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Ashtakoota compatibility when birth time is unknown

Kundli matching by name, with every Guna explained.

Kundli matching by name calculator

Spell each name as it is spoken. You can also type the name in Devanagari.

The first sound is mapped to one of 108 Nakshatra padas. If the sound is ambiguous, we will ask you to choose instead of guessing.

Enter two first names to estimate their birth Nakshatras and calculate the traditional 36-point Gun Milan score. It works best when the names were chosen from Namakaran syllables.

  • All eight Kootas shown separately
  • English or Devanagari names
  • Names are used for this calculation and not saved

Know both birth times? Use birth-detail Kundli matching for the actual Moon positions, Manglik checks and chart context.

The eight Kootas, and what each one measures

What 36 Gun Milan contains

The eight Kootas of 36 Gun Milan, and their weights

Nadi carries eight points while Varna carries one. Two matches with the same total can therefore tell very different traditional stories.

  1. 1 point

    Varna

    Traditional work and ego temperament.

  2. 2 points

    Vashya

    Mutual influence and attraction.

  3. 3 points

    Tara

    Birth-star harmony and fortune.

  4. 4 points

    Yoni

    Physical and intimate compatibility.

  5. 5 points

    Graha Maitri

    Mental rapport through Moon-sign lords.

  6. 6 points

    Gana

    Temperament under everyday pressure.

  7. 7 points

    Bhakoot

    Spacing between the two Moon signs.

  8. 8 points

    Nadi

    Constitutional type and Nadi Dosha.

Reading the eight scores

What each Koota in a name-based Gun Milan actually measures

The total is the sum of eight independent tests, and two couples with the same total can fail completely different ones. These are what each test is reading, and what a low score in it traditionally indicates.

Varna (1 point)

Groups the twelve Rashis into four classes — Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra — by element. It scores when the groom's class is equal to or above the bride's. It is the lightest test on the sheet and the one most often over-read: a zero here costs one point out of thirty-six and is not, by itself, a reason to hesitate.

Vashya (2 points)

Reads mutual influence through five traditional groupings — quadruped, human, aquatic, wild and insect. A pair whose signs sit in the same group scores in full. This is a question of who tends to lead in a disagreement rather than of affection, and it is measured from the Rashi, so it is inherited whole from the inferred Nakshatra.

Tara (3 points)

Counts the distance between the two birth stars in both directions and reduces each count by nine. Odd remainders are the difficult Taras — Vipat, Pratyak and Naidhana. This is the first Koota where an inferred Nakshatra genuinely matters: a birth star off by one moves the count and can turn a full three into a zero.

Yoni (4 points)

Assigns an animal to each of the 27 Nakshatras and scores the pair from a fixed matrix, from identical (4) down to natural enemies (0). It is read as physical and temperamental compatibility. Like Tara it is a direct function of the Nakshatra, so it carries the whole uncertainty of a name-based inference.

Graha Maitri (5 points)

Compares the lords of the two Moon signs — friendship, neutrality or enmity between the two planets. This is the mental-rapport test, and the one astrologers most often keep when they discard the total. It moves with the Rashi rather than the Nakshatra, so it is the more robust half of a name-based reading.

Gana (6 points)

Sorts the Nakshatras into Deva, Manushya and Rakshasa temperaments. Same Gana scores six; Deva with Rakshasa scores zero. It describes behaviour under everyday pressure rather than character, and a zero here is conventionally read alongside Bhakoot rather than on its own.

Bhakoot (7 points)

Measures the spacing between the two Moon signs. The 6-8, 9-5 and 2-12 spacings score zero and are the single largest deduction on the sheet. Because it is computed from the Rashi, it is one of the two tests a name-based match can state with reasonable confidence.

Nadi (8 points)

Divides the 27 Nakshatras into Adi, Madhya and Antya constitutional types. The same Nadi for both scores zero — the classical Nadi Dosha — and takes eight points out at once. It is the heaviest test, the one most often cited as a reason to stop, and the one most sensitive to an inferred birth star being wrong.

What a 36 Gun Milan score means at each band

Reading the total

What a 36 Gun Milan score means at each band

Below 18

Conventionally read as a weak match. In practice this is almost always Bhakoot, Nadi or both scoring zero, since between them they carry fifteen of the thirty-six points. Before treating a low total as a verdict, look at which two tests produced it — a 17 from eight small deductions is a different situation from a 17 with Nadi Dosha in it.

