Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Hasta and Dhanishta nakshatra matching
17–20 of 36 with Hasta as bride, 18–21 with Dhanishta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana
Hasta as bride
17–20
of 36
Dhanishta as bride
18–21
of 36
Across all padas
18–20
spread of 2
Of the eight kootas, 5 leave something on the table for this pair and 3 do not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Virgo — 5/9. The complete ones are Varna, Tara and Nadi, which is 12 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada decides part of this one. Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius 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 18 and 20, a swing of 2 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Hasta with Dhanishta. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Hasta bride | Dhanishta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Dhanishta: Vaishya · Hasta: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Dhanishta: Jalachar · Hasta: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Hasta: Sampat (2) · from Dhanishta: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Dhanishta: Lion · Hasta: Buffalo |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Dhanishta: Saturn · Hasta: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Hasta: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Capricorn and Virgo — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Hasta: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 17–20 | 18–21 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Capricorn and Virgo — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Hasta: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Dhanishta: Saturn · Hasta: Mercury. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Dhanishta: Lion · Hasta: Buffalo. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Dhanishta: Jalachar · Hasta: Manav. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Hasta’s table and Dhanishta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Hasta runs Virgo 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Dhanishta runs Capricorn 23°20′ – Aquarius 6°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 120°00′ and 146°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Hasta as bride first, Dhanishta as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 17 at the lowest and 20 at the highest.
| Hasta ↓ / Dhanishta → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Virgo | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 | 18 / 20 | 18 / 20 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 | 18 / 20 | 18 / 20 |
| Pada 3Virgo | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 | 18 / 20 | 18 / 20 |
| Pada 4Virgo | 17 / 18 | 17 / 18 | 18 / 20 | 18 / 20 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the 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 Dhanishta rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Hasta is Adi (Vata) and Dhanishta 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 — 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 Mercury and Saturn, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
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 Hasta and Dhanishta 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 Hasta to Dhanishta is 11. 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: 11 from Hasta and 18 from Dhanishta, 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 — Hasta is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Dhanishta 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: 18 of 36 puts Dhanishta 18th among Hasta's 27 possible partners and Hasta 16th among Dhanishta's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Hasta’s table
18th of 27
Dhanishta scores 18 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.
In Dhanishta’s table
16th of 27
Hasta scores 18 there outright. Dhanishta’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 29.5 with a median of 19, so this one sits below the middle of what Dhanishta can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Hasta and Dhanishta 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 Hasta page and the Dhanishta page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Hasta and Dhanishta to sixteen answers between 18 and 20. Two birth times pick one of them.
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