Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Ashlesha and Swati nakshatra matching

11–14 of 36 with Ashlesha as bride, 11–14 with Swati as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Cat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana

Ashlesha as bride

11–14

of 36

Swati as bride

11–14

of 36

Across all padas

one answer

Ashlesha and Swati come to 11–14 of 36 with Ashlesha on the bride's side and 11–14 with Swati on it. What sits behind those two figures: Bhakoot scores in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Gana (1 of 6), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.

Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Ashlesha and Swati the padas change nothing. Sixteen combinations, one answer. The exact minute of birth still decides plenty in a chart — it just does not decide this.

Koota by Koota

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Ashlesha with Swati. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna and Gana differ between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Ashlesha with Swati at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Ashlesha bride	Swati bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Swati: Shudra · Ashlesha: Brahmin
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Swati: Manav · Ashlesha: Jalachar
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Ashlesha: Vadha (7) · from Swati: Kshema (4)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Swati: Buffalo · Ashlesha: Cat
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Swati: Venus · Ashlesha: Moon
Gana / 6	1	0	Swati: Deva · Ashlesha: Rakshasa
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Libra and Cancer — 4/10
Nadi / 8	0	0	Swati: Antya (Kapha) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha)
Total / 36	11–14	11–14	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Swati: Antya (Kapha) · Ashlesha: Antya (Kapha). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Gana, 1 of 6 — Swati: Deva · Ashlesha: Rakshasa. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Swati: Venus · 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: Vadha (7) · from Swati: Kshema (4). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Swati: Buffalo · Ashlesha: Cat. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Swati: Manav · Ashlesha: Jalachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Swati: Shudra · 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 Swati’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Ashlesha runs Cancer 16°40′ – 30°00′ and Swati runs Libra 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 66°40′ and 93°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashlesha as bride first, Swati as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Ashlesha with Swati across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Ashlesha as bride then Swati as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Ashlesha ↓ / Swati →	Pada 1Libra	Pada 2Libra	Pada 3Libra	Pada 4Libra
Pada 1Cancer	11 / 11	11 / 11	11 / 11	11 / 11
Pada 2Cancer	11 / 11	11 / 11	11 / 11	11 / 11
Pada 3Cancer	11 / 11	11 / 11	11 / 11	11 / 11
Pada 4Cancer	11 / 11	11 / 11	11 / 11	11 / 11

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. 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

The two heavy kootas, checked with their cancellations. Neither gives a partial score, so each is worth 8 and 7 guna outright or nothing at all.

Nadi Koota — 0 of 8

Ashlesha and Swati are both Antya (Kapha), so the plain rule gives nothing. None of the three recognised cancellations reaches this pair — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — so the eight guna are lost and 28 is the ceiling for Ashlesha with Swati however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

Libra and Cancer — 4/10 — 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. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.

Two Tests Outside the 36

The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Ashlesha and Swati alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.

Mahendra — present. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Ashlesha to Swati is 7. 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: 7 from Ashlesha and 22 from Swati, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Swati as the bride and not with Ashlesha.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ashlesha is Tikshna (sharp), Swati is Chara (movable) — 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: 11 of 36 puts Swati 25th among Ashlesha's 27 possible partners and Ashlesha 25th among Swati's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Ashlesha’s table

25th of 27

Swati scores 11 there, level with 1 other partner. Ashlesha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 18, so this one sits below the middle of what Ashlesha can reach — all 27 rows.

In Swati’s table

25th of 27

Ashlesha scores 11 there outright. Swati’s 27 partners run from 10 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Swati can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Ashlesha and Swati or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.

Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ashlesha page and the Swati page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Ashlesha and Swati score?

11–14 of 36 with Ashlesha as the bride and 11–14 with Swati as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The padas do not change it — all sixteen combinations give the same answer, which makes this one of the 146 pairs of 351 where the two birth stars settle the score outright. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Ashlesha and Swati compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Ashlesha with Swati at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Gana (1 of 6), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Varna and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Ashlesha and Swati?

No. Every one of the sixteen pada combinations returns the same total for Ashlesha and Swati. Neither star crosses a boundary between its padas, so all four sit in one rashi and one half of it, and no koota can move. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way.

Do Ashlesha and Swati have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Antya (Kapha), and a shared nadi scores 0 of 8 — the largest single deduction in Ashtakoot. The three recognised cancellations — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — do not apply to Ashlesha with Swati, so the eight guna are genuinely lost. That leaves a ceiling of 28 for this pair however well the other seven go. Across every possible pairing, 33.3% carry Nadi dosha and 23.2% of those are cancelled.

Is it better for Ashlesha to be the bride or the groom?

It makes no difference to the total here — 11–14 either way. Varna and Gana are the only directional kootas, and for Ashlesha with Swati both land on cases that read the same in either direction. Only 37 of the 351 pairs are symmetric, so this is the unusual one.

Run It On the Real Padas

The score is settled for Ashlesha and Swati, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.

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