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Kundli match: the 36-point check, explained.

गुण मिलान

Enter two people’s birth details. We score the traditional 36-point check (gunas), explain each of its eight parts (kootas), and check for Manglik dosha.

First person
Second person

In this check, tradition reads the first person as the boy and the second as the girl. Swapping them can change the score.

Use the time on the birth certificate if you have it — even a few minutes moves the rising sign.

Both sets of birth details are used to compute the reading and then forgotten. Nothing is stored and nothing goes in the address bar.

The eight parts of the score

Kundli milan, also called guna milan or Ashtakoot, compares two people’s Moon signs and nakshatras across eight parts, called kootas, for 36 points in all.

KootaMost points
Varna1
Vashya2
Tara3
Yoni4
Graha Maitri5
Gana6
Bhakoot7
Nadi8

How to read the score

Tradition reads 28 or more as a strong match and 18 or more as workable. Other sources draw these lines differently, so read the eight parts rather than only the total.

What it can’t tell you

This is a traditional score, not a test of how two people will get on. It shouldn’t decide a marriage on its own.