Do the days have religious significance?
Do the days have religious significance? The 7 days of the week are associated with some planet and the planets are associated with some deity. According to this, people of some religious inclinations, fast or worship, for the pleasing that particular deity on that particular day. For example Monday (planet - moon) day of Shiva (Shankara), Tuesday (planet - Mars) and Friday (planet - Venus) are the days of the Goddesses,Thursday (planet - Jupiter) is the day of Shri Datta Maharaj, Saturday (planet - Saturn) is the day of Sani deity and Hanuman. And Sunday (star - sun). However, Sunday is not related to any deity. In fact, why is it not surprising that the sun, which subdues all the planets (and the deities in the above context) by their gravity, has no religious significance? Hindus do not perform any worship on Sundays. This restriction on eating and drinking is a free holida...