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Bhakoot Dosha on the Matching Sheet
Bhakoot dosha is a seven-point item inside the thirty-six of Ashtakoota, lost when the Moon signs are 6/8 or 2/12, and those seven points are a pre-wedding score rather than the seventh house of married life.
Seven points, two patterns
Bhakoot compares the couple's Moon signs and is worth 7 of the 36 Ashtakoota points. The dosha is counted when the signs fall six and eight from each other, or two and twelve. Other distances, including the trines, generally keep the points. This is arithmetic done before a wedding. It does not describe Tuesday evenings after the wedding. The seventh house of marriage does that, with its lord and with Navamsa. A zero on Bhakoot can sit beside a strong seventh. A full 7 can sit beside a broken one.
Remedies are not erasers
Matching manuals discuss exceptions. This page does not invent a cancellation to comfort a family. The practical response is to read the rest of the kootas, especially Nadi's 8 points, and then both charts. A remedy aimed at deleting the Moon signs is not available. The Moons were born where they were. Conduct, a careful muhurta, and honesty about the score are available. Nothing here binds a reluctant partner or punishes a parent who objects.
Lahiri signs or a wrong score
The Moon signs must be sidereal under Lahiri. A tropical pair can show a false 6/8 or hide a real one near the sign boundary. Jyothish SI casts both Moons from birth data. The score is then a number, not a destiny. Venus mahadasha lasts 20 years and may carry the marriage whether Bhakoot was 0 or 7. The sheet is a precaution. The houses are the marriage.
Frequently asked questions
When is Bhakoot dosha counted?
When the two Moon signs are 6/8 or 2/12 from each other, so the 7 Bhakoot points inside the 36 are lost.
Does the score describe married life?
It is a pre-wedding Moon-sign score. Life after the vow is the seventh house, its lord, and Navamsa.
Can a rite remove it?
No. The Moon signs do not move. Read the other kootas and both seventh houses. Do not try to override a person.
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