Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Swati and Mula nakshatra matching
21–23 of 36 with Swati as bride, 21–23 with Mula as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Mula: Adi (Vata) nadi · Dog yoni · Rakshasa gana
Swati as bride
21–23
of 36
Mula as bride
21–23
of 36
Across all padas
21
one answer
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 Mula that leaves 4 of the eight at full marks — Varna, Vashya, Bhakoot and Nadi — and 4 carrying a deduction: Gana (0 of 6), Graha Maitri (0.5 of 5), Tara (1.5 of 3) and Yoni (1–3 of 4). The heaviest of them is Gana, where Mula: Rakshasa · Swati: Deva gives 0 of 6.
All sixteen combinations give the same answer. Neither star crosses a boundary of any kind between its padas, so the totals below are the whole result and the birth times only need to be accurate enough to fix the nakshatra. This pair is one of the 120 of 351 where that is true.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Swati and Mula, 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 | Mula bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Mula: Kshatriya · Swati: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Mula: Manav · Swati: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Swati: Pratyari (5) · from Mula: Sadhaka (6) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Mula: Dog · Swati: Buffalo |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Mula: Jupiter · Swati: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Mula: Rakshasa · Swati: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 7 | 7 | Sagittarius and Libra — 3/11 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Mula: Adi (Vata) · Swati: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 21–23 | 21–23 | Acceptable |
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Mula: Rakshasa · Swati: Deva. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Mula: Jupiter · Swati: Venus. The mental-compatibility koota, and the sign lords fall short of friendship.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Swati: Pratyari (5) · from Mula: Sadhaka (6). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Mula: Dog · Swati: Buffalo. 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 Swati’s table and Mula’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Swati runs Libra 6°40′ – 20°00′ and Mula runs Sagittarius 0°00′ – 13°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 40°00′ and 66°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Swati as bride first, Mula as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Swati ↓ / Mula → | Pada 1Sagittarius | Pada 2Sagittarius | Pada 3Sagittarius | Pada 4Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Libra | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 |
| Pada 2Libra | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 |
| Pada 3Libra | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 |
| Pada 4Libra | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 2 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
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 Swati and Mula rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Swati is Antya (Kapha) and Mula 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 — 7 of 7 at pada 1
Sagittarius and Libra — 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. 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 Mula is 5 and back is 24, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 5 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 — 5 with Swati as bride, 24 with Mula — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Mula as the bride and not with Swati.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Swati is Chara (movable), Mula is Tikshna (sharp) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.
How the Pair Ranks on Each Side
The same 21 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 15th place in Swati's table, 12th in Mula's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.
In Swati’s table
15th of 27
Mula scores 21 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.
In Mula’s table
12th of 27
Swati scores 21 there, level with 2 other partners. Mula’s 27 partners run from 11 to 30 with a median of 21, so this one sits on the middle of what Mula 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 acceptable 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 Swati page and the Mula page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Swati and Mula score?
Are Swati and Mula compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Swati and Mula?
Do Swati and Mula have Bhakoot dosha?
Is it better for Swati to be the bride or the groom?
Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Swati and Mula, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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