Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Magha and Swati nakshatra matching
10.5–12.5 of 36 with Magha as bride, 10.5–12.5 with Swati as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Magha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Rat yoni · Rakshasa gana | Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana
Magha as bride
10.5–12.5
of 36
Swati as bride
10.5–12.5
of 36
Across all padas
10.5
one answer
Reading the eight kootas in order for Magha and Swati: Nadi is where the largest deduction falls — Swati: Antya (Kapha) · Magha: Antya (Kapha), so 0 of 8, with Gana at 1 of 6, Graha Maitri at 0 of 5, Vashya at 0 of 2, Tara at 1.5 of 3, Yoni at 1–3 of 4 and Varna at 0 of 1 behind it. The one remaining koota is complete, which puts the pair at 10.5–12.5 one way round and 10.5–12.5 the other.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Magha 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
All eight kootas for Magha and Swati, 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 | Swati bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 0 | 1 | Swati: Shudra · Magha: Kshatriya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0 | 0 | Swati: Manav · Magha: Vanachar |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Magha: Sadhaka (6) · from Swati: Pratyari (5) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Swati: Buffalo · Magha: Rat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0 | 0 | Swati: Venus · Magha: Sun |
| Gana / 6 | 1 | 0 | Swati: Deva · Magha: Rakshasa |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Libra and Leo — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 0 | 0 | Swati: Antya (Kapha) · Magha: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 10.5–12.5 | 10.5–12.5 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Nadi, 0 of 8 — Swati: Antya (Kapha) · Magha: Antya (Kapha). Eight guna on one comparison, and it is the whole of Nadi.
- Gana, 1 of 6 — Swati: Deva · Magha: Rakshasa. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Graha Maitri, 0 of 5 — Swati: Venus · Magha: Sun. Mutual enemies on the largest of the temperament kootas.
- Vashya, 0 of 2 — Swati: Manav · Magha: Vanachar. The one combination every published table scores at nothing.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Magha: Sadhaka (6) · from Swati: Pratyari (5). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Swati: Buffalo · Magha: Rat. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Varna, 0 of 1 — Swati: Shudra · 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 Swati’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Magha runs Leo 0°00′ – 13°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 53°20′ and 80°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Magha as bride first, Swati as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Magha ↓ / Swati → | Pada 1Libra | Pada 2Libra | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Libra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Leo | 10.5 / 10.5 | 10.5 / 10.5 | 10.5 / 10.5 | 10.5 / 10.5 |
| Pada 2Leo | 10.5 / 10.5 | 10.5 / 10.5 | 10.5 / 10.5 | 10.5 / 10.5 |
| Pada 3Leo | 10.5 / 10.5 | 10.5 / 10.5 | 10.5 / 10.5 | 10.5 / 10.5 |
| Pada 4Leo | 10.5 / 10.5 | 10.5 / 10.5 | 10.5 / 10.5 | 10.5 / 10.5 |
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
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
Magha and Swati are both Antya (Kapha), 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 Magha with Swati however well everything else goes.
Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Libra and Leo — 3/11 — outside the three forbidden distances of 6/8, 5/9 and 2/12, and it stays outside them in all sixteen pada combinations. Bhakoot is full at seven throughout.
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: Magha to Swati is 6 and back is 23, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 6 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 — 6 with Magha as bride, 23 with Swati — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Swati as the bride and not with Magha.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Magha is Ugra / Krura (fierce), Swati is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 10.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 26th place in Magha's table, 26th in Swati's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Magha’s table
26th of 27
Swati scores 10.5 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 Swati’s table
26th of 27
Magha scores 10.5 there outright. Swati’s 27 partners run from 10 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Swati can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: how to check compatibility in a kundli and Venus, and what it decides about a marriage. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Magha page and the Swati page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Magha and Swati score?
Are Magha and Swati compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Magha and Swati?
Do Magha and Swati have Nadi 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 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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