Harshana Yoga: Born in the Fourteenth Nitya Yoga, the Yoga of Delight

Harshana yoga is the fourteenth of the twenty-seven nitya yogas, running while the sidereal Sun and Moon together total 173 degrees 20 minutes to 186 degrees 40 minutes, the stretch that straddles the midpoint of the cycle. What a Harshana birth means, the meaning of delight, what the texts expect of the native, Bhaga as deity, the Sun as yogi planet, why Jupiter or Saturn is the duplicate yogi and Saturn the avayogi, a table showing how few births actually fall inside a muhurta caution, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.

Vishkumbha Yoga: Born in the First of the 27 Nitya Yogas

Vishkumbha yoga is the first of the twenty-seven nitya yogas, running while the sidereal Sun and Moon together total 0 to 13 degrees 20 minutes. What a Vishkumbha birth means, why the name means a pillar rather than a pot of poison, how the yoga is calculated, all twenty-seven yogas with their deities and planets, why a panchang and a chart can disagree, why the ayanamsa matters, Yama and Saturn, the yogi point and the avayogi, the first three ghatis in muhurta, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.

Priti Yoga: Born in the Second Nitya Yoga, the Yoga of Affection

Priti yoga is the second of the twenty-seven nitya yogas, running while the sidereal Sun and Moon together total 13 degrees 20 minutes to 26 degrees 40 minutes. What a Priti birth means, the meaning of the name, what the birth texts say, Vishnu as the yoga’s deity, Mercury as its yogi planet and Mars as its avayogi, where the Moon falls for each birth month, Priti in muhurta, why a panchang and a chart can disagree, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.

Ayushman Yoga: Born in the Third Nitya Yoga, the Yoga of Long Life

Ayushman yoga is the third of the twenty-seven nitya yogas, running while the sidereal Sun and Moon together total 26 degrees 40 minutes to 40 degrees. What an Ayushman birth means, the blessing Ayushman bhava, what the promise of long life does and does not mean, what the birth texts say, Chandra and Soma as the yoga’s deity, Ketu as its yogi planet, Rahu as its avayogi and the Sun as duplicate yogi, a table of all three for the first fourteen yogas, Ayushman in muhurta, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.