How many points is Graha Maitri Koota worth?

Graha Maitri Koota is worth 5 points out of 36. It reads mental compatibility and friendship by comparing the ruling planets of the two Moon signs.

How is Graha Maitri scored?

The lords of both Moon signs are checked for friend, neutral, or enemy status in both directions. Mutual friends earn the full 5 points; mutual enemies still earn 0.5, so the pairing never scores absolute zero.

Does a low Graha Maitri mean we will not get along?

No. It only suggests two minds that may read situations differently and need more negotiation. Many couples with a low score build a deep mental partnership over time. Real communication style is read from Mercury and the 3rd house in both full charts.

Graha Maitri Koota: The 5-Point Mental Friendship Test

Graha Maitri Koota is the fifth matching test and carries 5 points out of 36. Graha means planet and maitri means friendship. The test reads mental compatibility by comparing the lords of the two partners' Moon signs.

How the planets are compared

Every sign has a ruling planet. Aries and Scorpio are ruled by Mars, Taurus and Libra by Venus, Gemini and Virgo by Mercury, Cancer by the Moon, Leo by the Sun, Sagittarius and Pisces by Jupiter, and Capricorn and Aquarius by Saturn. To score Graha Maitri, you find the lord of the bride's Moon sign and the lord of the groom's Moon sign, then check how those two planets relate.

Vedic astrology fixes friend, neutral, and enemy relationships between the planets. The Sun and Moon are friends to most; Saturn and the Sun read as enemies; Mercury and the Moon read as enemies; and so on through a known table.

How the 5 points are scored

Both directions are checked. If both lords treat each other as friends, the couple earns the full 5 points. Friend-and-neutral earns 4. Mutual neutral earns 3. Neutral-and-enemy earns 1. Mutual enemy earns 0.5. The half-point floor means even the hardest pairing scores something. The result describes how two minds meet, how easily thoughts and decisions flow between the partners.

What the score means

A strong Graha Maitri suggests an easy meeting of minds, the partners thinking along similar lines and enjoying each other's company. A weak score points to two minds that may read situations differently, which can mean more negotiation in how decisions get made. That is a workable difference, not a fault. Many couples with low Graha Maitri build deep mental partnership over years.

Holding 5 points in proportion

At five points, Graha Maitri carries real weight in the total, but it still reads only the Moon-sign lords. It does not see Mangal dosha, the overlap of dasha periods, or the 7th house. A weak score is a prompt to look at communication patterns in both full charts, not a reason to refuse, and certainly not something to pay to fix.

AstroMedha scores Graha Maitri within the full eight-koota match and reads it alongside Mercury, the 3rd house, and the 7th house in both birth charts, so mental compatibility is drawn from the whole chart rather than a single planetary pairing.

Common questions

How many points is Graha Maitri Koota worth?: Graha Maitri Koota is worth 5 points out of 36. It reads mental compatibility and friendship by comparing the ruling planets of the two Moon signs.
How is Graha Maitri scored?: The lords of both Moon signs are checked for friend, neutral, or enemy status in both directions. Mutual friends earn the full 5 points; mutual enemies still earn 0.5, so the pairing never scores absolute zero.
Does a low Graha Maitri mean we will not get along?: No. It only suggests two minds that may read situations differently and need more negotiation. Many couples with a low score build a deep mental partnership over time. Real communication style is read from Mercury and the 3rd house in both full charts.