Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Swati and Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
25–27 of 36 with Swati as bride, 25–27 with Purva Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) nadi · Lion yoni · Manushya gana
Swati as bride
25–27
of 36
Purva Bhadrapada as bride
25–27
of 36
Across all padas
18.5–25
spread of 6.5
Reading the eight kootas in order for Swati and Purva Bhadrapada: Bhakoot is where the largest deduction falls — Aquarius and Libra — 5/9, so 0 of 7, with Gana at 5 of 6 and Yoni at 1–3 of 4 behind it. The remaining 5 kootas are complete, which puts the pair at 25–27 one way round and 25–27 the other.
The pada decides part of this one. Purva Bhadrapada runs from Aquarius into Pisces after pada 3, 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 18.5 and 25, a swing of 6.5 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.
Koota by Koota
All eight kootas for Swati and Purva Bhadrapada, 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 | Swati bride | Purva Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Purva Bhadrapada: Shudra · Swati: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manav · Swati: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Swati: Sampat (2) · from Purva Bhadrapada: Ati-Mitra (9) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · Swati: Buffalo |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Saturn · Swati: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Swati: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Aquarius and Libra — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Purva Bhadrapada: Adi (Vata) · Swati: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 25–27 | 25–27 | Good |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Libra — 5/9. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Purva Bhadrapada: Manushya · Swati: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Purva Bhadrapada: Lion · 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Swati runs Libra 6°40′ – 20°00′ and Purva Bhadrapada runs Aquarius 20°00′ – Pisces 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 120°00′ and 146°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Swati as bride first, Purva Bhadrapada as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 17.5 at the lowest and 25 at the highest.
| Swati ↓ / Purva Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Libra | 25 / 25 | 25 / 25 | 25 / 25 | 18.5 / 17.5 |
| Pada 2Libra | 25 / 25 | 25 / 25 | 25 / 25 | 18.5 / 17.5 |
| Pada 3Libra | 25 / 25 | 25 / 25 | 25 / 25 | 18.5 / 17.5 |
| Pada 4Libra | 25 / 25 | 25 / 25 | 25 / 25 | 18.5 / 17.5 |
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
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 Purva Bhadrapada rather than guessed at.
Nadi Koota — 8 of 8
Swati is Antya (Kapha) and Purva Bhadrapada 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 every pada combination, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. 12 of those 16 cells carry the cancellation and the rest do not, so the pada decides not just the score but whether the relief clause is available.
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 Purva Bhadrapada is 11 and back is 18, counting inclusively.
- Mahendra — absent. 11 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 both ways. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 11 with Swati as bride, 18 with Purva Bhadrapada — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Swati is Chara (movable), Purva Bhadrapada is Ugra / Krura (fierce) — 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, 7th in Purva Bhadrapada'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
Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada’s table
7th of 27
Swati scores 25 there outright. Purva Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 29.5 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Purva Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
What the breakdown says matters more than where the total lands. A high figure sitting on a zero in Nadi or Bhakoot is a different proposition from the same figure earned evenly across the eight, and 18 of 36 is a threshold families use rather than a rule any classical text states.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: how to check compatibility in a kundli and Venus, and what it decides about a marriage. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Swati page and the Purva Bhadrapada page.
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Run It On the Real Padas
The grid above narrows Swati and Purva Bhadrapada to sixteen answers between 18.5 and 25. Two birth times pick one of them.
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