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Hasta and Mula nakshatra matching

13–15 of 36 with Hasta as bride, 13–15 with Mula as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana

Hasta as bride

13–15

of 36

Mula as bride

13–15

of 36

Across all padas

one answer

Of the eight kootas, 5 leave something on the table for this pair and 3 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Mula: Adi (Vata) · Hasta: Adi (Vata). The complete ones are Varna, Vashya and Bhakoot, which is 10 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.

Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Hasta and Mula 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 Hasta with Mula. 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 Hasta with Mula at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Hasta bride	Mula bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Mula: Kshatriya · Hasta: Vaishya
Vashya / 2	2	2	Mula: Manav · Hasta: Manav
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Hasta: Vadha (7) · from Mula: Kshema (4)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Mula: Dog · Hasta: Buffalo
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Mula: Jupiter · Hasta: Mercury
Gana / 6	0	1	Mula: Rakshasa · Hasta: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Sagittarius and Virgo — 4/10
Nadi / 8	0	0	Mula: Adi (Vata) · Hasta: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	13–15	13–15	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Mula: Adi (Vata) · Hasta: Adi (Vata). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Gana, 0 of 6 — Mula: Rakshasa · Hasta: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Mula: Jupiter · Hasta: Mercury. 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 Hasta: Vadha (7) · from Mula: Kshema (4). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Mula: Dog · Hasta: Buffalo. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.

Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Hasta’s table and Mula’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Hasta runs Virgo 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ — 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: Hasta as bride first, Mula as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Hasta with Mula across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Hasta as bride then Mula as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Hasta ↓ / Mula →	Pada 1Sagittarius	Pada 2Sagittarius	Pada 3Sagittarius	Pada 4Sagittarius
Pada 1Virgo	13 / 13	13 / 13	13 / 13	13 / 13
Pada 2Virgo	13 / 13	13 / 13	13 / 13	13 / 13
Pada 3Virgo	13 / 13	13 / 13	13 / 13	13 / 13
Pada 4Virgo	13 / 13	13 / 13	13 / 13	13 / 13

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 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

Hasta and Mula 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 Hasta with Mula however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

Sagittarius and Virgo — 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 Hasta and Mula 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 Hasta to Mula 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 Hasta and 22 from Mula, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Mula 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), Mula is Tikshna (sharp) — 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: 13 of 36 puts Mula 24th among Hasta's 27 possible partners and Hasta 23rd among Mula's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Hasta’s table

24th of 27

Mula scores 13 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 Mula’s table

23rd of 27

Hasta scores 13 there, level with 1 other partner. Mula’s 27 partners run from 11 to 30 with a median of 21, so this one sits below the middle of what Mula can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

The whole of Ashtakoot for Hasta and Mula 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 Hasta page and the Mula page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Hasta and Mula score?

13–15 of 36 with Hasta as the bride and 13–15 with Mula 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 2 guna to every cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Hasta and Mula compatible?

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

Does the pada change the result for Hasta and Mula?

No. Every one of the sixteen pada combinations returns the same total for Hasta and Mula. 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 Hasta and Mula have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Adi (Vata), 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 Hasta with Mula, 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 Hasta to be the bride or the groom?

It makes no difference to the total here — 13–15 either way. Varna and Gana are the only directional kootas, and for Hasta with Mula 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 Hasta and Mula, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.

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