Kundli Matching
Two classical Vedic compatibility traditions on one page. The North-Indian 8-koot 36-point Ashtakoot Guna Milan and the Tamil 10-fold Pathu Porutham — both scored from each partner’s natal Moon rashi and nakshatra. Bhakoot / Nadi cancellations applied where they trigger; Mangal Dosha checked under the Ashtakoot tab when full birth details are entered.
Two traditions, one Moon shape
Ashtakoot Guna Milan tests eight koots ranked in increasing weight: Varna (1), Vashya (2), Tara (3), Yoni (4), Graha Maitri (5), Gana (6), Bhakoot (7), Nadi (8). The maximum total is 36; 18+ is the conventional acceptance threshold and 25+ is considered very good.
The two heaviest Ashtakoot koots — Bhakoot (rashi distance) and Nadi (nakshatra-nadi grouping) — each return zero or full marks. We apply the standard cancellations: same rashi-lord or mutual friendship cancels Bhakoot zero; same nakshatra (different padas) or same rashi cancels Nadi zero.
Pathu Porutham is the Tamil-tradition counterpart used across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and parts of Karnataka. It scores ten koots — Dina, Gana, Mahendra, Sthree Deergha, Yoni, Rashi, Rashyathipathi, Vasya, Rajju, Vedha — as binary pass/fail. Three are *strong vetoes*: Yoni, Rajju, and Vedha. A failure on any veto-level koot flips the aggregate verdict regardless of how many of the others pass; otherwise a 5-of-10 threshold is the classical favorability cut.
Both systems consume the same natal-Moon shape (rashi + nakshatra), but they score very different criteria — treat them as complementary rather than interchangeable. Mangal Dosha (calculator), longevity matches, Saturn aspects, and the Navamsa (D9) round out a complete reading. This tool gives you the scores and the per-koot breakdown — bring the chart to a qualified jyotishi for the rest.