18 to 23

The band the tradition treats as workable. Most matched pairs land here. The number on its own says very little at this level; the individual Kootas, and whether a birth time exists to check them against, say considerably more.

24 to 32

Read as a strong traditional match. Nadi and Bhakoot have both scored, which is what a total in this range almost always means. It is still a Moon-based reading: it has not looked at either Lagna, at Mangal Dosha, or at the dashas running for either person.

33 to 36

Rare, and worth treating with the same caution as a low score. A near-perfect total from two inferred Nakshatras usually means both names mapped to the same or adjacent stars, which is as likely to be an artefact of the spelling as a finding about the couple.

How matching by name works, when to use it, and its four limits

How name matching works

How Kundli matching by name reaches a 36-point score

  1. 01

    Read the opening sound

    The calculator reads the first spoken Akshara, not the whole name or its numerology total.

  2. 02

    Infer the Nakshatra pada

    Namakaran tables assign one naming sound to each of the 108 padas. Common Roman vowel spellings are normalised; Devanagari remains exact.

  3. 03

    Calculate all eight Kootas

    The inferred Nakshatra and Moon sign are passed to the same Ashtakoota calculation used by the birth-detail matcher.

Choose the right method

Kundli matching by name versus matching by birth details

Match by name

Use when birth time was never recorded

  • Infers Nakshatra from the first sound
  • Calculates the eight Ashtakoota factors
  • Cannot verify whether the name followed Namakaran
  • Does not compare Lagna, houses or Manglik status

Match by birth details

Use whenever both birth records are available

  • Calculates the actual Moon positions
  • Shows both birth-chart foundations
  • Checks Mangal, Nadi and Bhakoot context
  • Explains strengths and areas to discuss
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Where a name-based match goes wrong

Four limits of Kundli matching by name

The name may not have followed Namakaran

The whole method assumes the first syllable was chosen from the Nakshatra pada the Moon occupied at birth. A name chosen for a grandparent, for its meaning, or for how it sounded carries no birth star at all — and nothing in the spelling reveals which of these happened.

Thirteen sounds belong to more than one Nakshatra

The classical table reuses syllables, so a single opening sound can point at two or three birth stars. This calculator asks rather than picking silently, which is what an astrologer would do; but the answer is then the reader's recollection, not a calculation.

Roman spelling loses the distinctions Devanagari keeps

"Cha" and "Chha" are different Aksharas that belong to different Nakshatras and are routinely written the same way in English. Entering the name in Devanagari removes this whole class of error, and is worth doing whenever the spelling is known.

Half the traditional reading is missing

Mangal Dosha, the two Lagnas, the seventh house and its lord, and the dashas both people are running are all absent from a name-based match, because none of them can be inferred from a Rashi. When both birth times exist, the birth-detail matcher reads all of them.

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Each of these reads one input that a name-based Gun Milan cannot see.

Common questions

Kundli matching by name questions, answered

How can Kundli matching work from names alone?

In the Namakaran ceremony a child is named beginning with the sound assigned to the Nakshatra pada the Moon occupied at birth. The name therefore carries the birth star. All eight kootas are read from the Nakshatra and the Rashi that follows from it, so no birth time is needed once the Nakshatra is known.

Is gun milan by name accurate?

It is an estimate based on the assumption that both names were chosen from traditional Nakshatra syllables. The calculator cannot verify that history from a spelling. When birth details are known, use them to calculate the actual Moon positions instead.

Why does it ask me to choose a Nakshatra?

Thirteen of the hundred naming sounds are claimed by more than one Nakshatra, because the classical table reuses them. Rather than pick one silently, you are asked — which is what an astrologer would do.

Which is better, by name or by birth details?

Birth details, whenever you have them. The full comparison reads the actual Moon rather than the Moon the name implies, and it can also weigh Mangal Dosha and the wider chart. Matching by name is for when the birth time was never recorded.

What is a good Gun Milan score?

Out of 36, an 18 or above is conventionally treated as workable and 24 and above as strong. The number is a summary, not a verdict — the individual kootas, and Nadi in particular, usually matter more to an astrologer than the total.

What if my name does not match a Nakshatra syllable?

A name that opens on a conjunct (Priya, Shreya, Kriti) is read under its first letter with the vowel it carries. Some astrologers read it with a plain “a” instead (Priya as “Pa”); when that reading gives a different score, the result shows it and lets you use it. If a name still cannot be placed, the calculator asks which naming sound it was given under and offers the sounds of its first letter. Choose one only if you know it; otherwise use birth-detail matching or the recorded birth Nakshatra instead of forcing a score.