Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Hasta and Shatabhisha nakshatra matching
7.5 of 36 with Hasta as bride, 9.5 with Shatabhisha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana
Hasta as bride
7.5
of 36
Shatabhisha as bride
9.5
of 36
Across all padas
9.5
one answer
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 Hasta with Shatabhisha that leaves 1 of the eight at full marks — Vashya — and 7 carrying a deduction: Nadi (0 of 8), Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Yoni (0 of 4), Tara (1.5 of 3), Graha Maitri (4 of 5) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Nadi, where Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Hasta: Adi (Vata) gives 0 of 8.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Hasta with Shatabhisha is one of them: every one of the sixteen cells in the grid below repeats the same total, so knowing the two birth stars is knowing the score.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Hasta and Shatabhisha, 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 | Hasta bride | Shatabhisha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Shudra · Hasta: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Shatabhisha: Manav · Hasta: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Hasta: Vipat (3) · from Shatabhisha: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Shatabhisha: Horse · Hasta: Buffalo |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Shatabhisha: Saturn · Hasta: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Hasta: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Aquarius and Virgo — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Hasta: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 7.5 | 9.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Hasta: Adi (Vata). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Virgo — 6/8. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Hasta: Deva. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Shatabhisha: Horse · Hasta: Buffalo. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Hasta: Vipat (3) · from Shatabhisha: Mitra (8). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Shatabhisha: Saturn · Hasta: Mercury. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Shatabhisha: Shudra · Hasta: 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 Hasta’s table and Shatabhisha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Hasta runs Virgo 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Shatabhisha runs Aquarius 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Hasta as bride first, Shatabhisha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Hasta ↓ / Shatabhisha → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Virgo | 7.5 / 9.5 | 7.5 / 9.5 | 7.5 / 9.5 | 7.5 / 9.5 |
| Pada 2Virgo | 7.5 / 9.5 | 7.5 / 9.5 | 7.5 / 9.5 | 7.5 / 9.5 |
| Pada 3Virgo | 7.5 / 9.5 | 7.5 / 9.5 | 7.5 / 9.5 | 7.5 / 9.5 |
| Pada 4Virgo | 7.5 / 9.5 | 7.5 / 9.5 | 7.5 / 9.5 | 7.5 / 9.5 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. Yoni and Vashya are undisputed for these two stars, so every figure is exact rather than a low end. 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
Nadi and Bhakoot between them decide the shape of a result more than the total does — and both come with classical relief clauses that two named birth stars are enough to test.
Nadi Koota — 0 of 8
Hasta and Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha however well everything else goes.
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. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.
Two Tests Outside the 36
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Hasta to Shatabhisha is 12 and back is 17, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 12 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 both ways. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 12 with Hasta as bride, 17 with Shatabhisha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. 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), Shatabhisha is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 9.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 26th place in Hasta's table, 27th in Shatabhisha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Hasta’s table
26th of 27
Shatabhisha scores 9.5 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 Shatabhisha’s table
27th of 27
Hasta scores 9.5 there outright. Shatabhisha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Shatabhisha 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 Hasta 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 below the conventional threshold and the band above.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers and the guide to all 27 birth stars. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Hasta page and the Shatabhisha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Hasta and Shatabhisha score?
Are Hasta and Shatabhisha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Hasta and Shatabhisha?
Do Hasta and Shatabhisha have Nadi dosha?
Is it better for Hasta to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Hasta and Shatabhisha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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