Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Swati and Shatabhisha nakshatra matching
19 of 36 with Swati as bride, 20 with Shatabhisha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) nadi · Horse yoni · Rakshasa gana
Swati as bride
19
of 36
Shatabhisha as bride
20
of 36
Across all padas
20
one answer
Swati and Shatabhisha come to 19 of 36 with Swati on the bride's side and 20 with Shatabhisha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Vashya, Tara, Graha Maitri and Nadi score in full, while Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6) and Yoni (0 of 4) do not, and Bhakoot on its own accounts for 7 of the guna that go missing.
Worth stating because most matching sites imply otherwise: for Swati and Shatabhisha 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 Swati with Shatabhisha. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Gana differs between them.
| Koota | Swati bride | Shatabhisha bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Shudra · Swati: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 2 | 2 | Shatabhisha: Manav · Swati: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 3 | 3 | Counting from Swati: Janma (1) · from Shatabhisha: Janma (1) |
| Yoni / 4 | 0 | 0 | Shatabhisha: Horse · Swati: Buffalo |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 5 | 5 | Shatabhisha: Saturn · Swati: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 0 | 1 | Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Swati: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Aquarius and Libra — 5/9 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Shatabhisha: Adi (Vata) · Swati: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 19 | 20 | Acceptable |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Aquarius and Libra — 5/9. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Gana, 0 of 6 — Shatabhisha: Rakshasa · Swati: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
- Yoni, 0 of 4 — Shatabhisha: Horse · Swati: Buffalo. One of the seven hostile pairs, and the largest deduction a single koota can produce.
Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Swati’s table and Shatabhisha’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Swati runs Libra 6°40′ – 20°00′ and Shatabhisha runs Aquarius 6°40′ – 20°00′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 106°40′ and 133°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Swati as bride first, Shatabhisha as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Swati ↓ / Shatabhisha → | Pada 1Aquarius | Pada 2Aquarius | Pada 3Aquarius | Pada 4Aquarius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Libra | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 |
| Pada 2Libra | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 |
| Pada 3Libra | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 |
| Pada 4Libra | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 | 19 / 20 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. No cell carries a tradition range here: Yoni and Vashya both land on agreed cases for Swati with Shatabhisha. 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
Swati is Antya (Kapha) and Shatabhisha 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. The commonly cited cancellation covers all of them: 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
The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Swati and Shatabhisha alone — so they can be given here and checked by hand.
- Mahendra — present. Mahendra wants every third star from the fourth — 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25 — and Swati to Shatabhisha is 10. The two counts always add to 29, so a Mahendra pair holds whichever way round the match is made.
- Stri-Dirgha — satisfied both ways. This one is directional in earnest: 10 from Swati and 19 from Shatabhisha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds either way round here.
Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Swati is Chara (movable), Shatabhisha 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: 20 of 36 puts Shatabhisha 17th among Swati's 27 possible partners and Swati 15th among Shatabhisha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Swati’s table
17th of 27
Shatabhisha scores 20 there, level with 2 other partners. 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 Shatabhisha’s table
15th of 27
Swati scores 20 there, level with 1 other partner. Shatabhisha’s 27 partners run from 9.5 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Shatabhisha can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
Across every pairing of two Moon positions that can exist, 63.6% clear 18 and the median total is 20.5, so clearing the conventional bar is the ordinary result rather than a distinction. The ceiling is 35, not 36 — no pairing of Swati and Shatabhisha or of anything else reaches a perfect score, and a site reporting one has added something to the arithmetic.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the 36 guna taken one koota at a time and what the Navamsa adds that Guna Milan cannot. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Swati page and the Shatabhisha page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Swati and Shatabhisha score?
Are Swati and Shatabhisha compatible?
Does the pada change the result for Swati and Shatabhisha?
Do Swati and Shatabhisha 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 Shatabhisha, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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