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.
Bhakoot Koota reads the overall wellbeing of a marriage — family life, financial stability, and general domestic harmony — purely from the distance between the two partners' Moon signs (rashis), counted in either direction around the zodiac. It carries 7 of the 36 Ashtakoot points, the second-heaviest koota after Nadi.
Counting from one partner's Moon sign to the other's, certain distances are classically read as inauspicious — collectively called Bhakoot Dosha:
Bhakoot Dosha is one of the few kootas with well-known classical exceptions: if the two Moon-sign lords are themselves mutual friends (see Graha Maitri), or if both Moons are in the same sign, or one specific well-documented case — Moon signs 2–12 apart where the lords are the same planet — the dosha is often considered nullified even though the raw distance would otherwise score 0. This is exactly why Bhakoot, despite carrying real weight, is never read in isolation from Graha Maitri.
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A 0-point result on Bhakoot Koota, triggered when the two partners' Moon signs sit 1–7, 2–12, or 5–9 signs apart — classically linked to concerns around health, finances, or children respectively.
Yes, in several classically recognized cases — most commonly when the Moon-sign lords are mutual friends (see Graha Maitri Koota) even though the raw sign-distance triggers the dosha.
Bhakoot carries 7 of 36 points versus Nadi's 8 — the two heaviest kootas — but Nadi Dosha is generally treated as more critical in classical matching, since it touches health and lineage directly.
Rashi (Moon sign) only — unlike Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi, which are all derived from the more granular birth nakshatra.