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    In Hinduism, what day is considered the start of the week?

    Does anyone know what day starts the week in Hinduism? If you could provide some sources, I would really like it too. Thanks!

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    Re: In Hinduism, what day is considered the start of the week?

    namaste

    When I was last in India they were using the the same names of the week as
    they do in the U.K. I don't know what they called them before the coming
    of the Brits or even what the length of the 'weeks' were.

    In India they have adopted the 7 day week used in most of the world now.
    However there is a history of experimentation with 'weeks' of different lengths
    by different cultures over the years. You can read about that at
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week

    Quote Originally Posted by wikipedia
    The Hindu calendar uses the Sanskrit word "paksha" to mean
    one half of a lunar month, which is between 14 and 15 solar days.
    Of course the natural cycles of time are the solar day (one full rotation of the earth),
    the lunar month (28 days) and the year (determined by one complete orbit of the
    earth around the sun).

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    Re: In Hinduism, what day is considered the start of the week?

    Thank you for your answer. Would you consider Sunday or Monday to be the beginning of a week?

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    Re: In Hinduism, what day is considered the start of the week?

    namaste

    Neither. I've always considered the first day of the week the day I returned to work after having a couple of days off.
    I have not had a Monday through Friday schedule in most jobs that I've had and so the first day of the week varied for
    me. From an objective standpoint, there is nothing in nature that demarcates a week - it is purely subjective.

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    Re: In Hinduism, what day is considered the start of the week?

    hariḥ oṁ
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    namasté

    We recognize 7 vāsara or days of the week within pañcāñga ( or 5 limbs, pañca + āñga ) i.e. the jyotiṣh and/or vedic method or organizing, understanding and using natural cycles for the benefit of timing, actions, and the like.
    1. ravi or sūrya vāsara
    2. candra or soma vāsara
    3. maṅgal or maṅgala vāsara
    4. budha vāsara
    5. guru or bṛhaspati vāsara
    6. śukra vāsara
    7. śani vāsara
    Each day has a quality to it, an influence. More can be found at this HDF posting: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=10009

    Now , one may ask why do we recognize that our vedic week begins with sunday ( ravi or sūrya vāsara ). Because it is 1st, it is the cause of all that resides on this planet - animal, vegetable, bi-ped or quadra-ped. Nothing exists without the energy of the sun.

    But there is more ( as you would expect) and we will leave that for another time.



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