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What is a Vyatipata Yoga?
Yogas, essentially, refer to the combination of the Sun and the Moon when a native is born in a constellation. There are a total of 27 different Yogas based on the twenty seven constellations propounded in Vedic Astrology. The astrological combinations or Niti yogas help decipher the personality traits of an individual like temperament, behavior and other characteristics. The Nitya Yogas is mathematically calculated by adding the longitudes of the Moon and the Sun and dividing the sum by 13 degrees and 20 minutes.
Vyatipata (व्यतिपात), also known as Vyatipat Yog is the 17th Nitya (Naisargika) Yoga, which is ruled by Rudra and considered to be especially malefic one along with Vaidhriti (comparing to another malefic Nitya Yogas all Ghatis of Vyatipata and Vaidhriti are inauspicious for starting something). Its effect can be described as “a portent indicating disaster”, “a great disaster”, “calamity”. Vyatipāta (व्यतिपात). An astronomical phenomenon when the sum of the (true) longitudes of the Sun and the Moon amounts to half a circle (i.e.., 180° or 6 signs).
Both Yogas should be shunned in all auspicious elections. According to classical Jyotirvidyabharanam (2/56) any religious activity done during these Yogas do not yield any result in both “lokas”, i.e. it’s completely destroyed. Another classics, Rajmartanda opines that these Yogas along with Bhadra Karana (Vishti) are…
