6 of 36 marks
Gana Koota: 6 of 36 Points in Kundli Matching
Gana Koota weighs temperament, sorted into Deva, Manushya and Rakshasa. Worth 6 marks, and 33% of the 729 nakshatra pairings score zero on it.
Gana Koota is the 6th of the eight kootas in Ashtakoot Guna Milan and carries 6 of the thirty-six marks. It weighs temperament, sorted into Deva, Manushya and Rakshasa. Of the 729 possible pairings of the twenty-seven nakshatras, 243 score zero on it — 33%. It has no classical cancellation.
What this koota measures
This koota weighs temperament, sorted into Deva, Manushya and Rakshasa. That judgement is worth 6 of the thirty-six marks.
The full scoring table
| Deva | Manushya | Rakshasa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deva | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Manushya | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Rakshasa | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Row is the groom, column is the bride. This koota's table is asymmetric, so the order matters.
How often it scores what
| 6 / 6 | 324 pairings | 44% |
| 5 / 6 | 81 pairings | 11% |
| 1 / 6 | 81 pairings | 11% |
| 0 / 6 | 243 pairings | 33% |
Across all 729 pairings of the twenty-seven nakshatras — computed, not quoted.
When it scores full marks
Both are Deva gana — the same basic temperament.
When it scores zero
Deva and Rakshasa gana. This koota is about temperament, and the classical names sound harsher than what they describe: it is the difference between how two people react when something goes wrong.
The pairings that score zero
- DevaRakshasa
- ManushyaRakshasa
- RakshasaManushya
Pulled out of the grid, because this is the row anybody reading a match looks for first.
Which nakshatra falls where
Deva · 9
Ashwini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Shravana, Revati
Manushya · 9
Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Purva Phalguni, Uttara Phalguni, Purva Ashadha, Uttara Ashadha, Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada
Rakshasa · 9
Krittika, Ashlesha, Magha, Chitra, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Mula, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha
Common questions
- How many points is Gana Koota worth?
- 6 marks out of the thirty-six.
- How often does it score zero?
- In 243 of the 729 possible nakshatra pairings — 33%.
- 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 Gana Koota?
- The texts set no threshold on a single koota — the threshold is eighteen out of thirty-six on the total. A zero here is not separately named a dosha.
- How do I find mine?
- It comes from your birth Moon — from your nakshatra. Find yours in the list above, or cast a chart and read it directly.
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.
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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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