Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Swati and Dhanishta nakshatra matching
25–28 of 36 with Swati as bride, 25–28 with Dhanishta as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Lion yoni · Rakshasa gana
Swati as bride
25–28
of 36
Dhanishta as bride
25–28
of 36
Across all padas
21–25
spread of 4
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 Swati with Dhanishta that leaves 5 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Tara, Graha Maitri, Bhakoot and Nadi — and 3 carrying a deduction: Gana (0 of 6), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). The heaviest of them is Gana, where Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Swati: Deva gives 0 of 6.
A swing of 4 guna separates the best and worst cells in the grid below — 21 at the bottom, 25 at the top. The cause is a boundary inside the four padas: Dhanishta runs from Capricorn into Aquarius after pada 2. 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 Swati and Dhanishta, 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 | Swati bride | Dhanishta bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Dhanishta: Vaishya · Swati: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Dhanishta: Jalachar · Swati: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Swati: Ati-Mitra (9) · from Dhanishta: Sampat (2) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Dhanishta: Lion · Swati: Buffalo |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Dhanishta: Saturn · Swati: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Swati: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Capricorn and Libra — 4/10 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Dhanishta: Madhya (Pitta) · Swati: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 25–28 | 25–28 | Good |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Dhanishta: Rakshasa · Swati: Deva. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Dhanishta: Lion · Swati: Buffalo. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Dhanishta: Jalachar · Swati: Manav. The middle of this koota: tables put a pair like this anywhere between half a guna and one.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Swati’s table and Dhanishta’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Swati runs Libra 6°40′ – 20°00′ and Dhanishta runs Capricorn 23°20′ – Aquarius 6°40′ — 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: Swati as bride first, Dhanishta as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 20 at the lowest and 25 at the highest.
| Swati ↓ / Dhanishta → | Pada 1Capricorn | Pada 2Capricorn | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Libra | 25 / 25 | 25 / 25 | 20 / 21 | 20 / 21 |
| Pada 2Libra | 25 / 25 | 25 / 25 | 20 / 21 | 20 / 21 |
| Pada 3Libra | 25 / 25 | 25 / 25 | 20 / 21 | 20 / 21 |
| Pada 4Libra | 25 / 25 | 25 / 25 | 20 / 21 | 20 / 21 |
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
Swati is Antya (Kapha) and Dhanishta is Madhya (Pitta). 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
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 Saturn 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: Swati to Dhanishta 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 Swati as bride, 20 with Dhanishta — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Dhanishta as the bride and not with Swati.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Swati is Chara (movable), Dhanishta is Chara (movable) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 25 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 7th place in Swati's table, 5th in Dhanishta's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Swati’s table
7th of 27
Dhanishta 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.
In Dhanishta’s table
5th of 27
Swati scores 25 there, level with 2 other partners. Dhanishta’s 27 partners run from 6.5 to 29.5 with a median of 19, so this one sits above the middle of what Dhanishta 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 Swati 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: 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 Swati page and the Dhanishta page.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Swati and Dhanishta to sixteen answers between 21 and 25. Two birth times pick one of them.
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