Nakshatra Matching Calculator

Dina Porutham # Rule 1:

Dina Porutham assesses the prosperity and health of the couple by calculating the Nakshatra count from the girl's to the boy's. If the count is 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 24, or 26, Dina Porutham is awarded 1 point.

The mathiyamam porutham for Dina is considered if the boy’s nakshatra is 1st Pada of the 12th star (or) 4th pada of the 14th star (or) 3rd pada of the 16th star from the girl’s nakshatra.

All other combinations are considered as Athamam for Dina Porutham.

Gana Porutham # Rule 2:

The Gana Porutham refers to personality match between the couple. In this porutham the nakshatra’s are classified in 3 categories:

• Deva Gana
• Manusha Gana
• Rakshasa Gana

• If the boy and Girl fall under the same Gana, the match is considered as Uthamam.
• If the boy falls under Rakshasa Gana and the girl is of Deva or Manusha Gana, then the match is considered as medium and is awarded ½ point only.
• The other permutations and combinations are athamam.

Mahendra Porutham # Rule 3:

This porutham refers to happiness, prosperity and progeny. It is calculated based on the Nakshatra count from the Girl’s to the Boy’s. If the count is 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, then the porutham is considered to be Uthamam.

There is no mathiyamam match for this category.

Sthree Deergam Porutham # Rule 4:

This porutham talks about the life of the bride and her passing away as sumangali (death before the husband dies at old age).

If the Girl birth star is atleast 13 or more away from the boy’s birth star then the match is considered uthamam. If it is away by 7 to 12 starts, the match is mathiyamam.

Yoni Porutham # Rule 5:

Yoni is an important principle and it determines the sex compatibility of the couple. Here each of the nakshatra’s is marked as a male or female animal.

The basic principle of yoni is that if the boy has a male yoni and the girl has a female yoni, it is considered as a good match.

However it is important to validate the animal relationships as well for yoni.

For Example: Let us say the boy belongs to Chithra (Male Tiger) and the Girl belongs to Anuradha (Female Deer), there would not much of match as Tiger and Deer would be inimical.

If the boys as well as the Girl have male yoni, then the match is considered to be average.

Rasi Porutham # Rule 6:

This rule indicates the harmony and unity between the boy and the girl. In this rule the rasi count is taken into consideration rather than the nakshatra’s.

The match doesn’t exist if the boy’s rasi is 6th or 8th to the girl’s rasi.

If the Girls’s rasi is atleast 6 rashi’s away from the boy’s then the match is uthamam. This shows that the boy’s mind can connect well to the girl’s mind.

There are many other rules for Rasi Porutham, which will be covered in detail in the upcoming days by Team Astrograha.

Rasi Athipathi Porutham # Rule 7:

This porutham is based on the relationship of the Rasi lords.

Example 1: If the Boy belongs to Scorpio and Girl belong to Cancer sign, in that case the match exists because lord of Scorpio is mars and lord of cancer is moon and both are friendly to each other.

Example 2: If the Boy belongs to Scorpio and the Girl belong to Capricorn sign, in that case there is no match because lord of Scorpio is mars and lord of Capricorn is Saturn and both are inimical to each other.

If both the lords are the same, then the match is mathiyamam.

Vasiya Porutham # Rule 8:

This porutham indicates the physical attraction between the couples.

For Each Rasi there is an equivalent vasiya rasi (to which it gets attracted). We have list the vasiya rasi for each rasi below:

• Aries – Leo, Scorpio
• Taurus - Cancer, Libra
• Gemini - Virgo
• Cancer - Scorpio, Sagittarius
• Leo - Capricorn
• Virgo - Taurus, Pisces
• Libra - Capricorn
• Scorpio - Cancer, Virgo
• Sagittarius - Pisces
• Capricorn - Aquarius
• Aquarius - Pisces
• Pisces - Capricorn

Rajju portham # Rule 9:

Rajju is the most important of all matching rules. If this match does not exist then the marriage will result in a bad marriage.

There are couple of ways to calculate Rajju porutham. Astrograha uses the method of classifying the nakshatra’s into 3 categories: Prathama Rajju, Madhyama Rajju & Anthi Rajju.

The Raju calculation is only applicable for stars following under the Madhyama Rajju category.

The Madhyama Rajju is further divided into Arohana Rajju and Avarohana Rajju. If the boy belongs to one category and the girl belongs to the other then the match is Ok.

The boy and the girl cannot fall under the same Arohana Rajju or Avarohana Rajju, such a match is considered to be bad.

Vedhai porutham # Rule 10:

This rule provides us with a list of Nakshatra’s that are lacking of fondness to certain nakshatra’s.

If the boy or girl belongs to a nakshtra that is vedhai (lack of fondness) to the other’s nakshatra, then the rating is 0.

Below is the list of the nakshatra’s and its Vedhai nakshatra’s:

• Aswini – Jyeshta
• Bharani – Anuradha
• Kritika – Visaka
• Rohini – Swathi
• Arudra – Shravana
• Punarvasu – Uthrashaada
• Pushyami – Poorvashaada
• Ashlesha – Moola
• Magha – Revathi
• PoorvaPhalguni – Uthrabhadra
• Uthraphalguni – Poorvabhadra
• Hastha - Sathabhisha

Note: These matchmaking rules are just the first step in the horoscope matching process in astrology.