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# Couple Compatibility: Read the Kundali Milan Report

> Cast a Kundali Milan report, read the Ashtakūṭa score, check Mangal dosha, and assess the marriage houses in both the D1 and D9 charts.

The **Couple Compatibility** tab produces a *Kundali Milan* — the traditional Vedic assessment of how well two birth charts match for marriage. It scores the pair across eight **Ashtakūṭa** ("eight-fold") factors out of 36 points, checks for **Mangal dosha** (Mars affliction), and examines the marriage houses in both partners' *Rāśi* (D1) and *Navāṁśa* (D9) charts. An optional **deep analysis** layer adds an AI synthesis grounded in a short questionnaire from each partner. This guide walks through the full report; the point-by-point scoring rules live at [Ashtakūṭa scoring](/reference/ashtakoota-scoring).

## Casting the report

Enter both people's **date, time, and place of birth** — and optionally their gender, which affects a handful of kūṭa rules. Then click **Check Compatibility**. The report header confirms the two charts it is working from:

```text theme={null}
Compatibility Report
Mumbai, IN (1993-05-08) · Delhi, IN (1995-01-01)
```

Use **Edit details** to revise any input without starting over, or **Copy report** to export a clean Markdown summary. Two sub-tabs — **Person 1** and **Person 2** — let you inspect each individual chart in full.

## The Ashtakūṭa score

The headline is a score out of 36, accompanied by a verdict band:

> **Ashtakoota — 24 / 36 — Good**

The eight kūṭas, their maximum points, and the sample values are:

| Kūṭa             | Max    | Person 1      | Person 2      | Score   | Tests                                                    |
| ---------------- | ------ | ------------- | ------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Nadi**         | 8      | Antya         | Adi           | **8**   | Physiology and progeny; the single heaviest factor.      |
| **Bhakoot**      | 7      | —             | —             | **0** ⚠ | Moon-sign relationship; emotional and financial harmony. |
| **Gana**         | 6      | Rakshasa      | Rakshasa      | **6**   | Temperament match (deva / manuṣya / rākṣasa).            |
| **Graha Maitri** | 5      | Mars (Friend) | Jupiter       | **5**   | Friendship of the Moon-sign lords; mental affinity.      |
| **Yoni**         | 4      | Deer (M)      | Dog (M)       | **1**   | Sexual and instinctual compatibility by animal symbol.   |
| **Tara**         | 3      | Sampat (2)    | Ati-mitra (9) | **3**   | Birth-star compatibility; health and fortune.            |
| **Vasya**        | 2      | Keeta         | Manava        | **0**   | Mutual attraction and natural "pull" between partners.   |
| **Varna**        | 1      | Brahmin       | Kshatriya     | **1**   | Spiritual and temperamental class.                       |
| **Total**        | **36** |               |               | **24**  |                                                          |

A common guideline treats **18+** as workable and **24+** as good — but the total alone is never the complete picture. In the sample, the strong **Nadi (8/8)** is excellent, yet **Bhakoot scores 0 and carries a dosha flag** — exactly the kind of nuance that a single headline number hides and that the rest of the report exists to surface.

<Warning>
  **A score is a starting point, not a verdict.** The Ashtakūṭa system is a screening tool. Classical practice also weighs the *doshas*, the marriage houses, the D9, and the strength of Venus and Jupiter before forming a view. The app gives you all of these layers so you are never relying on one number alone.
</Warning>

## Moon nakṣatra and pada

Because almost every kūṭa derives from the Moon's nakṣatra, the report states each partner's Moon position clearly before the scoring table:

```text theme={null}
Person 1: Jyeshtha, Pada 3 — Moon in Scorpio
Person 2: Mula, Pada 4 — Moon in Sagittarius
```

You can verify these against the individual chart tabs and use them to cross-check any kūṭa result you want to trace manually.

## Mangal dosha

**Mangal dosha** arises when Mars occupies certain houses — most commonly the 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th, or 12th — counted from the Lagna, the Moon, or Venus. Tradition regards it as a concern in matchmaking because of Mars's fiery, separative nature in angular or moksha houses. The report evaluates the dosha for **both partners** and notes mitigating factors such as Mars being debilitated or well-disposed:

```text theme={null}
Person 1: Mars in Cancer (11th) · debilitated — Dosha: No
Person 2: Mars in Leo (9th)               — Dosha: No
Mars sign compatibility: Friend-Friend
```

A dosha in one chart is frequently considered offset when the other partner shares it. The report gives you the exact placements so you can apply whatever cancellation rules your tradition uses.

## Marriage houses: D1 and D9

Compatibility is not only about how the charts match each other — it also depends on each chart's own promise for partnership. The report examines the **7th house** (the house of marriage) and **Venus** (the kāraka of love and the spouse) in both the *Rāśi* (D1) and the *Navāṁśa* (D9):

```text theme={null}
Relationship Houses (D1) — Person 1
  7th house:   Pisces · Lord: Jupiter
  7th lord in: Virgo (1st house)
  7th occupants: Venus
  Venus: Pisces · 7th · exalted

Navamsha Compatibility (D9) — Person 1 · D9 Lagna: Gemini
  7th house: Sagittarius (lord: Jupiter)
  7th occupants: Rahu
  Vargottama: Lagna, Mercury, Saturn
```

Because the **D9 is the chart of marriage and dharma**, agreement between a partner's D1 and D9 marriage indications is a stabilising sign. **Vargottama** planets — those that occupy the same sign in both the D1 and D9 — are considered especially steady in their expression, and the report highlights them explicitly.

## Deep analysis (optional)

A banner at the bottom of the report reads: *"Want a deeper read? Two short questionnaires + an AI synthesis that ties the chart to your lived reality."* Clicking it opens an optional flow: each partner answers a short questionnaire about their circumstances, and the app produces an AI synthesis connecting the classical factors above to the couple's actual lives. Treat it as a reflective supplement to the classical scoring, not a replacement for it.

## How to read the whole report

1. **Note the total** and its verdict band — but treat it as a headline, not a conclusion.
2. **Check the dosha flags** — in the sample, Bhakoot scores zero and carries a flag; check Mangal dosha status for each partner.
3. **Weigh the heavy kūṭas** (Nadi, Bhakoot, Gana) more heavily than the lighter ones (Varna, Vasya).
4. **Read the marriage houses** in D1 and D9 for both partners — a strong 7th lord and a dignified Venus matter independently of the kūṭa score.
5. Optionally, run the **deep analysis** to ground the classical indicators in the couple's lived reality.

See [Assessing a match](/examples/assess-a-match) for a full worked reading, and [Ashtakūṭa scoring](/reference/ashtakoota-scoring) for the exact point rules behind each kūṭa.