7 of 36 marks
Bhakoot Dosha: 7 of 36 Points in Kundli Matching
Bhakoot Dosha weighs the distance between the two Moon signs. Worth 7 marks, and 50% of the 729 nakshatra pairings score zero on it.
Bhakoot Dosha is the 7th of the eight kootas in Ashtakoot Guna Milan and carries 7 of the thirty-six marks. It weighs the distance between the two Moon signs. Of the 729 possible pairings of the twenty-seven nakshatras, 366 score zero on it — 50%. The texts recognise cancellations for it, listed below.
What this koota measures
This koota weighs the distance between the two Moon signs. That judgement is worth 7 of the thirty-six marks.
The full scoring table
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — |
| 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Row is the groom, column is the bride. This koota's table is asymmetric, so the order matters.
How often it scores what
| 7 / 7 | 363 pairings | 50% |
| 0 / 7 | 366 pairings | 50% |
Across all 729 pairings of the twenty-seven nakshatras — computed, not quoted.
When it scores full marks
The Moon signs stand 1/1 apart, which is not one of the afflicted distances.
When it scores zero
The Moon signs stand 2/12 from each other, which this koota scores zero. It carries seven marks, so a Bhakoot dosha alone drops a score by a fifth — and the texts cancel it when the sign lords are friends or the same planet, which is checked below.
The pairings that score zero
- 212
- 59
- 68
Pulled out of the grid, because this is the row anybody reading a match looks for first.
Recognised cancellations
- Bhakoot dosha is cancelled: both Moon signs share one ruler.
- Bhakoot dosha is cancelled: the two sign lords are mutual friends.
Named rather than silently applied — the tool prints which one fired on a given pair.
Common questions
- How many points is Bhakoot Dosha worth?
- 7 marks out of the thirty-six.
- How often does it score zero?
- In 366 of the 729 possible nakshatra pairings — 50%.
- Does it read the same for the boy and the girl?
- No. This koota's table is asymmetric — swapping the two sides can change the score, and that is the classical rule. In the table above the row is the groom and the column is the bride.
- What score is needed on Bhakoot Dosha?
- The texts set no threshold on a single koota — the threshold is eighteen out of thirty-six on the total. A zero on this one is separately named a dosha, and has recognised cancellations.
Ashtakoot compares the two Moons only. It does not check Manglik dosha, the seventh house, the ninth-part chart or the periods either person is running.
Match two charts
The matching tool runs all eight kootas on two birth charts and prints what produced each score — including the cancellations, named rather than silently applied.
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