Yoga

Classical Vedic texts catalogue hundreds of named yogas, falling into broad families: Raj Yogas (combinations producing power, status and authority — typically formed by lords of trine and quadrant houses joining or aspecting each other), Dhana Yogas (wealth combinations — usually involving the 2nd, 5th, 9th and 11th lords linking up), Pancha Mahapurusha Yogas (five 'great person' yogas formed when Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or Saturn occupies its own sign or exaltation in a quadrant), and Arishta Yogas (difficulty patterns). The word 'yoga' here means union or combination — it shares its Sanskrit root with the better-known yoga of physical and meditative practice but means a distinctly different thing in an astrological context. The 'yoga' that appears in a panchang is a third meaning entirely — a daily calculation from sun and moon longitudes.