Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Ashwini and Hasta nakshatra matching
8–9 of 36 with Ashwini as bride, 9–10 with Hasta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Ashwini: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Deva gana | Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana
Ashwini as bride
8–9
of 36
Hasta as bride
9–10
of 36
Across all padas
9
one answer
Of the eight kootas, 7 leave something on the table for this pair and 1 does not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Hasta: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata). The complete one is Gana, which is 6 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Ashwini and Hasta 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 Ashwini with Hasta. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Ashwini bride | Hasta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Hasta: Vaishya · Ashwini: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Hasta: Manav · Ashwini: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Ashwini: Kshema (4) · from Hasta: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Hasta: Buffalo · Ashwini: Horse |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Hasta: Mercury · Ashwini: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Hasta: Deva · Ashwini: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Virgo and Aries — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Hasta: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 8–9 | 9–10 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Hasta: Adi (Vata) · Ashwini: Adi (Vata). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Virgo and Aries — 6/8. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Hasta: Mercury · Ashwini: Mars. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Hasta: Buffalo · Ashwini: Horse. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Ashwini: Kshema (4) · from Hasta: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Hasta: Manav · Ashwini: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Hasta: Vaishya · Ashwini: Kshatriya. 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 Ashwini’s table and Hasta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Ashwini runs Aries 0°00′ – 13°20′ 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 146°40′ and 173°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Ashwini as bride first, Hasta as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Ashwini ↓ / Hasta → | Pada 1Virgo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Virgo | Pada 4Virgo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
| Pada 2Aries | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
| Pada 3Aries | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
| Pada 4Aries | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 1 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
Ashwini and Hasta are both Adi (Vata), 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 Ashwini with Hasta however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Mars and Mercury, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
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 Ashwini and Hasta 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 Ashwini to Hasta is 13. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. This one is directional in earnest: 13 from Ashwini and 16 from Hasta, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Ashwini is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), 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: 9 of 36 puts Hasta 27th among Ashwini's 27 possible partners and Ashwini 27th among Hasta's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Ashwini’s table
27th of 27
Hasta scores 9 there outright. Ashwini’s 27 partners run from 9 to 32 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Ashwini can reach — all 27 rows.
In Hasta’s table
27th of 27
Ashwini scores 9 there outright. 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 Ashwini 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 below the conventional threshold is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Ashwini page and the Hasta page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Ashwini and Hasta score?
Are Ashwini and Hasta compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Ashwini and Hasta?
Do Ashwini and Hasta have Nadi dosha?
Is it better for Ashwini to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Ashwini 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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