Hanuman - Why is he associated with Tuesday and Saturday?

[yajvan]

hariḥ oṁ
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namaste

Namaste Yajvan ji,

I do not know the answer to your question: "Why did Arjuna choose to hold Hanuman-ji's image on his chariot's flag?". I look forward to hearing the answer from you.

Thank you.

Here is my views that I wrote some years back and share again...

hanuman-ji
Hanuman-ji is from hanumat, meaning having large jaws. If we go down one level to hanu it means
'anything which destroys or injures life ' , a weapon ; as han means to smite , slay , hit , kill , mar , destroy.
Hence from this level arjun's symbol is that of a weapon - let all be warned who wish to encounter us!

On another level hanumān-ji was the perfect devotee of śrī rāmacandra in his war with rāvaṇa .
This as I see it shows arjun's devotion to kṛṣṇa-jī , another form of viṣṇu and śrī rāmacandra. He
will be unwavering to the will of kṛṣṇa-jī. This too, the flag is a reminder to his opponents just as rāvaṇa
was defeated, so too will you.


I am not suggesting that my view on this matter is final, as others have given reasonable answers.


iti śivaṁ

[Viraja]

Namaste learned members Smaranam ji, Yajvan ji,

Thank you both for the wonderful explanation as to why Hanumanji was represented in Arjuna's flag in Kurukshetra war.

Knowing that some magical astras were applied on Arjuna which burnt the chariot much before its actual disappearence after the war was over, I was thinking Sri Krishna decided to put Hanuman ji's image on the flag just for this purpose - to make the magical astras powerless...

Thanks.