Nakshatra porutham chart: which stars match for marriage
Tamil Nadu rule set · ten poruthams · for a woman and for a man separately
Under the Tamil Nadu rule set, of the 1,296 woman-man pairs of the 36 star-and-rasi rows, 118 are an uthamam (good) match and 27 madhyamam (fair); choose your star to see its matches, for a woman and for a man separately.
Computed with the Namma Calendar app's own porutham rules (Tamil Nadu rule set, ten poruthams)
Star matching is one traditional check. For a full horoscope match, families consult an astrologer. Don't know your star?
How many good matches each star has
| Star | As a woman | As a man |
|---|---|---|
| AswiniMesham rasi | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 1 | Uthamam 7Madhyamam 0 |
| BharaniMesham rasi | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 1 |
| Karthigai (pada 1)Mesham rasi | Uthamam 2Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 2Madhyamam 0 |
| Karthigai (padas 2, 3 and 4)Rishabam rasi | Uthamam 1Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 0 |
| RohiniRishabam rasi | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 1 | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 2 |
| Mirugasirisham (padas 1 and 2)Rishabam rasi | Uthamam 5Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 2 |
| Mirugasirisham (padas 3 and 4)Mithunam rasi | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 1 | Uthamam 6Madhyamam 0 |
| ThiruvathiraiMithunam rasi | Uthamam 7Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 1 |
| Punarpoosam (padas 1, 2 and 3)Mithunam rasi | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 1 |
| Punarpoosam (pada 4)Kadagam rasi | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 2 | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 1 |
| PoosamKadagam rasi | Uthamam 5Madhyamam 1 | Uthamam 1Madhyamam 2 |
| AyilyamKadagam rasi | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 0Madhyamam 0 |
| MagamSimmam rasi | Uthamam 0Madhyamam 1 | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 1 |
| PooramSimmam rasi | Uthamam 1Madhyamam 2 | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 1 |
| Uthiram (pada 1)Simmam rasi | Uthamam 5Madhyamam 1 | Uthamam 2Madhyamam 1 |
| Uthiram (padas 2, 3 and 4)Kanni rasi | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 2 | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 1 |
| HasthamKanni rasi | Uthamam 9Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 2Madhyamam 3 |
| Chithirai (padas 1 and 2)Kanni rasi | Uthamam 2Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 0 |
| Chithirai (padas 3 and 4)Thulam rasi | Uthamam 2Madhyamam 1 | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 0 |
| SwathiThulam rasi | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 2 | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 0 |
| Visakam (padas 1, 2 and 3)Thulam rasi | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 2Madhyamam 0 |
| Visakam (pada 4)Viruchigam rasi | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 1Madhyamam 1 |
| AnushamViruchigam rasi | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 5Madhyamam 2 |
| KettaiViruchigam rasi | Uthamam 5Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 1Madhyamam 0 |
| MoolamDhanusu rasi | Uthamam 0Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 0 |
| PooradamDhanusu rasi | Uthamam 2Madhyamam 3 | Uthamam 5Madhyamam 0 |
| Uthiradam (pada 1)Dhanusu rasi | Uthamam 5Madhyamam 1 | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 1 |
| Uthiradam (padas 2, 3 and 4)Magaram rasi | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 2 | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 0 |
| ThiruvonamMagaram rasi | Uthamam 4Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 1 |
| Avittam (padas 1 and 2)Magaram rasi | Uthamam 1Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 2Madhyamam 0 |
| Avittam (padas 3 and 4)Kumbam rasi | Uthamam 1Madhyamam 1 | Uthamam 1Madhyamam 0 |
| SadayamKumbam rasi | Uthamam 5Madhyamam 1 | Uthamam 2Madhyamam 2 |
| Poorattathi (padas 1, 2 and 3)Kumbam rasi | Uthamam 1Madhyamam 1 | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 1 |
| Poorattathi (pada 4)Meenam rasi | Uthamam 1Madhyamam 1 | Uthamam 5Madhyamam 0 |
| UthirattathiMeenam rasi | Uthamam 3Madhyamam 2 | Uthamam 7Madhyamam 1 |
| RevathiMeenam rasi | Uthamam 5Madhyamam 0 | Uthamam 5Madhyamam 1 |
Rasi matching: which rasi suits which
Rasi alone does not decide the grade; the star does. This table counts, for the woman's rasi, the men's rasis that give uthamam (U) and madhyamam (M) star pairs, most first.
