Unlucky Days in Thailand

I talked before about lucky coloured clothes for each day of the week. Well, Thai people have more superstitions about each day.

If you were born on a….
…Sunday, don’t do anything auspicious on a Friday.
…Monday, don’t do anything auspicious on a Sunday.
…Tuesday, don’t do anything auspicious on a Monday.
…Wednesday, don’t do anything auspicious on a Tuesday.
…Thursday, don’t do anything auspicious on a Saturday.
…Friday, don’t do anything auspicious on a Wednesday.
…Saturday, don’t do anything auspicious on a Wednesday in the middle of the night!

Start Building a New House
Like anything else in Thai society, there are auspicious days for starting to build a house.

Good days: Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
Bad days: Sundays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays

Ceremony for a New House
When Thai people have built a new house, they usually invite some monks to bless the house. However, there are certain days when you can do this:

Good days: Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Bad Days: Mondays, Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays

Forbidden Days
* Don’t do anything special or auspicious on Tuesdays (like top knot cutting, wedding, new house ceremony etc.). If you do it there will be bad consequences
* On Wednesdays, don’t make merit in your house or have a new hair style cut or cut your nails or have a wedding
* Don’t remove things on a Thursdays like uprooting plants or removing house pillars.
* Don’t have a funeral on Fridays because the word for Friday in Thai, “sook”, sounds like the same word for “happy”
* Don’t enter your new house on Saturdays or you won’t have a happy family life

Horoscope
The Bangkok Post has printed their horoscope for the year 2009. In it, they list both unlucky and lucky days depending on your star sign.

CAPRICORN (December 23-January 22) – Lucky days are Wednesdays and Thursdays, while Sundays and Mondays are unlucky days.
AQUARIUS(January 23-February 22) – Wednesdays and Fridays are auspicious days while Mondays and Saturdays should be avoided.
PISCES(February 23-March 22) – Sundays and Wednesdays are boom days while Fridays and Saturdays are unlucky days.
ARIES(March 23-April 22) – Your fortune days are Wednesdays and Thursdays while unlucky days are Fridays and Saturdays.
TAURUS (April 23-May 22) – Lucky days are Tuesdays and Fridays while unlucky days are Saturdays and Tuesdays.
GEMINI (May 23-June 22) – Your auspicious days are Saturdays and Sundays while Thursdays and Fridays are jinxed.
CANCER (June 23-July 22) – Tuesdays and Wednesdays are boom days. Mondays and Thursdays are destructive days.
LEO (July 23-August 22) – Mondays and Wednesdays are favourable for you. Fridays and Saturdays are deemed as ill luck.
VIGRO (August 23-September 22) – Your fortunate days are Sundays and Thursdays while Wednesdays and Fridays are unfortunate days.
LIBRA (September 23-October 22) –
SCORPIO (October 23-November 22) – Your rosy days are Wednesdays and Fridays while Sundays and Tuesdays carry bad omens.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23-December 22) – Lucky days are Saturdays and Sundays while unlucky days fall on Wednesdays and Fridays.

We have a discussion about these kinds of Thai superstitions at the ThailandQA Forums. Tomorrow, I will post both the good days and bad days to do things in January 2009. I will then repeat this on the last Wednesday of each month here on www.ThaiCultureBlogs.com.

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