---
type: Concept
bundle: jyotisha-kala
bundle_version: 0.12.0
id: yoga-panchanga
title: Yoga (pañcāṅga)
iast: Yoga
devanagari: योग
description: 'The 27 luni-solar yogas of the almanac: arcs of 13°20′ measured on the SUM of the longitudes of Sun and Moon, Viṣkambha to Vaidhṛti; NOT the yoga of practice, NOT the darśana, NOT a horoscopic planetary combination.'
school_scope: 'A fifth referent of one word. The corpus already holds yoga as sādhana discipline (dharma-foundation v0.1) and Yoga as a darśana (yoga-darshana v0.2); horā śāstra separately uses yoga for planetary combinations. The pañcāṅga yoga is none of these: it is a computed arc on the sum of solar and lunar longitudes. Same word, unrelated technical object; kept school-scoped, never merged.'
darshana:
- Jyotiṣa
text_source: Sūrya Siddhānta 2.65-66
tags:
- yoga
- panchanga
- calendrics
- jyotisha
- kala
not:
- term: 'the yoga of practice'
  why: 'Dharma-foundation v0.1 treats yoga as the discipline of yoking consciousness; yoga-darshana v0.2 treats the school. The almanac yoga is arithmetic: the sum of two longitudes divided into 27 named arcs. A translator who renders it “union” or “practice” has imported another bundle’s concept into a calendar table.'
  instead: 'Render the almanac yoga as luni-solar sum-arc, state that yoga here means addition, and keep the Sanskrit term.'
- term: 'a horoscopic combination'
  why: 'Horā texts call certain graha configurations yogas (rāja-yoga and kin). Those are chart patterns; the pañcāṅga yoga is a daily computed quantity. Same word inside the same discipline, still two objects.'
- term: 'a loose union metaphor'
  why: 'Nothing unites in the almanac yoga; two numbers are added. The name records the operation (yoga as sum), not a mystical joining.'
related:
- /concepts/panchanga.md
- /concepts/tithi.md
- /concepts/nakshatra.md
timestamp: '2026-07-09'
okf_version: '0.2'
license: CC BY-SA 4.0
---

# Yoga -- योग

**Not:** the yoga of practice, a horoscopic combination, a loose union metaphor

## What It Actually Means

The almanac yoga is a computed arc: add the longitudes of Sun and Moon, and every 13°20′ of the sum is one of 27 named yogas, Viṣkambha to Vaidhṛti. Yoga here means addition, the sum; it answers no question about practice or union. It is the fourth limb of the pañcāṅga, with auspicious and inauspicious members codified in the election manuals (Vyatīpāta and Vaidhṛti are standing exclusions). The corpus now holds several referents of this one word: the sādhana discipline (dharma-foundation v0.1), the darśana (yoga-darshana v0.2), the horoscopic combination noted under horā, and this calendrical sum. They share a root and nothing else.

## Audience Metaphor

Two runners on a circular track, and a scoreboard that tracks the SUM of their distances: a combined odometer that ticks over a new name every 13°20′. It shares a spelling with the gym, the philosophy school, and the chart pattern, and shares nothing else with any of them.

## Citations

1. Sūrya Siddhānta 2.65-66 on the yoga computed from the sum of longitudes -- see [references/surya-siddhanta.md](../references/surya-siddhanta.md)
2. Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi on avoided yogas in election -- see [references/muhurta-chintamani.md](../references/muhurta-chintamani.md)
