Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Krittika and Hasta nakshatra matching
13.5–16.5 of 36 with Krittika as bride, 13.5–16.5 with Hasta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Krittika: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Sheep yoni · Rakshasa gana | Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana
Krittika as bride
13.5–16.5
of 36
Hasta as bride
13.5–16.5
of 36
Across all padas
13.5–19
spread of 5.5
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 Krittika with Hasta that leaves 2 of the eight at full marks — Tara and Nadi — and 6 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (1 of 6), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Bhakoot, where Virgo and Aries — 6/8 gives 0 of 7.
The pada decides part of this one. Krittika runs from Aries into Taurus after pada 1, 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 13.5 and 19, a swing of 5.5 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Krittika and Hasta, 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 | Krittika bride | Hasta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Hasta: Vaishya · Krittika: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Hasta: Manav · Krittika: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Krittika: Sampat (2) · from Hasta: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Hasta: Buffalo · Krittika: Sheep |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Hasta: Mercury · Krittika: Mars |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Hasta: Deva · Krittika: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Virgo and Aries — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Hasta: Adi (Vata) · Krittika: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 13.5–16.5 | 13.5–16.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Virgo and Aries — 6/8. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Hasta: Deva · Krittika: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Hasta: Mercury · Krittika: Mars. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Hasta: Buffalo · Krittika: Sheep. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Hasta: Manav · Krittika: Chatushpada. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Hasta: Vaishya · Krittika: Kshatriya. 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 Krittika’s table and Hasta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Krittika runs Aries 26°40′ – Taurus 10°00′ and Hasta runs Virgo 10°00′ – 23°20′ — 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: Krittika as bride first, Hasta as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 13.5 at the lowest and 19 at the highest.
| Krittika ↓ / Hasta → | Pada 1Virgo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Virgo | Pada 4Virgo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Aries | 13.5 / 13.5 | 13.5 / 13.5 | 13.5 / 13.5 | 13.5 / 13.5 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 19 / 18 | 19 / 18 | 19 / 18 | 19 / 18 |
| Pada 3Taurus | 19 / 18 | 19 / 18 | 19 / 18 | 19 / 18 |
| Pada 4Taurus | 19 / 18 | 19 / 18 | 19 / 18 | 19 / 18 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. 12 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 4 do not. 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 Krittika and Hasta rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Krittika is Antya (Kapha) and Hasta is Adi (Vata). 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. 12 of those 16 cells carry the cancellation and the rest do not, so the pada decides not just the score but whether the relief clause is available.
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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Krittika to Hasta is 11 and back is 18, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 11 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 — 11 with Krittika as bride, 18 with Hasta — 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 — Krittika is Mishra (mixed), Hasta is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 13.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 23rd place in Krittika's table, 23rd in Hasta's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Krittika’s table
23rd of 27
Hasta scores 13.5 there, level with 2 other partners. Krittika’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 30 with a median of 20, so this one sits below the middle of what Krittika can reach — all 27 rows.
In Hasta’s table
23rd of 27
Krittika scores 13.5 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.
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 Krittika 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: what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot and what a birth date alone can and cannot settle. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Krittika page and the Hasta page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Krittika and Hasta to sixteen answers between 13.5 and 19. Two birth times pick one of them.
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