Why Kundli Matching Comes Before Marriage

It is important to match kundlis before marriage because Ashtakoot can still be allowed to say no. The eight kootas, Varna, Vashya, Tara, Yoni, Graha Maitri, Gana, Bhakoot, and Nadi, sum to 36. Nadi is 8 and Bhakoot is 7. A shared nadi or a 6/8 Moon-sign pair is visible on paper before a wedding date is fixed. After the wedding, the same arithmetic still exists and the social fact has changed. The importance is timing: the screen is useful when it can still inform a decision.

The inputs are the two birth nakshatras. The lagnas are not in the total.

Matching does not time the wedding. The 7th lord's dasha does. Matching does not see Mangal dosha, because Mars is outside the eight kootas. A couple can score 30 and carry one-sided Kuja dosha, or score 18 and have two strong 7th lords. The importance of matching is the importance of the Moon-to-Moon questions: temperament class, mutual sign comfort, and nadi. It is not the importance of the entire marriage.

Do the screen, then open both lagnas, both 7th lords, Venus, and both Navamsas. Families that stop at a number have used the tool as a verdict.

The point of doing it before is that a zero nadi or a harsh bhakoot can be discussed while both people have a choice. A later discovery is only information. Neither result, early or late, places a planet in the 7th. A low score is a Moon problem. A high score is a Moon agreement. The marriage house can contradict either.

If the birth times are known, do not let the 36-point habit delay the lagna reading. The Moon screen is quick. The 7th lord is the rest of the importance.