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Ardra and Magha Porutham
With Ardra as the bride's star and Magha as the groom's, 4 of the ten poruthams are present. That is below what most families would accept without an astrologer looking at both charts properly.
The ten poruthams
| Porutham · what it reads | Result | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Dina day-to-day wellbeing, health and prosperity in the marriage | Absent | Counted from Ardra to Magha the gap is 5, which leaves 5 on division by nine. |
| Gana temperament — whether two natures sit easily together | Absent | Ardra is a Manushya star and Magha a Rakshasa star. |
| Mahendra children and the continuation of the family line | Absent | The count from Ardra to Magha is 5. |
| Stree Deergha the wife's long life and security | Absent | The count from Ardra to Magha is 5. |
| Yoni physical and emotional intimacy | Present | Ardra is the dog yoni and Magha the rat. |
| Rasi how the two families and fortunes sit together over time | Present | Counted from Mithuna, Simha is the 3rd sign, and counted back it is the 11th. |
| Rasyathipathi friendship between the planets ruling the two signs | Absent | Mithuna is ruled by Mercury and Simha by Sun, which are not friends. |
| Vasya mutual attraction and the natural pull between the two | Absent | Mithuna and Simha are not a vasya pair. |
| Rajju the length and safety of the marriage itself | Present | Ardra falls in the Kanta rajju and Magha in the Paada. |
| Vedha whether the two stars obstruct each other | Present | Ardra and Magha are not a vedha pair. |
What this means for Ardra and Magha
The ones that are not present are Dina, Gana, Mahendra, Stree Deergha, Rasyathipathi and Vasya. Rajju is present, which is the single result most families check first.
Ardra is a Manushya gana star of the dog yoni, in the Kanta rajju; Magha is Rakshasa gana, rat yoni, Paada rajju. For the four sign-based poruthams this page takes the moon in Mithuna for Ardra and Simha for Magha, which is where each star's padas mostly fall.
The other way round
Porutham is not symmetric. With Magha as the bride's star and Ardra as the groom's, the result is 6 of ten. Dina and Stree Deergha are counted from the bride's star forward, so they change; the other eight do not.
And in the North Indian system
The same two stars score 23 of 36 gunas in Ashtakoota Guna Milan, which most North and West Indian families use. The two systems read overlapping material and weigh it very differently, so a pairing can look strong in one and ordinary in the other. Neither is a correction of the other; families use the one their own tradition uses.
How each porutham was judged
| Porutham | Rule applied |
|---|---|
| Dina | Counted from the bride's star to the groom's and divided by nine; remainders 2, 4, 6, 8 and 0 are held to be favourable. |
| Gana | Present when both belong to the same gana, and accepted when Deva meets Manushya; Deva with Rakshasa is held to be the difficult pairing. |
| Mahendra | Present when the count from the bride's star to the groom's is 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 or 25. |
| Stree Deergha | Present when the groom's star lies more than thirteen from the bride's, counted forward. Some traditions accept more than nine. |
| Yoni | Best when both share an animal, absent when the two animals are traditional enemies, and accepted otherwise. |
| Rasi | Absent when the two signs fall in the 2/12 or 6/8 relationship either way round, and present otherwise. |
| Rasyathipathi | Present when the two sign lords are the same planet or are friends in the classical table. |
| Vasya | Present when either sign is vasya to the other in the classical table, or when both share a sign. |
| Rajju | Present when the two stars fall in different rajjus. Sharing a rajju is the one result many families treat as decisive on its own. |
| Vedha | Absent only for the thirteen pairs of stars held to pierce each other; every other pairing is present. |
Published sources genuinely differ on Dina, on whether Stree Deergha wants a gap of more than nine or more than thirteen, and on the Vedha list. That is why two websites give the same couple different answers. The rules used here are printed above so you can see exactly which tradition this follows and where your family astrologer may differ.
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Questions people ask
Is Ardra and Magha a good porutham match?
With Ardra as the bride's star and Magha as the groom's, 4 of the ten poruthams are present. That is below what most families would accept without an astrologer looking at both charts properly. A real couple's charts can move this, so use the free calculator with birth details.
Is there Rajju dosha between Ardra and Magha?
No. Ardra falls in the Kanta rajju and Magha in the Paada, so Rajju is present.
Does it matter which of Ardra and Magha is the bride's star?
Yes, unlike Guna Milan. Dina and Stree Deergha are counted from the bride's star to the groom's, so reversing them gives 6 of ten instead of 4. This page takes Ardra as the bride.
How does this compare with the 36-point Guna Milan?
The same two stars score 23 of 36 gunas in the North Indian Ashtakoota system, which weighs the same material differently and is symmetric. Most South Indian families use the poruthams; most North Indian families use the gunas.
Ardra as the bride's star, with every groom's star
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