Guest guest Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 dear sreenadhji, thanks for the encouragement - i hope to find an answer to this question while the 7 day week system seems to have a wide acceptance, it seems unlikely to me that every culture would have these days synchronized exactly two possibilities exist, neither of which is exclusive: 1. that everyone has reconciled their days of the week to the european standard 2. that the origin for the days of the week is very ancient, and is tied to some universal, natural cycle the first point seems very likely to me, but creates some problems with scholarship, esp if we considering what are meant to be the exacting and scientific standards of indian astrology; my comment is that despite all attempts to maintain the integrity of " traditional " knowledge, when one looks deeper in any system of belief there is often some degree of syncretism, which while being practical (afterall, who will get the people behind changing monday to thursday, and vice versa), cannot be said to represent authentic knowledge a more recent example of this is the chakra system, which was reworked by the theosophists so that each chakra corresponds to a particular colour of the rainbow (i.e. red, orange, yellow, green, etc), a perspective that isn't found in the " authentic " indian literature (for e.g. Shyam Sundar Goswami's text " Layayoga " ), and has spawned an entire generation of new age " light workers " that use the chakras as their main modality, and say they " see " these rainbow colours for me, this is more evidence that reality is what you make of it, a thought that in part runs counter to the vedic thinking that there is a " proper " way to do things, and hence the reason why this issue is up for debate (although i do have sympathy with the former school) if the second point were true, it would lend credence to this idea of a global culture - certainly without imposing any personal beliefs, as an ayurvedic practitioner and also medical herbalist, i see many empirical similarities between indigenous indian (ayurvedic) medicine, traditional chinese medicine, western herbal medicine and first nations (american indian), among others - but my thinking around this isn't so much related to a system of belief (i.e. " vedic " ), but that wherever people follow the natural law ( " dharma " ) by listening to and living in harmony with their natural environment, you will find congruity and agreement between these systems, even though names, herbs, and treatments may be very different anyway, i digress - if anyone does know the true origin and reckoning of the days of the week i would still be interested thanks! Caldecott todd www.toddcaldecott.com On 29-Oct-07, at 11:03 PM, wrote: > Re: days of the week > > Posted by: " Sreenadh " sreesog sreesog > > Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:03 pm (PST) > > Dear Todd ji, > ==> > > it can be established that the notion of a seven day week is found > > in ancient indian culture > <== > Yes, because there is none else at the receiving end, even if we > are trying to export it, and ascribe it to other cultures/countries. > Even " Yajnavalkya Smiriti " (A text of near vedic period) gives the > names of weekdays in order. > ==> > > is monday as per the julian/gregorian calendar in > > fact the same monday in the hindu calendar? > <== > No, because Indian week days starts with Sunrise and ends with > sunrise; where are julian/gregorian weekdays starts at midnight, i > believe. > Note: Don't let the subject go, there is so much to learn and so > much to share.. Persistence will pay of for sure - especially in > this group - there are many knowledgeable people around.. > Love, > Sreenadh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 each day of the week is associated with a planet in Vedic astrology there are seven planets and two nodes. Ravivar - sunday sun somavar - monday moon mangalvar - uesday mars buddhavar - wednesday mercury guruvar - thursday jupiter sukravar - friday venus senivar saturday saturn _________________________________ while the 7 day week system seems to have a wide acceptance, it seems unlikely to me that every culture would have these days synchronized exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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