| Woman's rasi | Man's rasi (pairs) |
|---|---|
| Mesham | Dhanusu (U 3), Magaram (U 2), Meenam (U 2), Mesham (U 1, M 1), Viruchigam (U 1), Kumbam (U 1) |
| Rishabam | Meenam (U 3), Mesham (U 2), Kumbam (U 2), Rishabam (U 1, M 1), Viruchigam (U 1), Magaram (U 1) |
| Mithunam | Meenam (U 4), Mesham (U 3), Rishabam (U 3), Mithunam (U 2, M 1), Dhanusu (U 1), Kumbam (U 1) |
| Kadagam | Mithunam (U 3), Meenam (U 3), Mesham (U 2), Rishabam (U 1, M 2), Kadagam (U 1, M 1), Magaram (U 1) |
| Simmam | Mesham (U 3), Simmam (U 1, M 1), Mithunam (U 1), Kadagam (U 1), Kumbam (M 2), Rishabam (M 1) |
| Kanni | Simmam (U 4), Rishabam (U 3), Mithunam (U 3), Meenam (U 3), Kadagam (U 1, M 1), Kanni (U 1, M 1) |
| Thulam | Mesham (U 2), Rishabam (U 2), Mithunam (U 2), Simmam (U 1, M 2), Kanni (U 1), Thulam (U 1), Kadagam (M 1) |
| Viruchigam | Thulam (U 4), Kanni (U 3), Rishabam (U 2), Kadagam (U 1), Simmam (U 1), Viruchigam (U 1) |
| Dhanusu | Mithunam (U 2, M 1), Simmam (U 2), Dhanusu (U 1, M 1), Thulam (U 1), Viruchigam (U 1), Kanni (M 2) |
| Magaram | Dhanusu (U 4), Kanni (U 2), Magaram (U 1, M 1), Thulam (U 1), Viruchigam (M 1) |
| Kumbam | Thulam (U 3), Viruchigam (U 1, M 2), Kumbam (U 1, M 1), Dhanusu (U 1), Magaram (U 1) |
| Meenam | Meenam (U 2, M 2), Viruchigam (U 2), Magaram (U 2), Kanni (U 1, M 1), Dhanusu (U 1), Kumbam (U 1) |
From the man's rasi
| Man's rasi | Woman's rasi (pairs) |
|---|---|
| Mesham | Mithunam (U 3), Simmam (U 3), Rishabam (U 2), Kadagam (U 2), Thulam (U 2), Mesham (U 1, M 1) |
| Rishabam | Mithunam (U 3), Kanni (U 3), Thulam (U 2), Viruchigam (U 2), Kadagam (U 1, M 2), Rishabam (U 1, M 1), Simmam (M 1) |
| Mithunam | Kadagam (U 3), Kanni (U 3), Mithunam (U 2, M 1), Dhanusu (U 2, M 1), Thulam (U 2), Simmam (U 1) |
| Kadagam | Kadagam (U 1, M 1), Kanni (U 1, M 1), Simmam (U 1), Viruchigam (U 1), Thulam (M 1) |
| Simmam | Kanni (U 4), Dhanusu (U 2), Thulam (U 1, M 2), Simmam (U 1, M 1), Viruchigam (U 1) |
| Kanni | Viruchigam (U 3), Magaram (U 2), Kanni (U 1, M 1), Meenam (U 1, M 1), Thulam (U 1), Dhanusu (M 2) |
| Thulam | Viruchigam (U 4), Kumbam (U 3), Thulam (U 1), Dhanusu (U 1), Magaram (U 1) |
| Viruchigam | Meenam (U 2), Kumbam (U 1, M 2), Mesham (U 1), Rishabam (U 1), Viruchigam (U 1), Dhanusu (U 1), Magaram (M 1) |
| Dhanusu | Magaram (U 4), Mesham (U 3), Dhanusu (U 1, M 1), Mithunam (U 1), Kumbam (U 1), Meenam (U 1) |
| Magaram | Mesham (U 2), Meenam (U 2), Magaram (U 1, M 1), Rishabam (U 1), Kadagam (U 1), Kumbam (U 1) |
| Kumbam | Rishabam (U 2), Kumbam (U 1, M 1), Mesham (U 1), Mithunam (U 1), Meenam (U 1), Simmam (M 2) |
| Meenam | Mithunam (U 4), Rishabam (U 3), Kadagam (U 3), Kanni (U 3), Meenam (U 2, M 2), Mesham (U 2) |
How this chart is worked out
The 27 stars, as 36 rows under the rasi each falls in, are matched against one another by the same rules as the /porutham/ calculator. Eight or more of ten with all five of Dinam, Ganam, Yoni, Rasi and Rajju is uthamam; six or seven, again with all five, is madhyamam. When both share one rajju the grade does not rise whatever the count.
Frequently asked
Which nakshatra matches which for marriage?
Every star has its own page: all 36 star-and-rasi rows are matched against it, the uthamam and madhyamam ones first. The groom's star is counted from the bride's, so the lists for a woman and for a man differ.
Is a matching rasi enough?
No. Rasi is one of the ten poruthams, and within one rasi the grade still changes with the star. The rasi table below counts how many star pairs between two rasis come out uthamam or madhyamam.
Do I need to know the pada?
The rules read only the star and the rasi it falls in. Karthigai, Mirugasirisham, Punarpoosam, Uthiram, Chithirai, Visakam, Uthiradam, Avittam, Poorattathi (9 stars) have padas in two rasis, so for those alone the pada, or the rasi, is needed.
What if both have the same star?
Under the Tamil Nadu rule set, the same star-and-rasi row on both sides means one shared rajju, so the grade is neither uthamam nor madhyamam. Talk it over with your family astrologer.
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