Nitya karma — daily duties

Nitya means “constant”. These are rites done regularly, simply because they are one's duty: morning prayer, sandhyāvandana for those who keep it, lighting a lamp at the home shrine, offering water to the Sun, and the five daily duties (pañca mahāyajña).

They are not done to gain something. Tradition says doing them keeps life in order, and leaving them is a small lapse rather than a disaster. For a modern family, even a two-minute daily prayer is a real nitya karma.

Done every day

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