Ashtakoot Gunas

Bhakoot Koota: Moon-Sign Distance & Bhakoot Dosha in Kundli Matching — Bhakoot is the seventh koota — 7 of 36 points reading overall family life, finances and general harmony, based purely on the sign-distance between the two partners' Moons.

Gana Koota: Temperament Compatibility in Kundli Matching — Gana is the sixth koota — 6 of 36 points reading basic nature and temperament, sorting every nakshatra into one of three classical types: divine, human, or demonic.

Graha Maitri Koota: Mental & Emotional Compatibility in Kundli Matching — Graha Maitri is the fifth koota — 5 of 36 points reading mental and emotional compatibility, based on the classical friendship between the two partners' Moon-sign ruling planets.

Nadi Koota: Health & Genetic Compatibility in Kundli Matching — Nadi is the eighth and heaviest koota — 8 of 36 points reading health, vitality and genetic compatibility, and the one factor most astrologers refuse to compromise on.

Tara Koota: Birth-Star Compatibility in Kundli Matching — Tara is the third koota — 3 of 36 points that read general wellbeing and luck between two people, counted from the distance between their birth nakshatras, checked both ways.

Varna Koota: Spiritual Compatibility in Kundli Matching — Varna is the first and lightest of the eight Ashtakoot kootas — a single point that gauges spiritual temperament and ego compatibility between two people, read from where each partner's Moon sits.

Vashya Koota: Mutual Control & Attraction in Kundli Matching — Vashya is the second koota of Ashtakoot matching — 2 of 36 points that read how naturally two people hold sway over each other, and whether that influence runs one-way or balances out.

Yoni Koota: Physical & Sexual Compatibility in Kundli Matching — Yoni is the fourth koota — 4 of 36 points that read physical and intimate compatibility, symbolized through 14 animal pairs assigned to the 27 nakshatras.