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Pushya and Swati nakshatra matching

24–27 of 36 with Pushya as bride, 25–28 with Swati as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Pushya: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Sheep yoni · Deva gana | Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana

Pushya as bride

24–27

of 36

Swati as bride

25–28

of 36

Across all padas

one answer

Of the eight kootas, 5 leave something on the table for this pair and 3 do not. Graha Maitri is the largest at 0.5 of 5 — Swati: Venus · Pushya: Moon. The complete ones are Gana, Bhakoot and Nadi, which is 21 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.

Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Pushya and Swati 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

Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Pushya with Swati. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Pushya with Swati at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Pushya bride	Swati bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Swati: Shudra · Pushya: Brahmin
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Swati: Manav · Pushya: Jalachar
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Pushya: Mitra (8) · from Swati: Vipat (3)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Swati: Buffalo · Pushya: Sheep
Graha Maitri / 5	0.5	0.5	Swati: Venus · Pushya: Moon
Gana / 6	6	6	Swati: Deva · Pushya: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Libra and Cancer — 4/10
Nadi / 8	8	8	Swati: Antya (Kapha) · Pushya: Madhya (Pitta)
Total / 36	24–27	25–28	Good

Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Swati: Venus · Pushya: Moon. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Pushya: Mitra (8) · from Swati: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Swati: Buffalo · Pushya: Sheep. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Swati: Manav · Pushya: Jalachar. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Swati: Shudra · Pushya: Brahmin. The groom's rank has to reach the bride's and does not. One guna, and no tradition treats it as disqualifying.

Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Pushya’s table and Swati’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Pushya runs Cancer 3°20′ – 16°40′ 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 80°00′ and 106°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Pushya as bride first, Swati as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Pushya with Swati across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Pushya as bride then Swati as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Pushya ↓ / Swati →	Pada 1Libra	Pada 2Libra	Pada 3Libra	Pada 4Libra
Pada 1Cancer	24 / 25	24 / 25	24 / 25	24 / 25
Pada 2Cancer	24 / 25	24 / 25	24 / 25	24 / 25
Pada 3Cancer	24 / 25	24 / 25	24 / 25	24 / 25
Pada 4Cancer	24 / 25	24 / 25	24 / 25	24 / 25

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every 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

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

Pushya is Madhya (Pitta) 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1

Libra and Cancer — 4/10 — 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. 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 Pushya and Swati 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 Pushya to Swati is 8. 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: 8 from Pushya and 21 from Swati, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Swati as the bride and not with Pushya.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Pushya is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Swati is Chara (movable) — 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: 25 of 36 puts Swati 6th among Pushya's 27 possible partners and Pushya 7th among Swati's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Pushya’s table

6th of 27

Swati scores 25 there, level with 1 other partner. Pushya’s 27 partners run from 11.5 to 28.5 with a median of 19.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Pushya can reach — all 27 rows.

In Swati’s table

7th of 27

Pushya scores 25 there, level with 3 other partners. 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

The whole of Ashtakoot for Pushya and Swati rests on two arcs of the zodiac 13°20′ wide. Everything a chart is usually read for — the seventh house and its lord, Venus and Mars, Mangal dosha, the dasha each partner is running — sits outside those two arcs and outside this total, which is why good is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.

Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: what a birth date alone can and cannot settle and how to check compatibility in a kundli. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Pushya page and the Swati page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Pushya and Swati score?

24–27 of 36 with Pushya as the bride and 25–28 with Swati as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The padas do not change it — all sixteen combinations give the same answer, which makes this one of the 146 pairs of 351 where the two birth stars settle the score outright. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Pushya and Swati compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Pushya with Swati at good. The guna are lost on Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4), Vashya (0–1 of 2) and Varna (0 of 1). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Varna — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Pushya and Swati?

No. Every one of the sixteen pada combinations returns the same total for Pushya and Swati. Neither star crosses a boundary between its padas, so all four sit in one rashi and one half of it, and no koota can move. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way.

Do Pushya and Swati have Bhakoot dosha?

No. The two Moon signs never fall at one of the three forbidden distances — 6/8 Shadashtaka, 5/9 Navapanchaka or 2/12 Dwirdwadasha — in any of the sixteen pada combinations, so Bhakoot scores its full seven throughout. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.

Is it better for Pushya to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Swati on the bride's side scores higher — 25–28 against 24–27. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Pushya as bride to 1 with Swati as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The score is settled for Pushya 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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