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Graha Maitri koota in Ashtakoot matching (5 points)
Kundaligram education desk · About · Updated 2026-09-26
Graha Maitri is worth 5 of 36 points. It compares the lords of the bride’s and groom’s Moon signs using natural (naisargika) friendship, not the temporary friendship that changes with house placement. The same lord scores 5. Friend with friend scores 5, friend with neutral 4, neutral with neutral 3, friend with enemy 2, neutral with enemy 1, and enemy with enemy 0. Kundaligram applies that table in both directions.
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Sign lords, not the planets sitting together
If her Moon is in Aries, her sign lord for this koota is Mars. If his Moon is in Leo, his lord is the Sun. The score is about Mars and the Sun as natural friends, even if those planets sit in difficult houses in the birth charts.
Natal dignity still matters when you read the marriage itself. It is a separate step from this 5-point row.
The point table is directional
Natural friendship is not always mutual. The engine records her lord’s relation to his, and his lord’s relation to hers, then looks up the pair. Friend-to-enemy is 2 from either side. Neutral-to-enemy is 1. Enemy-to-enemy is 0.
When both Moons share a sign lord — both in Aries or both in Scorpio, for example — the score is 5 without consulting the friendship table.
Natural friendship only
Parashari astrology also teaches compound friendship, which mixes natural relations with temporary relations from the planet’s house. Graha Maitri in this Ashtakoot implementation does not do that mix. Temporary friendship would change whenever you recompute houses; this koota stays a property of the two Moon signs.
Rahu and Ketu are not Moon-sign lords, so they do not appear in the friendship lookup.
Five points still are not the marriage
A perfect Graha Maitri is a strong single row, larger than Varna, Vashya, Tara, or Yoni. It is still smaller than Gana, Bhakoot, or Nadi. Two charts can score 5 here and 0 on Nadi.
On Kundaligram, read the row, then use the chart conversation to ask how the Moon-sign lords actually sit — house, dignity, and dasha — instead of stopping at the friendship label.
Frequently asked questions
- Are Sun and Moon friends in this table?
- Yes. Each lists the other as a natural friend, so a Cancer Moon with a Leo Moon is a friend-friend pair and scores 5.
- Does exalted Mars change Graha Maitri?
- No. Only the Moon-sign lords’ natural relationship is scored. Exaltation belongs to chart reading, not this row.
- Why might another app show a different Graha Maitri score?
- Usually the Moon signs differ (ayanamsa or birth time), or that app used compound friendship. Kundaligram stays on natural friendship of the Lahiri Moon signs.