Antya nadi for both partners: its nine stars, the bride question and the exceptions
Antya nadi is the last of the three nadi groups, linked to kapha, and it is the group with the most routes out of the dosha in the calculation below.
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Both of us are antya nadi. I'm Rohini and he is Krittika. My aunt says antya nadi affects the girl. Is that what the books say?
Please share both birth times and places. That idea is one view in a commentary, not the verse itself. Rohini and Krittika can both be in Taurus, so I first check whether that exception applies.
Short answer
Antya nadi dosha means both partners' Moon stars are in the last group: Krittika, Rohini, Ashlesha, Magha, Swati, Vishakha, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana or Revati 12. One view in the Muhurta Chintamani commentary reads it as weighing on the bride, and some allow it an extra exception 1. Three pairs of antya stars can share a Moon sign 3. On Kismo, verified Vedic astrologers check both charts by chat or call, online from anywhere.
What are the key facts about nadi dosha?
| Answer | |
|---|---|
| Stars in antya nadi | Krittika, Rohini, Ashlesha, Magha, Swati, Vishakha, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana, Revati 2 |
| Humour in Raman's reading | Kapha, which Raman calls sleshma or phlegm 2 |
| How often both partners are antya | About 1 random couple in 9 (calculated, below) |
| Sign pairs inside the group | Krittika and Rohini, Swati and Vishakha, Uttara Ashadha and Shravana 3 |
| Bride or groom | One commentary view links antya to the bride, adi to the groom 1 |
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What does an astrologer check when both partners are in antya nadi?
- Both stars in the antya list. The verse builds it from Swati, Krittika, Ashlesha and Uttara Ashadha, each with the next star, plus Revati 1.
- A shared Moon sign. Krittika and Rohini meet in Taurus, Swati and Vishakha in Libra, Uttara Ashadha and Shravana in Capricorn 3.
- A split star. Krittika, Vishakha and Uttara Ashadha cross a sign border, so two partners in one of them can still have different signs 3.
- The padas, read in Raman's way. Two antya stars can carry padas of different nadis when counted by quarter 2.
- The school's view of the bride and groom. Some astrologers follow the commentary view that antya weighs on the bride; many do not 1.
What changes the answer when both of you are in antya nadi?
- Which antya stars you hold. Ashlesha and Magha sit side by side but in Cancer and Leo, so that pair cannot use the same-sign route.
- Whether your astrologer accepts an extra antya exception. The commentary says some allow one; others apply antya like adi 1.
- Your region. Like adi, antya is a side nadi, which the commentary does not apply south of the Godavari 1.
- The star itself in Kerala practice. Prasna Marga bars a shared star for only three antya stars: Rohini, Ashlesha and Magha 4.
Do antya nadi couples meet exceptions more often than others?
Antya nadi couples meet the exceptions slightly more often than adi or madhya couples in the calculation. It used public astronomical data with the open-source astronomia library: 30,000 random couples born 1980 to 2005, Lahiri sidereal Moon.
| Calculated fact | Antya nadi |
|---|---|
| Couples with both partners in antya nadi | 10.9% |
| Antya couples with the same sign but different stars | 5.7% |
| Antya couples cleared by any Muhurta Chintamani 6.37 exception | 14.2% |
| Antya couples whose pada nadis differ in Raman's count | 63.3%, the highest of the three |
| Births with the Moon in an antya star | 33.1% |
What do the classical texts say about antya nadi?
Muhurta Chintamani verse 6.34 calls the third group the apara, or last, nadi 1. It names the stars from Vayu, Agni, Vyala and Vishva, meaning Swati, Krittika, Ashlesha and Uttara Ashadha, each with the next star, and then Paushna, which is Revati 1.
The Hindi commentary carries two remarks that touch antya alone. It records a view that antya nadi weighs on the bride, while adi weighs on the groom 1. It also notes that some astrologers allow antya nadi a further exception, without naming it 1.
Raman's Muhurtha names the last line sleshma, the phlegm humour, now usually called kapha 2. He lists antya with adi as the lines a couple may share under certain circumstances, unlike the middle one 2. Prasna Marga gives the same nine stars as its third rajju group 4.
| Text | What it says about antya nadi | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Muhurta Chintamani 6.34 | The apara nadi, from Swati, Krittika, Ashlesha, Uttara Ashadha and Revati | 1 |
| Commentary on 6.34 | One view: weighs on the bride; some allow it a further exception | 1 |
| Raman, Muhurtha pp. 91-92 | Sleshma; may be shared in some cases | 2 |
| Prasna Marga 21.15 and 21.50 | Third rajju group; shared star barred only for Rohini, Ashlesha, Magha | 4 |
Which antya nadi star pairs can share a Moon sign?
