Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Hasta and Chitra nakshatra matching
27–29 of 36 with Hasta as bride, 28–30 with Chitra as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana
Hasta as bride
27–29
of 36
Chitra as bride
28–30
of 36
Across all padas
21–28
spread of 7
Reading the eight kootas in order for Hasta and Chitra: Gana is where the largest deduction falls — Chitra: Rakshasa · Hasta: Deva, so 0 of 6, with Yoni at 1–3 of 4 behind it. The remaining 6 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 27–29 one way round and 28–30 the other.
The pada decides part of this one. 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. Across the sixteen combinations the total moves between 21 and 28, a swing of 7 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Hasta and Chitra, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Hasta bride | Chitra bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Chitra: Vaishya · Hasta: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Chitra: Manav · Hasta: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Hasta: Sampat (2) · from Chitra: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Chitra: Tiger · Hasta: Buffalo |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Chitra: Mercury · Hasta: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Chitra: Rakshasa · Hasta: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Virgo and Virgo — 1/1 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Chitra: Madhya (Pitta) · Hasta: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 27–29 | 28–30 | Good |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Chitra: Rakshasa · Hasta: Deva. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Chitra: Tiger · Hasta: Buffalo. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Hasta’s table and Chitra’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Hasta runs Virgo 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Chitra runs Virgo 23°20′ – Libra 6°40′ — 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: Hasta as bride first, Chitra as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 19 at the lowest and 28 at the highest.
| Hasta ↓ / Chitra → | Pada 1Virgo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Libra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Virgo | 27 / 28 | 27 / 28 | 19 / 21 | 19 / 21 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 27 / 28 | 27 / 28 | 19 / 21 | 19 / 21 |
| Pada 3Virgo | 27 / 28 | 27 / 28 | 19 / 21 | 19 / 21 |
| Pada 4Virgo | 27 / 28 | 27 / 28 | 19 / 21 | 19 / 21 |
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
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 Hasta and Chitra rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Hasta is Adi (Vata) and Chitra is Madhya (Pitta). 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
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: both signs answer to Mercury.
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: Hasta to Chitra 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 Hasta as bride, 27 with Chitra — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Chitra as the bride and not with Hasta.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Hasta is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Chitra is Mridu (tender) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 28 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 1st place in Hasta's table, 2nd in Chitra's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Hasta’s table
1st of 27
Chitra scores 28 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 above the middle of what Hasta can reach — all 27 rows.
In Chitra’s table
2nd of 27
Hasta scores 28 there, level with 1 other partner. Chitra’s 27 partners run from 7 to 29 with a median of 20, so this one sits above the middle of what Chitra can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: kundli matching for marriage, end to end and the 36 guna taken one koota at a time. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Hasta page and the Chitra page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Hasta and Chitra to sixteen answers between 21 and 28. Two birth times pick one of them.
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