Panchang for Saturday, 20 March 2027
| Tithi | Trayodashi |
|---|---|
| Paksha | Shukla |
| Nakshatra | Magha, pada 1 |
| Yoga | Dhriti |
| Karana | Kaulava |
| Vara | Shanivara |
| Sunrise (Ujjain, IST) | 06:31 |
| Sunset (Ujjain, IST) | 18:37 |
Today's tithi is Trayodashi, in the Shukla paksha, the waxing half of the lunar month. The Moon moves through Magha nakshatra, pada 1. The vara is Shanivara, and the panchang's remaining limbs are Dhriti yoga and Kaulava karana.
What is Dhriti yoga?
Dhriti is the eighth of the 27 nithya yogas, and its name means holding, steadiness, or the quality of keeping a grip on something.
The root is the same one behind words for bearing and supporting, and the tradition uses it for constancy of purpose rather than for physical strength. The classical associations are with things that need to be maintained: agreements, routines, positions held under pressure, and long tasks in the middle stretch where nothing is dramatic.
Like every yoga it is derived from the summed longitudes of the Sun and the Moon, and it comes round roughly once a lunar month. The cycle runs steadily whatever the tithi is doing, which is part of why the two limbs together describe more than either does alone.
The plain use is finishing what is already started rather than adding to it. That is unglamorous and it is where most of the real work of anything lives, and the tradition giving it a name is a small argument in its favour.