan is the eight-fold comparison behind the 36-point score: Varna, Vashya, Tara, Yoni, Graha Maitri, Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi. Each koota tests a different kind of compatibility, such as temperament, attraction, health and mental affinity, and each carries a different weight, from Varna at 1 point to Nadi at 8. ### What is Nadi dosha and can it be cancelled? Nadi dosha occurs when both partners' Moons fall in the same nadi, and it costs all 8 points of the largest koota. The three nadis are named for the three prakritis, so the texts read it as the same constitution on both sides with nothing to balance it. The texts allow cancellation in stated cases, such as the same rashi with different nakshatras, or the same nakshatra falling in different rashis. The different-pada rule is later practice and changes no score. The report names any condition that applies. ### What is Bhakoot dosha in kundali matching? Bhakoot dosha is a zero in the Bhakoot koota, which is worth 7 points and is scored from the count between the two Moon signs. The 2-12, 5-9 and 6-8 relationships score zero. It has recognised cancellations, most often when the two Moon-sign lords are the same graha or mutual friends. Where one applies, the report names the rule rather than returning a bare zero. ### Does Mangal dosha stop a marriage? Mangal dosha does not stop a marriage by itself. It is judged separately from the guna score, and the classical texts give a long list of cancellations: Mars strong in its own or exaltation sign, Jupiter aspecting or joining Mars, particular house-and-sign pairings, and, most commonly cited, both partners carrying the dosha, which is held to balance it. ### Is 18 gunas enough for marriage? Eighteen gunas is the conventional minimum, so 18 clears the bar rather than sitting comfortably above it. What matters more is which points are missing. An 18 built from a Nadi zero reads differently from an 18 spread thinly across several kootas, because Nadi alone is 8 of the 36 and caps the total at 28. Read the koota breakdown, not the total on its own. ### Why do two websites give different guna scores for the same couple? Two websites can give different guna scores because they follow different tables, not because one is miscalculating. Sites differ on which Vashya classification they use, whether Tara is counted one way or both ways, and which Nadi and Bhakoot cancellations they honour. Two careful calculators can land two or three points apart for that reason alone, so we show the working for every koota. ### Is guna matching enough on its own? Guna matching is a screen, not a verdict. Guna Milan compares the two Moons and their nakshatras; it does not look at the 7th house, the strength of Venus and Jupiter, the running dashas, or whether the charts show similar timing for marriage. A high score with weak 7th houses is a weaker match than the number suggests, which is why astrologers read both charts in full afterwards. --- Source: https://vedicsense.in/kundli-milan Method: nirayana (sidereal) rashis, Lahiri ayanamsha, whole-sign bhavas, planetary positions to arc-second accuracy.