Wan Dee

[george]

When building a house, marry or doing a business deal it's important that the date of the occation is "Wan Dee" (good/lucky day).

How do you define a "Wan Dee"? Is it a buddhist thing?

"Happy took wan", or is this really important?

[meadish_sweetball]

No, it's an astrology thing. Sometimes a Buddhist monk will be the one to consult the astrology charts for an auspicious (lucky) date, but this custom is not part of Buddhism as such.

[Dara]

No, it's an astrology thing. Sometimes a Buddhist monk will be the one to consult the astrology charts for an auspicious (lucky) date, but this custom is not part of Buddhism as such.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes - Astrology, Brahmin, and Thai belief system. For the Thai belief system part of the custom, there's a whole list of what not to do on a certain day of the week - I only remember 2 - no haircut on Wednesday, can't wear new things on Saturday, something like that....

[the scouser]

Upon which one day of the month is it acceptable to have a shower?

Scouse.

[steveromagnino]

I think Thai custom is ok for shower everyday.

Some English custom and some European custom seem to have some sort of similar belief to Thais, because many I have met seem to have an aversion to showering more than once every few days

[kriswillems]

I hate this "wan dee" system because there seem to be much more bad days than good days )

[Khutan]

Its always a bad-luck day for me when I take the family to do anything; Shopping, Eat, talk - I always pay.

[Boon Mee]

Upon which one day of the month is it acceptable to have a shower?

Scouse.

Guess they don't call y'all 'soap-dodgers' for nothing, eh?

...sorry - could not pass this one by.

[aletta]

The fun starts when you are keen to do something now and the monk says the auspicious day is in three months time.