The Body Runs on Time
One day, two languages: Ayurveda’s dinacharya and circadian biology
Ayurveda · doshas
Circadian biology
Dinacharya
Move or drag across the chart to read any hour of the day.
One clock, two descriptions
Midnight to midnightChoose a dosha, a hormone or a dinacharya marker to trace it across the day. Its parts light up and everything else fades.
Timing matters.
Two languages, one clock: as the sun rises, peaks and sets, Ayurveda’s dosha cycle and the body’s hormone rhythms move in step, a reminder that when we do things matters as much as what we do.
Schematic of a typical day. Hormone curves are illustrative, drawn for a typical sleep from about 10 pm to 6 am; dosha timings follow classical dinacharya. Every body keeps this rhythm a little differently: chronotype in one language, prakriti in the other.
Infographic by Sri Sri Institute for Advanced Research