2: The Daily Schedule
General daily programme:
- 5:00 Rise

- 5:30 Chant
- 7:00 Have arati in the temple room.
Chant a round together and/or read together.
- 7:30 Breakfast
- 8:00 Get ready for work
Beginners daily programme:
- Rise at least half an hour earlier than at present.
- Bathe and get yourself ready.
- Chant japa for 15–30 minutes.
- Read Bhagavad-gita for 15 minutes
- Take prasadam and prepare yourself for work.
Importance of regulation
In regulated life only can one understand transcendental knowledge. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.1purport)
He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system. (Bhagavad-gita 6.17)