Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Mrigashira and Hasta nakshatra matching
24–27 of 36 with Mrigashira as bride, 24–27 with Hasta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Serpent yoni · Deva gana | Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana
Mrigashira as bride
24–27
of 36
Hasta as bride
24–27
of 36
Across all padas
24–33
spread of 9
Mrigashira and Hasta come to 24–27 of 36 with Mrigashira on the bride's side and 24–27 with Hasta on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Tara, Graha Maitri, Gana and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
The pada decides part of this one. Mrigashira runs from Taurus into Gemini after pada 2, 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 24 and 33, a swing of 9 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Mrigashira with Hasta. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: here neither one differs, so the two columns agree.
| Koota | Mrigashira bride | Hasta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Hasta: Vaishya · Mrigashira: Vaishya |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Hasta: Manav · Mrigashira: Chatushpada |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Mrigashira: Ati-Mitra (9) · from Hasta: Sampat (2) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Hasta: Buffalo · Mrigashira: Serpent |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Hasta: Mercury · Mrigashira: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Hasta: Deva · Mrigashira: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Virgo and Taurus — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Hasta: Adi (Vata) · Mrigashira: Madhya (Pitta) |
| Total / 36 | 24–27 | 24–27 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Virgo and Taurus — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Hasta: Buffalo · Mrigashira: Serpent. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Hasta: Manav · Mrigashira: Chatushpada. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Mrigashira’s table and Hasta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Mrigashira runs Taurus 23°20′ – Gemini 6°40′ 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 93°20′ and 120°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Mrigashira as bride first, Hasta as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 24 at the lowest and 33 at the highest.
| Mrigashira ↓ / Hasta → | Pada 1Virgo | Pada 2Virgo | Pada 3Virgo | Pada 4Virgo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Taurus | 24 / 24 | 24 / 24 | 24 / 24 | 24 / 24 |
| Pada 2Taurus | 24 / 24 | 24 / 24 | 24 / 24 | 24 / 24 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 33 / 32 | 33 / 32 | 33 / 32 | 33 / 32 |
| Pada 4Gemini | 33 / 32 | 33 / 32 | 33 / 32 | 33 / 32 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. 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
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 Mrigashira and Hasta rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Mrigashira is Madhya (Pitta) 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 8 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers each of those cells: Venus and Mercury 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 Mrigashira and Hasta 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 Mrigashira to Hasta is 9. 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: 9 from Mrigashira and 20 from Hasta, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Hasta as the bride and not with Mrigashira.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Mrigashira is Mridu (tender), 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
A total carries meaning against the alternatives rather than on its own, and the alternatives differ for the two stars: 24 of 36 puts Hasta 7th among Mrigashira's 27 possible partners and Mrigashira 9th among Hasta's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Mrigashira’s table
7th of 27
Hasta scores 24 there, level with 1 other partner. Mrigashira’s 27 partners run from 9 to 35 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Mrigashira can reach — all 27 rows.
In Hasta’s table
9th of 27
Mrigashira scores 24 there, level with 1 other partner. 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.
What This Total Is Not
Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Mrigashira and Hasta or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Mrigashira page and the Hasta page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Mrigashira and Hasta to sixteen answers between 24 and 33. Two birth times pick one of them.
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