What is Yoga (Panchang)?
Yoga, the fourth limb of the Panchang, is one of 27 combinations derived from the joint positions of the sun and moon β indicating the day's favourability.
Yoga (Panchang) explained
This Panchang "Yoga" is not the physical practice of yoga. It is calculated by adding the longitudes of the Sun and the Moon and dividing the result into 27 equal parts β each part is a named yoga.
The 27 yogas run from Vishkambha through Vaidhriti (including Priti, Saubhagya, Shobhana, Siddhi and others). Each has a quality: many are auspicious, while a few β such as Vyatipata and Vaidhriti β are considered inauspicious and avoided for important work.
The yoga changes through the day as the relative positions of the Sun and Moon shift.
Spiritual significance
The yoga reflects the harmony (or tension) between the solar and lunar energies β the union of will (Sun) and mind (Moon). A favourable yoga is a moment when these inner forces align.
Why it matters in daily life
When selecting a muhurat, astrologers check the yoga alongside the tithi and nakshatra, avoiding inauspicious yogas like Vyatipata for weddings, travel or new beginnings.
The Bhagavad Gita connection
The Gita's teaching of yoga as balance β "samatvam yoga uchyate", evenness of mind is yoga β gives the Panchang's yoga a deeper meaning: the truest auspicious union is an even, steady mind.
βSteadfast in yoga, perform action, abandoning attachment and remaining even in success and failure β evenness of mind is called yoga.β
See Yoga (Panchang) in today's Panchang
Now that you understand it, see it live in today's Panchang for your city β and ask Krishna what today is inviting you toward.