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When a Family Says the Kundlis Do Not Match
The number is not the marriage. Identify the failed koota, check a real cancellation, open the Navamsa, and look at both dashas. That sequence replaces a pile of things to do.

Ask which line failed
When a partner's kundli is said not to match, the usual score is Ashtakoota, and the living marriage question remains the 7th house, its lord, and the D9 Navamsa. The first act is to name the failed factor. Varna, vashya, tara, yoni, graha maitri, gana, bhakoot, and nadi are not interchangeable. A total of 18 that failed on nadi is a different conversation from a total of 18 that failed on several small factors. Mangal dosha may have been folded into the word match even though it is not one of the eight. If the report does not say, the report is not finished. Do not book a shanti for an unnamed zero.
Then test the chart, not the mood
Recalculate only if the birth time is honestly uncertain near a nakshatra edge. Do not nudge a true time. Check the cancellation the scorer's own manual allows, such as a same-lord Bhakoot pair, and ask whether he applied it. Then open both D9 charts and both 7th lords. A low guna score with two supported Navamsa 7ths is a score problem. A high score with a 7th lord in the 8th of sudden change in the Navamsa is a marriage problem the score missed. The Vimshottari dasha in each life tells you whether this year is even a marriage year. Two people can match on paper and be in dashas that will not marry. Forcing the year because the family finally agreed invents a muhurta.
Decide with the disagreement visible
There is no fifth step that erases the partner's chart. Adults can marry with a named, understood zero when the 7th houses agree. They can refuse a pretty total when the 7th houses do not. A rite, if the family needs one to proceed, should be the rite for the factor that actually failed, not a generic mismatch package. A gemstone is not a step in matching. It follows a planet named later, for a house you intend to wake. Keep a written note: which koota, what cancellation, what the two D9 charts said, what the two dashas are. That note is the whole method. Anything sold as five easy things to make a bad match good is selling a result the arithmetic cannot cash.
Frequently asked questions
Is 18 points a universal cutoff?
It is a customary family number. It is not a law of the 7th house. Ask what failed, then read the Navamsa.
Should we consult a second astrologer?
Yes if the first never opened the D9 or never named the koota. No if you only want a higher total from the same Moons.
Does love override the score?
Love is the 5th house. Marriage is the 7th and the D9. Affection explains why you are asking. It does not replace the two charts.
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