Wearing New Clothes
A festival outfit, a wedding lehenga, a first school uniform. Choose the day you first wear it.
New clothes are a small happiness. They come with festivals, weddings and a child's first day of school. You want them to bring joy and good luck, and to last. And what you wear sits close to your body, so it matters.
The classical texts on muhurta shastra give a short rule for wearing a garment the first time. Most households still keep it. We read that rule for your city, on its own sunrise, so the day you pick is the right one.
What you get
Auspicious days to first wear new clothes, for your city. The top 3 most auspicious ones highlighted. The days to avoid tagged along with the reasons. And, the classical text reference behind each recommendation.
What we need
Your birth date, time and place, your city, and your date range.
Vastra dharana is wearing a garment for the first time. The texts name the days that suit it and the days to set aside. The rule is the same for festival clothes and everyday ones.
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Testimonials
My mother said do not wear new clothes on a Saturday, and for forty years that was the whole of what I knew. There is more to the rule than that, and two of the days she used to let me wear things on turn out to be days to keep off. She is not here for me to tell her. I keep the whole rule now.