section_path: Day/Five limbs of time/Yoga
section_name: Yoga
paragraph_text: Yoga
  
  The Sanskrit word Yoga means "union, joining, attachment", but in astronomical context, this word means latitudinal and longitudinal information. The longitude of the Sun and the longitude of the Moon are added, and normalised to a value ranging between 0° to 360° (if greater than 360, one subtracts 360). This sum is divided into 27 parts. Each part will now equal 800' (where ' is the symbol of the arcminute which means 1/60 of a degree). These parts are called the yogas. They are labelled:
  
  Again, minor variations may exist. The yoga that is active during sunrise of a day is the prevailing yoga for the day.