Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Magha and Hasta nakshatra matching
15.5–17.5 of 36 with Magha as bride, 15.5–17.5 with Hasta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana
Magha as bride
15.5–17.5
of 36
Hasta as bride
15.5–17.5
of 36
Across all padas
15.5
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 Magha with Hasta that leaves 1 of the eight at full marks — Nadi — and 7 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (1 of 6), Vashya (0 of 2), Tara (1.5 of 3), Graha Maitri (4 of 5), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Bhakoot, where Virgo and Leo — 2/12 gives 0 of 7.
Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Magha and Hasta 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
All eight kootas for Magha 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 | Magha bride | Hasta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Hasta: Vaishya · Magha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0 | 0 | Hasta: Manav · Magha: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Magha: Kshema (4) · from Hasta: Vadha (7) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Hasta: Buffalo · Magha: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 4 | 4 | Hasta: Mercury · Magha: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Hasta: Deva · Magha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Virgo and Leo — 2/12 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Hasta: Adi (Vata) · Magha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 15.5–17.5 | 15.5–17.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Virgo and Leo — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Hasta: Deva · Magha: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Vashya, 0 of 2 — Hasta: Manav · Magha: Vanachar. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Magha: Kshema (4) · from Hasta: Vadha (7). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Graha Maitri, 4 of 5 — Hasta: Mercury · Magha: Sun. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Hasta: Buffalo · Magha: Rat. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Hasta: Vaishya · Magha: 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 Magha’s table and Hasta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°20′ 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 26°40′ and 53°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Magha as bride first, Hasta as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Magha ↓ / Hasta → | Pada 1Virgo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Virgo | Pada 4Virgo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 15.5 / 15.5 | 15.5 / 15.5 | 15.5 / 15.5 | 15.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 2Leo | 15.5 / 15.5 | 15.5 / 15.5 | 15.5 / 15.5 | 15.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 3Leo | 15.5 / 15.5 | 15.5 / 15.5 | 15.5 / 15.5 | 15.5 / 15.5 |
| Pada 4Leo | 15.5 / 15.5 | 15.5 / 15.5 | 15.5 / 15.5 | 15.5 / 15.5 |
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 — 8 of 8
Magha 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. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Sun and Mercury, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
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: Magha to Hasta is 4 and back is 25, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — present. 4 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 one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 4 with Magha as bride, 25 with Hasta — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Hasta as the bride and not with Magha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce), 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 15.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 20th place in Magha's table, 20th in Hasta's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Magha’s table
20th of 27
Hasta scores 15.5 there outright. Magha’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 33 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Magha can reach — all 27 rows.
In Hasta’s table
20th of 27
Magha scores 15.5 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 Magha 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 Magha page and the Hasta page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Magha and Hasta score?
Are Magha and Hasta compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Magha and Hasta?
Do Magha and Hasta have Bhakoot dosha?
Is it better for Magha to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Magha and Hasta, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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