5 of 36 marks
Graha Maitri Koota: 5 of 36 Points in Kundli Matching
Graha Maitri Koota weighs whether the two Moon-sign lords are friends. Worth 5 marks, and 0% of the 729 nakshatra pairings score zero on it.
Graha Maitri Koota is the 5th of the eight kootas in Ashtakoot Guna Milan and carries 5 of the thirty-six marks. It weighs whether the two Moon-sign lords are friends. Of the 729 possible pairings of the twenty-seven nakshatras, 0 score zero on it — 0%, meaning no pairing fails this koota outright. It has no classical cancellation.
What this koota measures
This koota weighs whether the two Moon-sign lords are friends. That judgement is worth 5 of the thirty-six marks.
The full scoring table
| Mars | Venus | Mercury | Moon | Sun | Jupiter | Saturn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Venus | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Mercury | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Moon | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Sun | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Jupiter | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Saturn | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Read either way — this koota's table is symmetric.
How often it scores what
| 5 / 5 | 409 pairings | 56% |
| 3 / 5 | 320 pairings | 44% |
Across all 729 pairings of the twenty-seven nakshatras — computed, not quoted.
When it scores full marks
Both Moon signs are ruled by Mars, so the two minds run on the same planet.
Which sign falls where
Mars · 2
Aries, Scorpio
Venus · 2
Taurus, Libra
Mercury · 2
Gemini, Virgo
Moon · 1
Cancer
Sun · 1
Leo
Jupiter · 2
Sagittarius, Pisces
Saturn · 2
Capricorn, Aquarius
Common questions
- How many points is Graha Maitri Koota worth?
- 5 marks out of the thirty-six.
- How often does it score zero?
- In 0 of the 729 possible nakshatra pairings — 0%.
- Does it read the same for the boy and the girl?
- Yes. This koota's table is symmetric, so swapping the two sides does not change the score.
- What score is needed on Graha Maitri 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 sign. 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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