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4 of 36 marks

Yoni Koota: 4 of 36 Points in Kundli Matching

Yoni Koota weighs physical and instinctive compatibility, through the animal of each nakshatra. Worth 4 marks, and 7% of the 729 nakshatra pairings score zero on it.

Yoni Koota is the 4th of the eight kootas in Ashtakoot Guna Milan and carries 4 of the thirty-six marks. It weighs physical and instinctive compatibility, through the animal of each nakshatra. Of the 729 possible pairings of the twenty-seven nakshatras, 52 score zero on it — 7%. It has no classical cancellation.

What this koota measures

This koota weighs physical and instinctive compatibility, through the animal of each nakshatra. That judgement is worth 4 of the thirty-six marks.

The full scoring table

HorseElephantSheepSerpentDogCatRatCowBuffaloTigerDeerMonkeyMongooseLion
Horse42122221022222
Elephant24122222222220
Sheep11422222222022
Serpent22242212222202
Dog22224222220122
Cat22222402222221
Rat22212042222222
Cow12222224202222
Buffalo02222222412222
Tiger22222220142222
Deer22220222224122
Monkey22021222221422
Mongoose22202222222242
Lion20222122222224

Read either way — this koota's table is symmetric.

How often it scores what

4 / 453 pairings7%
2 / 4560 pairings77%
1 / 464 pairings9%
0 / 452 pairings7%

Across all 729 pairings of the twenty-seven nakshatras — computed, not quoted.

When it scores full marks

Both nakshatras carry the same yoni (Horse), which is the full four.

When it scores zero

Horse and Buffalo are a classically hostile pair. It is read as temperamental friction, and it is one koota out of eight.

The pairings that score zero

  • HorseBuffalo
  • ElephantLion
  • SheepMonkey
  • SerpentMongoose
  • DogDeer
  • CatRat
  • RatCat
  • CowTiger
  • BuffaloHorse
  • TigerCow
  • DeerDog
  • MonkeySheep
  • MongooseSerpent
  • LionElephant

Pulled out of the grid, because this is the row anybody reading a match looks for first.

Which nakshatra falls where

Horse · 2

Ashwini, Shatabhisha

Elephant · 2

Bharani, Revati

Sheep · 2

Krittika, Pushya

Serpent · 2

Rohini, Mrigashira

Dog · 2

Ardra, Mula

Cat · 2

Punarvasu, Ashlesha

Rat · 2

Magha, Purva Phalguni

Cow · 2

Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Bhadrapada

Buffalo · 2

Hasta, Swati

Tiger · 2

Chitra, Vishakha

Deer · 2

Anuradha, Jyeshtha

Monkey · 2

Purva Ashadha, Shravana

Mongoose · 1

Uttara Ashadha

Lion · 2

Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada

Common questions

How many points is Yoni Koota worth?
4 marks out of the thirty-six.
How often does it score zero?
In 52 of the 729 possible nakshatra pairings — 7%.
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 Yoni 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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