Yoga
योगः
Yoga adds the Sun's and Moon's sidereal positions together and divides the sky into 27 equal slices, the same way nakshatra divides the Moon's path alone. It's a purely mathematical combination, not a planetary alignment or conjunction — but Vedic tradition has tracked it for over two thousand years as part of a complete day's timing.
Today's yoga
Shubha
Shown for India (IST). Your own region may look slightly different.
Why it matters
Yoga is used alongside tithi and nakshatra to judge whether a day suits a particular activity — some yogas are traditionally considered favorable for beginnings, others are better avoided. It's one of the five limbs (pancha-anga) that give the panchangam its name.
How it's calculated
Add the Moon's sidereal longitude and the Sun's sidereal longitude together, then divide the result into 27 equal parts of 13°20' each — the same-sized slices as the 27 nakshatras, just measuring a combined position instead of the Moon's alone.
27 yogas
All 27, in order
- 1Vishkambha
- 2Priti
- 3Ayushman
- 4Saubhagya
- 5Shobhana
- 6Atiganda
- 7Sukarman
- 8Dhriti
- 9Shula
- 10Ganda
- 11Vriddhi
- 12Dhruva
- 13Vyaghata
- 14Harshana
- 15Vajra
- 16Siddhi
- 17Vyatipata
- 18Variyana
- 19Parigha
- 20Shiva
- 21Siddha
- 22Sadhya
- 23Shubha
- 24Shukla
- 25Brahma
- 26Indra
- 27Vaidhriti