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In short
With Sagittarius entered first, this app scores a Sagittarius-Capricorn pair from 10 to 22.5 out of 36, median 18, across all 81 nakshatra-quarter pairings; Capricorn first adds a point. The signs fix only 3.5 points: Bhakoot is 0 at the 2/12 distance, Vashya 0.5, and Jupiter and Saturn are neutral to each other for a Graha Maitri of 3.
Sagittarius and Capricorn are adjacent signs with a star running across the border between them: Uttara Ashadha has its first pada in Sagittarius and its other three in Capricorn. In Guna Milan the adjacency is costly - the 2/12 distance gives Bhakoot 0 - and the lords, Jupiter and Saturn, are merely neutral to each other. The sign kootas add only 3.5 points. Most of what this pair scores therefore comes from the stars, and the shared star behaves in a way worth looking at closely.
Each sign has a page: Sagittarius, Dhanu rashi and Capricorn, Makara rashi. The nakshatra matching guide explains the kootas; the Kundli matching calculator scores two real charts.
Dhanu and Makar in BPHS
BPHS Ch. 4 Sl. 17-18.5 describes Dhanu as head-rising, lorded by Guru, Sattvic, fiery, "A royal Rasi", strong at night and half biped, half quadruped. Sl. 19-20 describes Makar as lorded by Shani, of Tamo-Gun, earthy, also strong at night, quadruped in its first half and "footless, moving in water" in its second. Both signs, then, change form halfway through in the text's imagery. A further classical point the engine does not use: Ch. 3 Sl. 49-50 puts each graha's debilitation in the 7th sign from its exaltation, which places Jupiter's debilitation in Makar.
A Sagittarius Moon is in Mula (four padas), Purva Ashadha (four) or the first pada of Uttara Ashadha. A Capricorn Moon is in the remaining three padas of Uttara Ashadha, Shravana (four) or the first two padas of Dhanishta.
The kootas this sign pair fixes
| Koota | Out of | Sagittarius first | Capricorn first | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varna | 1 | 0 | 1 | Order-dependent class comparison |
| Vashya | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Groups far apart in the engine's table |
| Graha Maitri | 5 | 3 | 3 | Jupiter and Saturn neutral both ways |
| Bhakoot | 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn is 2nd from Sagittarius; Sagittarius is 12th from Capricorn |
Graha Maitri: in the engine's lists from BPHS Ch. 3 Sl. 55, Jupiter's friends are the Sun, Moon and Mars and its enemies Mercury and Venus; Saturn's friends are Mercury and Venus and its enemies Mars, Sun and Moon. Neither names the other at all, so each is neutral. Neutral-neutral scores 3 - raised from 1 in October 2026, where four web references agreed on the value.
Bhakoot is 0 because the signs are neighbours: 2 and 12 apart. The engine zeroes 2/12, 5/9 and 6/8 on the basis of two agreeing published references; no book in this library has a Bhakoot rule. Bhakoot dosha explains the label. Vashya gives 0.5, its lowest value, and Varna depends on order - 0 with Sagittarius first, 1 with Capricorn first - because the engine compares the first-entered value with the second. Its header calls this unresolved. Varna is used only as the koota's name.
The kootas the nakshatras decide
Nadi is 8 in 66 pairings. It is lost in two places: Purva Ashadha (Madhya) with Dhanishta (Madhya), and the Sagittarius pada of Uttara Ashadha (Antya) with Uttara Ashadha or Shravana on the Capricorn side (both Antya) - 15 pairings in all. Mula, which is Aadi, never shares a Nadi with a Capricorn star.
Gana gives 3 in 42 pairings, 6 in 23 and 0 in 16. The zeroes are Mula (Rakshasa) against Shravana (Deva). The sixes come from Mula with Dhanishta (both Rakshasa) and from either Ashadha with Capricorn's Uttara Ashadha (all Manushya). Yoni has two matches: Purva Ashadha and Shravana are both the Monkey, and Uttara Ashadha is the Mongoose on both sides of the border - 19 pairings at 4, the rest at 2. Tara is 1.5 in 62 pairings and 3 in 19.
The range of totals
With Sagittarius first, the engine's 81 totals run from 10 to 22.5 out of 36, median 18. With Capricorn first: 11 to 23.5, median 19. The sign kootas fix 3.5 (or 4.5); everything else is nakshatra points.
The floor of 10 is a Purva Ashadha Moon with a Dhanishta Moon: shared Madhya Nadi (0), Manushya against Rakshasa (3), Monkey against Lion (2), and Tara 1.5. The ceiling of 22.5 is a Purva Ashadha Moon with a Capricorn Moon in Uttara Ashadha: both Manushya (6), Madhya against Antya (8), Tara favourable both ways (3), Yoni 2. Purva Ashadha appears at both ends, so for a Sagittarius Moon there the partner's star decides almost everything.