Three antya nadi star pairs can share a Moon sign, the pairs that lie next to each other inside one sign. For them, the same-sign exception in Muhurta Chintamani 6.37 is open 3.
| Star pair | Shared sign | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Krittika and Rohini | Taurus (Krittika padas 2-4) | Krittika pada 1 is in Aries |
| Swati and Vishakha | Libra (Vishakha padas 1-3) | Vishakha pada 4 is in Scorpio |
| Uttara Ashadha and Shravana | Capricorn (Uttara Ashadha padas 2-4) | Uttara Ashadha pada 1 is in Sagittarius |
| Ashlesha and Magha | None: Cancer and Leo | Neighbours, but split by a sign border |
Is antya nadi dosha applied in South India?
Antya nadi dosha is often not applied in South India, according to the Muhurta Chintamani commentary, which drops the two side nadis south of the Godavari 1. Kerala practice checks the same stars as rajju instead. Prasna Marga's notes single out the middle group as very inauspicious and count a shared first or third group as a fault too 4.
What do people get wrong about this?
Belief: Antya nadi dosha only affects the girl.
That is one view recorded in a commentary, not the verse 1. Muhurta Chintamani 6.34 itself reads a shared nadi as a fault for the couple, without naming one partner 1.
Belief: Rohini girls cannot marry antya nadi boys.
A Rohini Moon is antya, so an antya partner shares the nadi. But a Krittika partner in Taurus meets the same-sign exception 3, and an adi or madhya partner gets the full points.
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What does antya nadi mean in kundli matching?
Antya nadi is the last of the three nadi groups in kundli matching. Its nine stars are Krittika, Rohini, Ashlesha, Magha, Swati, Vishakha, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana and Revati. Raman's Muhurtha links it to kapha. It only matters when both partners' birth stars fall in it.
Is antya nadi with antya nadi a bad match?
Antya with antya gets 0 of 8 nadi points, but the texts do not stop there. Three antya star pairs can share a Moon sign, which clears the dosha in Muhurta Chintamani. Raman allows the outer nadis in some cases, and one commentary drops them in South India.
Does antya nadi dosha apply to both the boy and the girl?
Yes, the rule compares both partners, so it applies to the couple. The verse names no single partner. A view recorded in the Hindi commentary says antya weighs on the bride, and some families follow it, so ask your astrologer which reading they use and why.
Is antya nadi compatible with adi nadi?
Yes, antya with adi gets the full 8 nadi points, because the partners are in different groups. Antya with madhya is the same. The rest of the match and both charts still decide what an astrologer says about the pairing as a whole.
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Someone told us antya nadi dosha can only be removed with a gold donation. Is that true?
No, nothing can be promised from any donation. The Muhurta Chintamani commentary does mention a gift of a gold nadi as a traditional practice, but the same text gives exceptions checked in the charts for free. Get a second opinion before paying for any ritual or gift.
How do I find out whether I am antya nadi?
Your nadi comes from your Moon's birth star, which needs your date, time and place of birth. A free kundli tool shows the star; if it is one of the nine antya stars, you are antya. On Kismo, an astrologer can confirm the star and pada for both partners in a session.
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Where do these facts come from?
- Muhurta Chintamani of Daivagya Shri Ramacharya with Hindi commentary by Pt. Mahidhara Sharma, ch. 6 v. 34 and commentary, pp. 84-85, Khemraj Shri Krishna Das Prakashan, Mumbai, via Internet Archive. Accessed .
- Muhurtha or Electional Astrology, nadi kuta, pp. 91-92 (B. V. Raman, 1948), Internet Archive (Digital Library of India). Accessed .
- Muhurta Chintamani, ch. 6 v. 37 with Hindi commentary, p. 88, Khemraj Shri Krishna Das Prakashan, Mumbai, via Internet Archive. Accessed .
- Prasna Marga, Part 2, chapter 21: marriage compatibility, stanzas 15 and 50 with notes (tr. B. V. Raman), Internet Archive. Accessed .
