Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Swati and Vishakha nakshatra matching

19–21 of 36 with Swati as bride, 20–22 with Vishakha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Swati: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana

Swati as bride

19–21

of 36

Vishakha as bride

20–22

of 36

Across all padas

8–20

spread of 12

Swati and Vishakha come to 19–21 of 36 with Swati on the bride's side and 20–22 with Vishakha on it. What sits behind those two figures: Varna, Vashya, Tara, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot score in full, while Nadi (0 of 8), Gana (0 of 6) and Yoni (1–3 of 4) do not, and Nadi on its own accounts for 8 of the guna that go missing.

The pada decides part of this one. Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio 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 8 and 20, a swing of 12 guna against a median of 2 for all 351 pairs.

Koota by Koota

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

Ashtakoot koota scores for Swati with Vishakha 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	Vishakha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	1	1	Vishakha: Shudra · Swati: Shudra
Vashya / 2	2	2	Vishakha: Manav · Swati: Manav
Tara / 3	3	3	Counting from Swati: Sampat (2) · from Vishakha: Ati-Mitra (9)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Vishakha: Tiger · Swati: Buffalo
Graha Maitri / 5	5	5	Vishakha: Venus · Swati: Venus
Gana / 6	0	1	Vishakha: Rakshasa · Swati: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	7	7	Libra and Libra — 1/1
Nadi / 8	0	0	Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Swati: Antya (Kapha)
Total / 36	19–21	20–22	Acceptable

Nadi, 0 of 8 — Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Swati: Antya (Kapha). The heaviest koota in the system, all or nothing.
Gana, 0 of 6 — Vishakha: Rakshasa · Swati: Deva. Directional: swap the partners and the same two ganas score differently.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Vishakha: Tiger · Swati: Buffalo. Not the same animal, not a hostile pair, so the graded middle.

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

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Swati runs Libra 6°40′ – 20°00′ and Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 0°00′ and 26°40′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Swati as bride first, Vishakha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 8 at the lowest and 20 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Swati with Vishakha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Swati as bride then Vishakha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Swati ↓ / Vishakha →	Pada 1Libra	Pada 2Libra	Pada 3Libra	Pada 4Scorpio
Pada 1Libra	19 / 20	19 / 20	19 / 20	8 / 8
Pada 2Libra	19 / 20	19 / 20	19 / 20	8 / 8
Pada 3Libra	19 / 20	19 / 20	19 / 20	8 / 8
Pada 4Libra	19 / 20	19 / 20	19 / 20	8 / 8

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. 12 of the sixteen clear the conventional threshold of 18; the other 4 do not. 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 Vishakha rather than guessed at.

Nadi Koota — 0 of 8

Swati and Vishakha are both Antya (Kapha), so the plain rule gives nothing. The cancellation applies: both Moons fall in Libra, which the texts hold voids Nadi dosha outright. Only 5 of the 108 same-nadi pairs qualify, so this is the uncommon case.

Bhakoot Koota — 7 of 7 at pada 1

In 4 of the sixteen pada combinations, 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 Venus, neither the same planet nor mutual friends.

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 Vishakha 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 Vishakha is 2. 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: 2 from Swati and 27 from Vishakha, against a threshold sources give as seven or as nine. It holds with Vishakha as the bride and not with Swati.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Swati is Chara (movable), Vishakha is Mishra (mixed) — 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 Vishakha 17th among Swati's 27 possible partners and Swati 16th among Vishakha's, both on the pada-1 figures those two tables print.

In Swati’s table

17th of 27

Vishakha 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 Vishakha’s table

16th of 27

Swati scores 20 there outright. Vishakha’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29.5 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Vishakha 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 Vishakha 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 Vishakha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Swati and Vishakha score?

19–21 of 36 with Swati as the bride and 20–22 with Vishakha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 8 to 20, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Swati and Vishakha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Swati with Vishakha at acceptable. The guna are lost on Nadi (0 of 8), Gana (0 of 6) and Yoni (1–3 of 4). Read that as a filter result, not as a recommendation. A koota scoring zero — here Gana and Nadi — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Swati and Vishakha?

Yes. Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio after pada 3, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are read from the Moon rashi rather than from the nakshatra, so 15 of the 36 guna move with that boundary. The total ranges from 8 to 20 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 12 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Swati and Vishakha 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 classical cancellation applies here, though, and it is not a technicality: both Moons sit in Libra, which the texts hold voids the dosha outright. 5 of the 108 same-nadi pairs qualify. 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, Vishakha on the bride's side scores higher — 20–22 against 19–21. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Gana goes from 0 with Swati as bride to 1 with Vishakha 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 grid above narrows Swati and Vishakha to sixteen answers between 8 and 20. Two birth times pick one of them.

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