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Swati and Shravana nakshatra matching

21.5–24.5 of 36 with Swati as bride, 20.5–23.5 with Shravana as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Shravana: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Monkey yoni · Deva gana

Swati as bride

21.5–24.5

of 36

Shravana as bride

20.5–23.5

of 36

Across all padas

21.5

one answer

Of the eight kootas, 4 leave something on the table for this pair and 4 do not. Nadi is the largest at 0 of 8 — Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Swati: Antya (Kapha). The complete ones are Varna, Graha Maitri, Gana and Bhakoot, which is 19 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.

A boundary is crossed and the result survives it: Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar. Vashya reads differently either side of it, and yet every one of the sixteen combinations still lands on 21.5 of 36 on the conservative reading. 120 of the 351 pairs are untouched by the pada altogether; this one is one of 26 touched everywhere except in the total.

Koota by Koota

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

Ashtakoot koota scores for Swati with Shravana at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Swati bride	Shravana bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	0	Shravana: Vaishya · Swati: Shudra
Vashya / 2	0–1	0–1	Shravana: Chatushpada · Swati: Manav
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Swati: Mitra (8) · from Shravana: Vipat (3)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Shravana: Monkey · Swati: Buffalo
Graha Maitri / 5	5	5	Shravana: Saturn · Swati: Venus
Gana / 6	6	6	Shravana: Deva · Swati: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Capricorn and Libra — 4/10
Nadi / 8	0	0	Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Swati: Antya (Kapha)
Total / 36	21.5–24.5	20.5–23.5	Acceptable

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Shravana: Antya (Kapha) · Swati: Antya (Kapha). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Swati: Mitra (8) · from Shravana: Vipat (3). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Shravana: Monkey · Swati: Buffalo. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Shravana: Chatushpada · Swati: Manav. Neither the same group nor the agreed zero, so the graded middle where lineages differ.

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

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Swati runs Libra 6°40′ – 20°00′ and Shravana runs Capricorn 10°00′ – 23°20′ — 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: Swati as bride first, Shravana as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Swati with Shravana across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Swati as bride then Shravana as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Swati ↓ / Shravana →	Pada 1Capricorn	Pada 2Capricorn	Pada 3Capricorn	Pada 4Capricorn
Pada 1Libra	21.5 / 20.5	21.5 / 20.5	21.5 / 20.5	21.5 / 20.5
Pada 2Libra	21.5 / 20.5	21.5 / 20.5	21.5 / 20.5	21.5 / 20.5
Pada 3Libra	21.5 / 20.5	21.5 / 20.5	21.5 / 20.5	21.5 / 20.5
Pada 4Libra	21.5 / 20.5	21.5 / 20.5	21.5 / 20.5	21.5 / 20.5

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

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 Shravana rather than guessed at.

Nadi Koota — 0 of 8

Swati and Shravana are both Antya (Kapha), so the plain rule gives nothing. None of the three recognised cancellations reaches this pair — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — so the eight guna are lost and 28 is the ceiling for Swati with Shravana however well everything else goes.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

Capricorn and Libra — 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. Remedial practice for Nadi dosha is set out on the Nadi dosha page.

Two Tests Outside the 36

The South Indian reckoning runs to ten kootas, and two of the extras are counts between Swati and Shravana 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 Swati to Shravana 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 Swati and 21 from Shravana, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Shravana as the bride and not with Swati.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Swati is Chara (movable), Shravana 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: 21.5 of 36 puts Shravana 14th among Swati's 27 possible partners and Swati 11th among Shravana's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Swati’s table

14th of 27

Shravana scores 21.5 there outright. Swati’s 27 partners run from 10 to 28 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits on the middle of what Swati can reach — all 27 rows.

In Shravana’s table

11th of 27

Swati scores 21.5 there, level with 2 other partners. Shravana’s 27 partners run from 3.5 to 28 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits above the middle of what Shravana can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

The whole of Ashtakoot for Swati and Shravana 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 acceptable 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 Swati page and the Shravana page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Swati and Shravana score?

21.5–24.5 of 36 with Swati as the bride and 20.5–23.5 with Shravana 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 Swati and Shravana compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Swati with Shravana at acceptable. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Vashya (0–1 of 2). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Swati and Shravana?

No. Every one of the sixteen pada combinations returns the same total for Swati and Shravana. Shravana passes the mid-point of Capricorn after pada 2, which moves it from the Chatushpada vashya group into Jalachar, and what Vashya reads changes with it, but the figure the band is taken from holds at 21.5 throughout — one of 26 pairs in the 351 that behave that way.

Do Swati and Shravana have Nadi dosha?

Yes on the plain rule: both birth stars fall in Antya (Kapha), and a shared nadi scores 0 of 8 — the largest single deduction in Ashtakoot. The three recognised cancellations — the same star in different padas, both Moons in one rashi, or two rashis sharing a lord — do not apply to Swati with Shravana, so the eight guna are genuinely lost. That leaves a ceiling of 28 for this pair however well the other seven go. Across every possible pairing, 33.3% carry Nadi dosha and 23.2% of those are cancelled.

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

On the arithmetic, Swati on the bride's side scores higher — 21.5–24.5 against 20.5–23.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 1 with Swati as bride to 0 with Shravana 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 Swati and Shravana, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.

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