Mula is the steadier Sagittarius star here. It always keeps Nadi, and its Gana runs from 0 (against Shravana) to 6 (against Dhanishta). Shravana, the longest Capricorn star in this pairing, is the one Mula should be weighed against: it costs Gana but offers the Monkey Yoni match to Purva Ashadha instead.
The shared star deserves its own note. When the Sagittarius Moon is in the single Sagittarius pada of Uttara Ashadha and the Capricorn Moon is in one of its three Capricorn padas, the two Moons are in the same nakshatra though in different signs. The engine treats that exactly like any shared star: same Nadi (Antya, so 0), same Gana (Manushya, so 6), same animal (Mongoose, so 4), and Tara favourable both ways. The Gana and Yoni gains do not quite make up for the Nadi loss: with Sagittarius entered first these pairings total 16.5, a little below the median of 18.
Dhanishta, the last Capricorn star, is the mirror image of Shravana for a Mula Moon: both Rakshasa, so Gana is full, and Madhya against Aadi, so Nadi is full too.
Every one of these cases depends on knowing the stars, which takes a birth time. The nakshatra calculator finds yours, and Moon sign and nakshatra explains how a star can span two signs.
Worked example: Sagittarius 1 degree with Capricorn 1 degree
At 1 degree, the Sagittarius Moon is in Mula and the Capricorn Moon in Uttara Ashadha. Sagittarius entered first:
| Koota | Score | Out of | What decided it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna | 0 | 1 | Sign: first value lower |
| Vashya | 0.5 | 2 | Sign: groups far apart |
| Tara | 1.5 | 3 | Nakshatra: one direction favourable |
| Yoni | 2 | 4 | Nakshatra: Dog and Mongoose |
| Graha Maitri | 3 | 5 | Sign: Jupiter and Saturn, neutral |
| Gana | 3 | 6 | Nakshatra: Rakshasa and Manushya |
| Bhakoot | 0 | 7 | Sign: 2/12 |
| Nadi | 8 | 8 | Nakshatra: Aadi and Antya |
| Total | 18 | 36 |
At 18 the example lands exactly on the median. Nadi is the only full koota among the nakshatra four; Gana and Yoni are in the middle, and Tara is halved. On Tara, the engine counts inclusively from one star to the other, both ways, treating a remainder of 3, 5 or 7 after division by 9 as unfavourable. Mula to Uttara Ashadha counts 3, which fails; back, it counts 26, remainder 8, which passes. Hence 1.5.
Shift the Sagittarius Moon a few degrees on into Purva Ashadha and keep the Capricorn Moon where it is: Gana becomes 6, Tara becomes 3, and the total rises to the 22.5 ceiling. The sign pair is unchanged; only the star has moved.
What the classical texts say
The corpus provides the sign descriptions, the dignity scheme in Ch. 3 Sl. 49-50 and the friendship lists in Ch. 3 Sl. 55. It contains no Ashtakoot rule: BPHS, Saravali, the Bhrigu Sutras and Advanced Predictive Astrology were searched for bhakoot, koota, kuta, nadi, gana and yoni, and none appears. Nothing in them addresses Sagittarius with Capricorn as a match.
What a score does not tell you
A total under 20 here mostly reflects the 3.5 points the signs contribute, which is a feature of the rules, not of two people. This app does not give verdicts on marriage. Mars placement is a separate check, covered in Mangal dosha: what it is and is not. Nadi dosha explains the same-Nadi rule, and the love compatibility calculator offers a different kind of comparison.
Nearby pairs: Sagittarius and Sagittarius, Capricorn and Capricorn and Sagittarius and Aquarius.
- What is the Guna Milan score for a Sagittarius Moon and a Capricorn Moon?
- From 10 to 22.5 out of 36 with Sagittarius entered first (median 18), and 11 to 23.5 with Capricorn first (median 19), across all 81 nakshatra-quarter pairings in this app.
- Are Jupiter and Saturn enemies?
- Not in the engine's table from BPHS Ch. 3 Sl. 55. Neither lists the other as friend or enemy, so both are neutral, which scores 3 of 5.
- What happens if both Moons are in Uttara Ashadha?
- The star spans both signs. Two Moons in it share the Antya Nadi (0) but match on Gana (6) and Yoni (4). There are 3 such pairings among the 81.
- Does the order of entry matter?
- Yes, by one point, through Varna: 0 with Sagittarius first, 1 with Capricorn first.
- How do we get our real score?
- Enter both birth details in the match tool. For this pair the stars supply most of the total.
Kundli Matching (Guna Milan)
The classical Ashtakoot score out of 36, computed from two birth dates.
This one has its own page
This one runs on its own page, built for it, where the full result is laid out properly. No account is needed there either.