Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair
Swati and Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra matching
17–20 of 36 with Swati as bride, 16–19 with Uttara Bhadrapada as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.
Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) nadi · Cow yoni · Manushya gana
Swati as bride
17–20
of 36
Uttara Bhadrapada as bride
16–19
of 36
Across all padas
17
one answer
Of the eight kootas, 6 leave something on the table for this pair and 2 do not. Bhakoot is the largest at 0 of 7 — Pisces and Libra — 6/8. The complete ones are Varna and Nadi, which is 9 of the 36 guna earned before any deduction is applied.
The pada does not matter here. 120 of the 351 pairs behave this way and Swati with Uttara Bhadrapada is one of them: every one of the sixteen cells in the grid below repeats the same total, so knowing the two birth stars is knowing the score.
Koota by Koota
Pada 1 on each side, and what every koota is reading for Swati with Uttara Bhadrapada. Varna and Gana are the two directional tests, which is why each name gets a column: Varna differs between them.
| Koota | Swati bride | Uttara Bhadrapada bride | What it reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna / 1 | 1 | 0 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Brahmin · Swati: Shudra |
| Vashya / 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · Swati: Manav |
| Tara / 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Counting from Swati: Vipat (3) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Mitra (8) |
| Yoni / 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Swati: Buffalo |
| Graha Maitri / 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Swati: Venus |
| Gana / 6 | 5 | 5 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Swati: Deva |
| Bhakoot / 7 | 0 | 0 | Pisces and Libra — 6/8 |
| Nadi / 8 | 8 | 8 | Uttara Bhadrapada: Madhya (Pitta) · Swati: Antya (Kapha) |
| Total / 36 | 17–20 | 16–19 | Below the conventional threshold |
- Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Pisces and Libra — 6/8. One of the three forbidden distances, and Bhakoot is all or nothing.
- Graha Maitri, 0.5 of 5 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jupiter · Swati: Venus. Five guna ride on how the two sign lords regard each other, more than any other single test.
- Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Swati: Vipat (3) · from Uttara Bhadrapada: Mitra (8). One count of the two is inauspicious and the other is not, which halves the koota.
- Gana, 5 of 6 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Manushya · Swati: Deva. Deva with Manushya, five of six either way round — the mildest of the mixed results.
- Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Cow · Swati: Buffalo. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.
- Vashya, 0–1 of 2 — Uttara Bhadrapada: Jalachar · 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 Uttara Bhadrapada’s.
All Sixteen Pada Combinations
Swati runs Libra 6°40′ – 20°00′ and Uttara Bhadrapada runs Pisces 3°20′ – 16°40′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 133°20′ and 160°00′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Swati as bride first, Uttara Bhadrapada as bride second. All sixteen read alike, so the padas can be left out of this one.
| Swati ↓ / Uttara Bhadrapada → | Pada 1Pisces | Pada 2Pisces | Pada 3Pisces | Pada 4Pisces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1Libra | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 |
| Pada 2Libra | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 |
| Pada 3Libra | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 |
| Pada 4Libra | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 | 17 / 16 |
Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds 3 guna to every cell. None of the sixteen clears the conventional threshold of 18 on this reading. 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 — 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. Neither cancellation is available — the sign lords are Venus and Jupiter, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.
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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada is 12. 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: 12 from Swati and 17 from Uttara Bhadrapada, 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), Uttara Bhadrapada is Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — 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: 17 of 36 puts Uttara Bhadrapada 20th among Swati's 27 possible partners and Swati 20th among Uttara Bhadrapada's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.
In Swati’s table
20th of 27
Uttara Bhadrapada scores 17 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 Uttara Bhadrapada’s table
20th of 27
Swati scores 17 there outright. Uttara Bhadrapada’s 27 partners run from 13 to 32 with a median of 21.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Uttara Bhadrapada can reach — all 27 rows.
What This Total Is Not
The whole of Ashtakoot for Swati and Uttara Bhadrapada 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 below the conventional threshold is a starting point for a conversation and not the end of one.
Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the guide to all 27 birth stars and kundli matching for marriage, end to end. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Swati page and the Uttara Bhadrapada page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many guna do Swati and Uttara Bhadrapada score?
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Run It On the Real Padas
The score is settled for Swati and Uttara Bhadrapada, but the doshas, the seventh house and the running dasha are not — and those are what a chart is for.
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