Dhanur Vyatheepaatha Yoga
What is Vyatheepaatha Yoga? Yoga is one of the components (limbs) of Panchanga (Thithi; Vaara; Nakshathra; Yoga; Karana) which is different from Aanandaadi Yogas or Gouri Panchanga that we usually come across in a Panchanga. Basically, Yoga represents the sum of the longitudes (angular relationship) of the Sun and the Moon for a given lunar day. Like Nakshathras (constellations) there are 27 Yogas having duration of 13.20 degrees each that keep occurring daily on a cyclical basis in a specific sequence starting from Vishkambha and ending with Vydruthi Yoga. In electional astrology (muhurtha) though Yoga is given secondary importance, some of them, especially Vyatheepaatha; Vydruthi etc. are outright rejected for auspicious events. Vyatheepaatha literally means great calamity or prone for sudden mishaps or reversals. Vyatheepaatha Yoga is the 17 th one in the list of 27 Yogas. Like Nakshathras, Yogas also have presiding deities (Abhimani Devathas) ...