Compatibility & Marriage5 min read · Updated 2026-06
Nadi and Bhakoot are the heaviest factors in Gun Milan. Learn what these doshas mean for health, progeny and emotional harmony.
Nadi is the eighth and most heavily weighted koota, worth eight points, and concerns health and progeny. The 27 nakshatras are divided into three Nadis — Aadi (Vata), Madhya (Pitta) and Antya (Kapha). If both partners share the same Nadi, a Nadi dosha is said to arise, traditionally linked to concerns about health and children.
Because it carries the most points, a Nadi dosha can sharply lower a Gun Milan score.
Bhakoot, worth seven points, concerns emotional bonding, financial well-being and family welfare, based on the relationship between the two Moon signs. Certain sign distances — notably the 6-8 and 2-12 relationships between the Moon signs — create a Bhakoot dosha said to affect harmony and prosperity.
Like Nadi, Bhakoot is influential enough to weigh heavily on the overall verdict.
Importantly, both doshas have recognised cancellations (parihara). Nadi dosha may be cancelled when the partners share the same Moon sign but different nakshatras, or different nakshatra padas, among other conditions. Bhakoot dosha can be cancelled when the sign lords are friends or the same planet.
A skilled astrologer always checks for these cancellations before treating a dosha as serious, and weighs the full charts rather than rejecting a match on a single factor.
It arises when both partners share the same Nadi among the three groups of nakshatras, and is traditionally linked to health and progeny concerns.
It is an unfavourable relationship between the partners' Moon signs, such as 6-8 or 2-12, said to affect emotional and financial harmony.
Yes. Both Nadi and Bhakoot doshas have recognised cancellations that a careful astrologer checks before judging a match.
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