What is the Significance of 10 Poruthams in marraige?

The Poruthams or Kutams are the factors of compatibility analysis in Kundali matching. Poruthams tells us about different types of Compatibilities between a couple. There are mainly 10 types of Porutham viz., Dina porutham, Rasi porutham, Gana porutham, Yoni porutham, Mahendra porutham, Stree Dirgha porutham, Vashya porutham, Rajju porutham, Rashyadhipati porutham, Vedha porutham and Nadi porutham.

Note: Vedha porutham or Nadi porutham is used as the tenth porutham. It depends on the approach and astrologer.

Porutham Importance
Dina Porutham Health and Longevity of Partners
Rasi Porutham Overall Prosperity of Relationship
Gana Porutham Temperamental compatibility of life partners
Yoni Porutham Sexual compatibility
Mahendra Porutham General indications of Progeny
Stree Dirgha Porutham Prosperity due to life partner
Vashya Porutham Mutual Harmony
Rajju Porutham Longevity of both life partners
Rashyadhipati Porutham Friendliness between two people
Vedha Porutham Ability to overcome difficulties together
Nadi Porutham Elemental compatibilities of a couple

Let us see what importance each of the Porutham have in marriage-matching.

Dina Porutham or Nakshatra Porutham

Dina Porutham gives us an idea about the kind of influence partner might have on each other at the physiological level. Hence, Dina Porutham is linked with the health and longevity of both bride and groom in a relationship. Therefore, Dina Porutham says about the intangible prosperity of marriage and relationship.

Dina Porutham is Nakshatra based Porutham in Kundali matching. In fact, Dina is also known as Nakshatra Porutham in Northern India, while it is known as Dina Porutham in Southern India. Dina might refer to a Nakshatra day of the traditional Indian lunar calendar since Dina is a day.

Rasi Porutham

Rasi Porutham tells us about the impact of the partnership of two people. The impact here is both outwards and inwards as well. This means Rasi Porutham can tell us how one life partner is going to affect the overall prosperity of another life partner and vice versa.

Rasi Porutham even tells about the outwards impact of the relationship. How the relationship of the couple is going to impact the family, extended family, in-laws and the prosperity of the overall social structure they live in.

Rasi Porutham is a Rashi based Porutham. Therefore the name Rasi Porutham. The Rasi or Rashi means the lunar zodiac sign during birth. The boy's Rasi and the girl's Rasi is considered for measuring Rasi Porutham.

Gana Porutham

Gana Porutham gives us an idea about the temperament of the life partners, the boy and girl. Gana Porutham is a factor in marriage compatibility which tells mainly about mental compatibility and Behavioural compatibility. Gana Porutham is the happiness derived from the natural rapport between two individuals.

Gana Porutham gives us an idea of how readily two people can adapt to one another.

Gana Porutham depends on the Gana of Nakshatra of the boy and the girl. Hence, Gana Porutham is the Nakshatra based Porutham.

Yoni Porutham

Yoni Porutham tells us mainly about the sexual compatibility between a bride and groom. This sexual compatibility has a specific meaning in Indian horoscope matching and astrology. Yoni Porutham in the matter of sexual compatibility evaluates the desire for sex between a couple and it also ensures how successful the mating can be between a boy and girl.

A bad Yoni Porutham might signal a less than satisfying sexual life.

Yoni Porutham depends on the Nakshatra yoni type. Hence, Yoni Porutham is a Nakshatra based Porutham.

Mahendra Porutham

Mahendra Porutham tells us about the ability of a couple to have good children or good progeny is indicated by this porutham.

Mahendra Porutham says about the general indications of the children in married life. Those indications are the health of children, prosperity of children and also the longevity of children.

Mahendra Porutham is the Nakshatra based Porutham.

Stree Dirgha Porutham

Stree Dirgha Porutham tells about the prosperity of a person due to his life partner. This prosperity of a relationship is more about tangible prosperity and wealth, but not limited to it. The real prosperity of married life also includes sukha of marriage which essentially means a happy married life.

The name 'Stree Dirgha' for this porutham is interesting. It gives an idea that it might be related to the notion of - women treated as Lakshmi or the goddess of prosperity for a household. Therefore, Stree Dirgha Porutham might say about how a woman can impact the prosperity of her husband after entering his life.

Stree Dirgha Porutham is also a Nakshatra based Porutham

Vashya Porutham

Vashya Porutham or Vasya Porutham says about the mutual harmony between a bride and groom. Vasya can be understood as the control of the relationship or the mutual respect of partners for each other. Vashya Porutham, though not of prime importance, contributes towards the overall prospect of marriage and relationship.

Vashya Porutham tells about the connection of a couple. Basically in Vedic astrology, it has been said that Vashya Porutham indicates a connection between two people that helps in the growth, and prosperity of a marriage as well. Concerning spiritual and professional growth, this marriage matching porutham may also help to grow a good relationship between the life partners.

Vashya Porutham is a Rasi based Porutham.

Rajju Porutham

Rajju Porutham gives valuable information about the longevity of both life partners. A good match in Rajju Porutham is said to give long life to both partners. Therefore, Rajju Porutham is one of the most important Porutham.

A group of astrologers also says that Rajju Porutham is all about husbands longevity. But we trust its applications to both of the life partners and it is more acceptable in modern-day applications.

Rajju Porutham is a Nakshatra based Porutham. It depends on the birth star or the Nakshatra of Moon during birth.

Rashyadhipati Porutham

Rashyaadhipati Porutham deals with the compatibility or friendliness of the Rasi lords of zodiac signs of a boy and a girl. This Porutham evaluates the relationship between two planets that rules the respective Moon signs of the bride and the groom.

There are different opinions on specific applications of this porutham. But we believe that Rashyadhipati Porutham should be taken for the overall marriage compatibility and for the degrees of friendliness two people can have in their respective interactions like general sharing of ideas and talking to each other.

Since dependant on the ruling planet of the birth Rashi. Rashyadhipati Porutham is a Rasi based Porutham.

Vedha Porutham

Vedha Porutham describes a couple's ability to overcome the relationship difficulties and bring back the relationship into its original shape. We think this is one of the most important Porutham. Every couple someday in life will face a difficult time. So it is very important for them to recover quickly from any difficulties they may face.

Vedha Porutham, therefore, ensures long term happiness and happy married life.

Vedha Porutham is a Nakshatra based Porutham.

Nadi Porutham

Nadi Porutham is fundamentally rooted in the three main types of Nadi - Adi Nadi or Khapa Nadi, Madhya Nadi or Pitta Nadi and Antya Nadi or Vatta. These Nadis are the constitutional part of the Ancient science of the human body known as Ayurveda. So there is a clear indication that Nadi Porutham says about the elemental compatibilities of two bodies. The bodies of two life partners.

Nadi Porutham is based on the Nadi of the Birth Nakshatra. And hence, it is a Nakshatra based Porutham.

Conclusion: 10 Poruthams by an Astrologer

In Vedic astrology, for horoscope matching when the kundlis of a couple are matched these 10 Porutham given above are used. (11 are stated above and astrologer might use Vedha Porutham or Nadi Porutham.) Some astrologers give equal weightage to each Porutham. While some astrologer gives more importance to some Porutham and less to other. So they follow 36 points or guna based weightage system, where they gauge each Porutham with different weightage.

Some astrologers use Vedha Porutham as 10th Porutham. And there are even some astrologers who consider Nadi Porutham in the place of Vedha Porutham in 10 Poruthams.

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Written by Nachiket Patel