Moondays ???

[Guest guest]

Moi, I wonder if anyone knows how those fullmoon

and newmoon days are defined? <br><br>If I look

calendar where is exact moment of either full- or newmoon.

For time to time I have problem to know when I shoud

not practise.<br><br>Example: I do morning practise.

Fullmoon is 11 pm. Do I skip my practise before or after

that moment?<br><br>In India there is 15 moondays from

newmoon to fullmoon and 15 moondays from fullmoon to

newmoon. This moondays all called tithis and the that 15th

tithi is either newmoon tithi or fullmoon tithi. So

Indians consider that fullmoon or newmoon is that last

1/15 part of the period. In practise this means that

last about 24 hours before exact newmoon moment is the

time of newmoon. Fullmoon comes same way.<br><br>And

last ... So what. Most likely I am too enthusiatic to

not to practise (-:<br>Some times it's just nice to

think this academic questions.<br><br>Tero

[Guest guest]

>From Lara, Brisbane, Australia<br>What is

it about Astanga that fosters such enthusiasm and

commitment, that we have trouble taking a day off? It

fascinates me - is there something about the practice

itself, or is it the type of person who is attracted to

Astanga?