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Hasta and Swati nakshatra matching

26.5 of 36 with Hasta as bride, 27.5 with Swati as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana

Hasta as bride

26.5

of 36

Swati as bride

27.5

of 36

Across all padas

27.5

one answer

Of the eight kootas, 3 leave something on the table for this pair and 5 do not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Libra and Virgo — 2/12. The complete ones are Vashya, Yoni, Graha Maitri, Gana and Nadi, which is 25 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.

The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Hasta with Swati 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

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Hasta with Swati. 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 Swati 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	Swati bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Swati: Shudra · Hasta: Vaishya
Vashya / 2	2	2	Swati: Manav · Hasta: Manav
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Hasta: Vipat (3) · from Swati: Mitra (8)
Yoni / 4	4	4	Swati: Buffalo · Hasta: Buffalo
Graha Maitri / 5	5	5	Swati: Venus · Hasta: Mercury
Gana / 6	6	6	Swati: Deva · Hasta: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	0	0	Libra and Virgo — 2/12
Nadi / 8	8	8	Swati: Antya (Kapha) · Hasta: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	26.5	27.5	Good

Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Libra and Virgo — 2/12. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Hasta: Vipat (3) · from Swati: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Swati: 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 Swati’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Hasta runs Virgo 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Swati runs Libra 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 13°20′ and 40°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Hasta as bride first, Swati 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 Swati across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Hasta as bride then Swati as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Hasta ↓ / Swati →	Pada 1Libra	Pada 2Libra	Pada 3Libra	Pada 4Libra
Pada 1Virgo	26.5 / 27.5	26.5 / 27.5	26.5 / 27.5	26.5 / 27.5
Pada 2Virgo	26.5 / 27.5	26.5 / 27.5	26.5 / 27.5	26.5 / 27.5
Pada 3Virgo	26.5 / 27.5	26.5 / 27.5	26.5 / 27.5	26.5 / 27.5
Pada 4Virgo	26.5 / 27.5	26.5 / 27.5	26.5 / 27.5	26.5 / 27.5

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. No cell carries a tradition range here: Yoni and Vashya both land on agreed cases for Hasta with Swati. 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

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 — 8 of 8

Hasta is Adi (Vata) and Swati is Antya (Kapha). 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. The commonly cited cancellation covers all of them: Mercury and Venus are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.

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 Swati 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 Swati is 3. 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: 3 from Hasta and 26 from Swati, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Swati 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), Swati 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: 27.5 of 36 puts Swati 3rd among Hasta's 27 possible partners and Hasta 2nd among Swati's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Hasta’s table

3rd of 27

Swati scores 27.5 there outright. 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 Swati’s table

2nd of 27

Hasta scores 27.5 there outright. Swati’s 27 partners run from 10 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Swati can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

The whole of Ashtakoot for Hasta and Swati 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 good 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 Swati page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Hasta and Swati score?

26.5 of 36 with Hasta as the bride and 27.5 with Swati 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. No cell carries a tradition range here: Yoni and Vashya both land on agreed cases for Hasta with Swati. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Hasta and Swati compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Hasta with Swati at good. The guna are lost on Bhakoot (0 of 7), Tara (1.5 of 3) and Varna (0 of 1). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Varna and Bhakoot — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Hasta and Swati?

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

Yes, in every pada combination: Libra and Virgo — 2/12 puts the signs at a forbidden distance, which costs all seven guna. The commonly cited cancellation does apply — the two sign lords, Mercury and Venus, are mutual friends — and 108 of the 252 affected pairs are cancelled this way. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.

Is it better for Hasta to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Swati on the bride's side scores higher — 27.5 against 26.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Hasta as bride to 1 with Swati 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 score is settled for Hasta and Swati, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.

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