When taking a daily bath, one should perform Achamanam and Pranayamam, recite the Tithi, Vaara, Nakshatra, etc., and make a Maha Sankalpam. After that, one should recite the Sankalpam, “karmanyatA siddhyartham prAtaH snAnam aham kariSyE,” and then take the bath. Taking a bath generally means pouring water over the head. They say that for Brahmacharis, it is not mandatory to pour water over the head daily. Although taking a bath means pouring water over the head, when that is not possible, various alternative types of baths have been mentioned in the scriptures. That is, there are several types of baths. For example, when health is not good, alternative methods such as Kanta Snanam (bathing from the neck down) have been mentioned.