Guest guest Posted August 13, 1999 Report Share Posted August 13, 1999 On 12 Aug 1999, Taraka das wrote: > It is my understanding that it is inauspicious to initiate a new undertaking > on Ekadasi. Therefore Srila Prabhupada would put his bags out the previous > evening if there was a need to travel on Ekadasi. Is this correct? Could > such an approach be applied to travel on Thursday? From the Vedic > perspective, when does Wednesday end and Thursday begin? When does Thursday > end and Friday begin. For that matter, when does Ekadasi begin? I once > thought that the seven day week was either a Roman, Greek or Christian > concept, but perhaps they borrowed it from India. Prabhupada mentions several times that the order of the days of the week indicates the positions of the planets related with those days. Apparently, the Vedic > calenday works in a similar way so that this inauspicious day for travel > occurs each week on Thursday. I confess my profound ignorance of the Vedic > Calendar. I hope this meets you in good health and I beg to remain, A similar discussion took place years ago in (??astrology) another conference....Ekadasi is not a consideration. Only Thursday afternoon. Afternoon means literally "after noon" so when the day starts and ends is not important. Your servant, Urmila devi dasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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