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Mrigashira and Dhanishta Porutham
With Mrigashira as the bride's star and Dhanishta as the groom's, 6 of the ten poruthams are present. That is comfortably above the line most families use, with Rajju intact.
The ten poruthams
| Porutham · what it reads | Result | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Dina day-to-day wellbeing, health and prosperity in the marriage | Absent | Counted from Mrigashira to Dhanishta the gap is 19, which leaves 1 on division by nine. |
| Gana temperament — whether two natures sit easily together | Absent | Mrigashira is a Deva star and Dhanishta a Rakshasa star. |
| Mahendra children and the continuation of the family line | Present | The count from Mrigashira to Dhanishta is 19. |
| Stree Deergha the wife's long life and security | Present | The count from Mrigashira to Dhanishta is 19. |
| Yoni physical and emotional intimacy | Present | Mrigashira is the serpent yoni and Dhanishta the lion. |
| Rasi how the two families and fortunes sit together over time | Present | Counted from Vrishabha, Makara is the 9th sign, and counted back it is the 5th. |
| Rasyathipathi friendship between the planets ruling the two signs | Present | Vrishabha is ruled by Venus and Makara by Saturn, and the two are friendly. |
| Vasya mutual attraction and the natural pull between the two | Absent | Vrishabha and Makara are not a vasya pair. |
| Rajju the length and safety of the marriage itself | Present | Mrigashira falls in the Siro rajju and Dhanishta in the Kanta. |
| Vedha whether the two stars obstruct each other | Absent | Mrigashira and Dhanishta are a vedha pair. |
What this means for Mrigashira and Dhanishta
The ones that are not present are Dina, Gana, Vasya and Vedha. Rajju is present, which is the single result most families check first.
Mrigashira is a Deva gana star of the serpent yoni, in the Siro rajju; Dhanishta is Rakshasa gana, lion yoni, Kanta rajju. For the four sign-based poruthams this page takes the moon in Vrishabha for Mrigashira and Makara for Dhanishta, which is where each star's padas mostly fall.
The other way round
Porutham is not symmetric. With Dhanishta as the bride's star and Mrigashira as the groom's, the result is 5 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 12 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 Mrigashira and Dhanishta a good porutham match?
With Mrigashira as the bride's star and Dhanishta as the groom's, 6 of the ten poruthams are present. That is comfortably above the line most families use, with Rajju intact. A real couple's charts can move this, so use the free calculator with birth details.
Is there Rajju dosha between Mrigashira and Dhanishta?
No. Mrigashira falls in the Siro rajju and Dhanishta in the Kanta, so Rajju is present.
Does it matter which of Mrigashira and Dhanishta 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 5 of ten instead of 6. This page takes Mrigashira as the bride.
How does this compare with the 36-point Guna Milan?
The same two stars score 12 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.
Mrigashira as the bride's star, with every groom's star
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