Kṛttikā — Krittika

आनयनप्रकारं च शृणुष्व द्विजपुङ्गव। नामनक्षत्रपर्य्यन्तमार्क्षादि कृत्तिकादितः।।१२।।

RenderingHear now the method of finding it: count from Kṛttikā to the name-nakṣatra.

अष्टोत्तरी द्विधा प्रोक्ता शिवादि कृत्तिकादितः । लग्ने सग्रहे शैवाद् विग्रहे कृत्तिकादितः ।।२७।।

Edition gloss (Hindi)अष्टोत्तरी दशा दो प्रकार की होती है। यदि लग्न में कोई ग्रह हो तो आर्द्रा नक्षत्र से और यदि कोई ग्रह न हो तो कृत्तिका से गणना करना चाहिए।।२७।।

Doctrine recordGaṇa (6 guṇas) — each nakṣatra belongs to the deva, manuṣya or rākṣasa gaṇa (temperament class). The same gaṇa earns 6; deva with manuṣya 5–6; deva with rākṣasa 1; manuṣya with rākṣasa 0. A mismatch here (gaṇa-doṣa) signals a clash of basic temperament, softened when the Moon-sign lords are friends.

Doctrine recordYoni (4 guṇas) — each nakṣatra carries an animal nature (aśva, gaja, meṣa, sarpa, śvāna, mārjāra, mūṣaka, go, mahiṣa, vyāghra, mṛga, vānara, nakula, siṃha). The same yoni earns 4; friendly yonis 3; neutral 2; unfriendly 1; the sworn-enemy pairs (horse–buffalo, elephant–lion, sheep–monkey, serpent–mongoose, dog–hare/deer, cat–rat, cow–tiger) earn 0. It measures instinctive, physical compatibility.

Doctrine recordNāḍī (8 guṇas) — the heaviest kūṭa. The 27 nakṣatras cycle through the three nāḍīs (ādi, madhya, antya), the constitutional current. DIFFERENT nāḍīs earn the full 8; the SAME nāḍī earns 0 and is nāḍī-doṣa, the gravest melāpaka objection (held to bear on progeny and health). The doṣa is classically waived when the two Moons share one rāśi with different nakṣatras, or one nakṣatra with different pādas.