Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashlesha and Hasta nakshatra matching
19.5–22.5 of 36 with Ashlesha as bride, 19.5–22.5 with Hasta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana
Ashlesha as bride
19.5–22.5
of 36
Hasta as bride
19.5–22.5
of 36
Across all padas
19.5
one answer
Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Gana is the largest at 1 of 6 — Hasta: Deva · Ashlesha: Rakshasa. The complete ones are Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 15 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
All sixteen combinations give the same answer. Neither star crosses a boundary of any kind between its padas, so the totals below are the whole result and the birth times only need to be accurate enough to fix the nakshatra. This pair is one of the 120 of 351 where that is true.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ashlesha with Hasta. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Ashlesha bride | Hasta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Hasta: Vaishya · Ashlesha: Brahmin |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Hasta: Manav · Ashlesha: Jalachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashlesha: Pratyari (5) · from Hasta: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Hasta: Buffalo · Ashlesha: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 1 | 1 | Hasta: Mercury · Ashlesha: Moon |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Hasta: Deva · Ashlesha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Virgo and Cancer — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Hasta: Adi (Vata) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 19.5–22.5 | 19.5–22.5 | Acceptable |
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Hasta: Deva · Ashlesha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 1 of 5 — Hasta: Mercury · Ashlesha: Moon. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashlesha: Pratyari (5) · from Hasta: Sadhaka (6). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Hasta: Buffalo · Ashlesha: Cat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Hasta: Manav · Ashlesha: Jalachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Hasta: Vaishya · Ashlesha: Brahmin. The groom's rank has to reach the bride's and does not. One guna, and no tradition treats it as disqualifying.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Ashlesha’s table and Hasta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Hasta runs Virgo 10°00′ – 23°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 40°00′ and 66°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashlesha as bride first, Hasta as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Ashlesha ↓ / Hasta → | Pada 1Virgo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Virgo | Pada 4Virgo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Cancer | 19.5 / 19.5 | 19.5 / 19.5 | 19.5 / 19.5 | 19.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 2Cancer | 19.5 / 19.5 | 19.5 / 19.5 | 19.5 / 19.5 | 19.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 3Cancer | 19.5 / 19.5 | 19.5 / 19.5 | 19.5 / 19.5 | 19.5 / 19.5 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 19.5 / 19.5 | 19.5 / 19.5 | 19.5 / 19.5 | 19.5 / 19.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. All sixteen combinations clear the conventional threshold of 18. Dimmed cells fall below it; the nakshatra finder returns the pada from a birth date, time and place.
The Two Doshas, and Whether They Are Cancelled
Fifteen of the 36 guna sit in these two, and both are all-or-nothing. Their cancellations are stated specifically enough to be checked for Ashlesha and Hasta rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Ashlesha is Antya (Kapha) and Hasta is Adi (Vata). Different nadis take the full eight guna, and since Nadi alone is more than a fifth of the total, this pair starts from a position 108 of the 351 pairs never reach.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Virgo and Cancer — 3/11 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.
A cancellation is relief, not a score adjustment — the koota still reads zero above. The doshas Ashtakoot does not test for are a separate question — Mangal dosha among them.
Two Tests Outside the 36
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Ashlesha and Hasta alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.
- Mahendra — absent. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Ashlesha to Hasta is 5. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. This one is directional in earnest: 5 from Ashlesha and 24 from Hasta, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Hasta as the bride and not with Ashlesha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ashlesha is Tikshna (sharp), Hasta is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
A total carries meaning against the alternatives rather than on its own, and the alternatives differ for the two stars: 19.5 of 36 puts Hasta 11th among Ashlesha's 27 possible partners and Ashlesha 16th among Hasta's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ashlesha’s table
11th of 27
Hasta scores 19.5 there outright. Ashlesha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 18, so this one sits above the middle of what Ashlesha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Hasta’s table
16th of 27
Ashlesha scores 19.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Hasta’s 27 partners run from 9 to 28 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Hasta can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Ashlesha and Hasta rests on two arcs of the zodiac 13°20′ wide. Everything a chart is usually read for — the seventh house and its lord, Venus and Mars, Mangal dosha, the dasha each partner is running — sits outside those two arcs and outside this total, which is why acceptable is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ashlesha page and the Hasta page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Ashlesha and Hasta score?
Are Ashlesha and Hasta compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Ashlesha and Hasta?
Do Ashlesha and Hasta have Bhakoot dosha?
Is it better for Ashlesha to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Ashlesha and Hasta, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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