Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Punarvasu and Swati nakshatra matching
26–28 of 36 with Punarvasu as bride, 26–28 with Swati as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) nadi · Cat yoni · Deva gana | Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana
Punarvasu as bride
26–28
of 36
Swati as bride
26–28
of 36
Across all padas
26–26.5
spread of 0.5
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 Punarvasu with Swati that leaves 6 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Vashya, Tara, Graha Maitri, Gana and Nadi — and 2 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7) and Yoni (1–3 of 4). The heaviest of them is Bhakoot, where Libra and Gemini — 5/9 gives 0 of 7.
A swing of 0.5 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 26 at the bottom, 26.5 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Punarvasu runs from Gemini into Cancer after pada 3. Since 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, which side of it the Moon fell on is not a detail.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Punarvasu and Swati, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: here neither one differs, so the two columns agree.
| Koota | Punarvasu bride | Swati bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Swati: Shudra · Punarvasu: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Swati: Manav · Punarvasu: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Punarvasu: Ati-Mitra (9) · from Swati: Sampat (2) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Swati: Buffalo · Punarvasu: Cat |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Swati: Venus · Punarvasu: Mercury |
| Gana / 6 | 6 | 6 | Swati: Deva · Punarvasu: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Libra and Gemini — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Swati: Antya (Kapha) · Punarvasu: Adi (Vata) |
| Total / 36 | 26–28 | 26–28 | Good |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Libra and Gemini — 5/9. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Swati: Buffalo · Punarvasu: Cat. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Punarvasu’s table and Swati’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Punarvasu runs Gemini 20°00′ – Cancer 3°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 93°20′ and 120°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Punarvasu as bride first, Swati as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 25.5 at the lowest and 26.5 at the highest.
| Punarvasu ↓ / Swati → | Pada 1Libra | Pada 2Libra | Pada 3Libra | Pada 4Libra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Gemini | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 |
| Pada 2Gemini | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 |
| Pada 3Gemini | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 | 26 / 26 |
| Pada 4Cancer | 25.5 / 26.5 | 25.5 / 26.5 | 25.5 / 26.5 | 25.5 / 26.5 |
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
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
Punarvasu 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 12 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: 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
Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Punarvasu to Swati is 9 and back is 20, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 9 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 — 9 with Punarvasu as bride, 20 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 Punarvasu.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Punarvasu is Chara (movable), 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 26 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 3rd place in Punarvasu's table, 5th in Swati's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Punarvasu’s table
3rd of 27
Swati scores 26 there, level with 1 other partner. Punarvasu’s 27 partners run from 4 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Punarvasu can reach — all 27 rows.
In Swati’s table
5th of 27
Punarvasu scores 26 there, level with 1 other partner. 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
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 Punarvasu 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 good 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 Punarvasu page and the Swati page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Punarvasu and Swati to sixteen answers between 26 and 26.5. Two birth times pick one of them.
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