Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Chitra and Swati nakshatra matching
20–22 of 36 with Chitra as bride, 20–22 with Swati as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana | Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana
Chitra as bride
20–22
of 36
Swati as bride
20–22
of 36
Across all padas
20–28
spread of 8
Four of the eight kootas — Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi — are settled by the two birth stars alone, before anyone asks about a pada; the other four are read from the Moon rashi, which a pada can move. For Chitra with Swati that leaves 4 of the eight at full marks — Vashya, Tara, Graha Maitri and Nadi — and 4 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (1 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Bhakoot, where Libra and Virgo — 2/12 gives 0 of 7.
Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Chitra runs from Virgo into Libra after pada 2, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are all read from the Moon rashi rather than from the star, which puts 15 of the 36 guna on that boundary — so the total follows, anywhere from 20 to 28 of 36 depending on the padas. At 8 guna the swing sits above the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Chitra and Swati, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna and Gana differ between them.
| Koota | Chitra bride | Swati bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Swati: Shudra · Chitra: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Swati: Manav · Chitra: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Chitra: Sampat (2) · from Swati: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Swati: Buffalo · Chitra: Tiger |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Swati: Venus · Chitra: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Swati: Deva · Chitra: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Libra and Virgo — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Swati: Antya (Kapha) · Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 20–22 | 20–22 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Libra and Virgo — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Swati: Deva · Chitra: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Swati: Buffalo · Chitra: Tiger. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Swati: Shudra · Chitra: Vaishya. A deliberately one-way test on rank, failed in this direction. It is one point of thirty-six.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Chitra’s table and Swati’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ 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 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Chitra as bride first, Swati as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 20 at the lowest and 28 at the highest.
| Chitra ↓ / Swati → | Pada 1Libra | Pada 2Libra | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Libra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Virgo | 20 / 20 | 20 / 20 | 20 / 20 | 20 / 20 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 20 / 20 | 20 / 20 | 20 / 20 | 20 / 20 |
| Pada 3Libra | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 |
| Pada 4Libra | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 | 28 / 27 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 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
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 — 8 of 8
Chitra is Madhya (Pitta) and Swati is Antya (Kapha). 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 — 0 of 7 at pada 1
In 8 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers each of those cells: Mercury and Venus are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.
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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Chitra to Swati is 2 and back is 27, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 2 stars between them, against a favourable set of 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 and 25. 108 of the 351 pairs land on one of those.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 2 with Chitra as bride, 27 with Swati — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Swati as the bride and not with Chitra.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Chitra is Mridu (tender), Swati is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 20 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 13th place in Chitra's table, 17th in Swati's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Chitra’s table
13th of 27
Swati scores 20 there, level with 1 other partner. Chitra’s 27 partners run from 7 to 29 with a median of 20, so this one sits on the middle of what Chitra can reach — all 27 rows.
In Swati’s table
17th of 27
Chitra scores 20 there, level with 2 other partners. 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
One number cannot carry a marriage. Ashtakoot reads a single point from each chart — the Moon — so two people born hours apart with the Moon in Chitra score identically here whatever else their charts do. The seventh house and its lord, Venus, Mars and Mangal dosha, and the dasha each partner is running are all outside it, and any of them can matter more than the difference between acceptable and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Chitra page and the Swati page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Chitra and Swati score?
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Chitra and Swati to sixteen answers between 20 and 28. Two birth times pick one of them.
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