The System Indian Parents Have Trusted for 1500 Years Before two people are even introduced to each other in a traditional Indian arranged marriage setup, their birth charts are quietly compared. Names, photos, family background, all of that comes later.

The first filter is something called Guna Milan, the matching of 36 Gunas. If the score crosses 18, the conversation continues.

If it does not, the families politely move on, sometimes without even telling the boy and girl that a match was considered. Most modern couples laugh at this practice and skip it.

Some of them are now in unhappy marriages and quietly wondering whether their grandmother was right after all. I am not saying the Gunas decide everything.

I am saying they catch problems your romantic feelings will hide for the first two years. What Are the 36 Gunas Actually Measuring Guna Milan is part of a system called Ashtakoot, which means "eight categories." The full match is divided into eight specific tests, and each test is worth a certain...

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