Nadi Dosha Exceptions in the Matching Rules

Vrishabha can hold Krittika's later padas and the whole of Rohini, and both of those nakshatras are Antya. Two Moons in Vrishabha, one in Krittika and one in Rohini, share Antya nadi and share a sign. The same-sign exception is the one matchers cite here. Mithuna offers another shape: Mrigashira's later part and Ardra are different nadis, so that pair may not be Nadi dosha at all. The exception only matters after you have confirmed the nadis really match. It is a pardon inside a real zero, not a reason to skip the lookup. Bhakoot, the sign koota worth 7 points, will often look friendly in this same-sign case, which is why the total can survive a Nadi problem.

Nine nakshatras cross a sign boundary: Krittika, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Vishakha, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, and Purva Bhadrapada. A Krittika Moon in Mesha and a Krittika Moon in Vrishabha share a nakshatra and not a rashi. That is the second classical exception. Mula does not qualify for it, because Mula sits entirely inside Dhanu. Rohini sits entirely inside Vrishabha. Applying the exception to a star that never crosses a boundary is a misreading. Pada-level softening, where the quarters differ inside one star and one sign, is a further local custom and needs the exact quarter, which means the birth time has to be good enough to fix the Moon inside 3 degrees and 20 minutes.

An exception that the texts accept still leaves you with two people, two lagnas, and two 7th lords. Venus mahadasha of twenty years and the 7th lord's antardasha time the marriage whether or not Nadi was pardoned. D9 can contradict a friendly guna sheet. Mangal dosha can sit on top of a pardoned nadi. Jyothish SI will compute the nakshatra and the pada from the city and the minute using Lahiri ayanamsa. If the time is rounded to the hour, do not claim the pada exception. Claim only what the time can support, and let the 7th house carry the decision the guna table cannot finish.