Dinacharya ("daily-routine") is a concept in Ayurvedic medicine that looks at the cycles of nature and bases daily activities around these cycles. Ayurveda contends that routines help establish balance and that understanding daily cycles are useful for promoting health. A daily routine is absolutely necessary to bring radical change in body, mind, and consciousness. Routine helps to establish balance in one's constitution. It also regularizes a person's biological clock, aids digestion, absorption and assimilation, and generates self-esteem, discipline, peace, happiness, and longevity.

The word Ritucharya derives from “Ritu” meaning “Seasons” and “Charya” meaning “routine”. Ritucharya holds great significance in Ayurveda and promotes a good seasonal routine in order to achieve balance within the doshas. Following a seasonal routine helps to avoid stress and associated dis-ease that can come with the changing seasons.