Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Hasta and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching

13.5–15.5 of 36 with Hasta as bride, 14.5–16.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana

Hasta as bride

13.5–15.5

of 36

Purva Bhadrapada as bride

14.5–16.5

of 36

Across all padas

14.5–16

spread of 1.5

Hasta and Purva Bhadrapada come to 13.5–15.5 of 36 with Hasta on the bride's side and 14.5–16.5 with Purva Bhadrapada on it. What sits behind those two figures: Vashya scores in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Graha Maitri (4 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.

Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces after pada 3, 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 14.5 to 16 of 36 depending on the padas. At 1.5 guna the swing sits below the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.

Koota by Koota

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Hasta with Purva Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Hasta with Purva Bhadrapada 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	Purva Bhadrapada bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Hasta: Vaishya
Vashya / 2	2	2	Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Hasta: Manav
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Hasta: Kshema (4) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Vadha (7)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Hasta: Buffalo
Graha Maitri / 5	4	4	Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Hasta: Mercury
Gana / 6	5	5	Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Hasta: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	0	0	Aquarius and Virgo — 6/8
Nadi / 8	0	0	Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Hasta: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	13.5–15.5	14.5–16.5	Below the conventional threshold

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Hasta: Adi (Vata). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Virgo — 6/8. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Hasta: Kshema (4) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Vadha (7). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Gana, 5 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Hasta: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Purva Bhadrapada: 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 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Hasta: Buffalo. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Hasta: Vaishya. 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 Hasta’s table and Purva Bhadrapada’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Hasta runs Virgo 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 3°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: Hasta as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 13.5 at the lowest and 16 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Hasta with Purva Bhadrapada across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Hasta as bride then Purva Bhadrapada as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Hasta ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada →	Pada 1Aquarius	Pada 2Aquarius	Pada 3Aquarius	Pada 4Pisces
Pada 1Virgo	13.5 / 14.5	13.5 / 14.5	13.5 / 14.5	16 / 15
Pada 2Virgo	13.5 / 14.5	13.5 / 14.5	13.5 / 14.5	16 / 15
Pada 3Virgo	13.5 / 14.5	13.5 / 14.5	13.5 / 14.5	16 / 15
Pada 4Virgo	13.5 / 14.5	13.5 / 14.5	13.5 / 14.5	16 / 15

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. 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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1

In 12 of the sixteen pada combinations, 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. 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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 Hasta and 16 from Purva Bhadrapada, 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), Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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: 14.5 of 36 puts Purva Bhadrapada 21st among Hasta's 27 possible partners and Hasta 25th among Purva Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Hasta’s table

21st of 27

Purva Bhadrapada scores 14.5 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s table

25th of 27

Hasta scores 14.5 there outright. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Hasta and Purva Bhadrapada or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.

Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Hasta page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Hasta and Purva Bhadrapada score?

13.5–15.5 of 36 with Hasta as the bride and 14.5–16.5 with Purva Bhadrapada as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 14.5 to 16, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Hasta and Purva Bhadrapada compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Hasta with Purva Bhadrapada at below the conventional threshold — under the 18 that families conventionally look for. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Tara (1.5 of 3), Gana (5 of 6), Graha Maitri (4 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Varna, Bhakoot and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Hasta and Purva Bhadrapada?

Yes. Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces after pada 3, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are read from the Moon rashi rather than from the nakshatra, so 15 of the 36 guna move with that boundary. The total ranges from 14.5 to 16 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 1.5 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Hasta and Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada, 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?

On the arithmetic, Purva Bhadrapada on the bride's side scores higher — 14.5–16.5 against 13.5–15.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Hasta as bride to 1 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Hasta and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 14.5 and 16. Two birth times pick one of them.

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