vEDfta m. ( fr. vi-Dfti ) N. of a partic. Yoga (or conjunction of the sun and moon when they are on the same side of either solstitial point [ i.e. in the same Ayana , whether Uttarāyaṇa or Dakṣiṇāyana ] and of equal declination, and when the sum of their longitude amounts to 360 degrees; this is considered a malignant aspect, cf. vy-atipAta ), Var.