Shani Dev’s Saturday Do‑Not List: Actions to Avoid for Good Fortune

Shani Dev Saturday prohibitions Hindu customs religious advice avoid misfortune

Hindu tradition regards Saturday as the day of Shani Dev, the deity of justice and obstacles. Religious advice holds that performing certain activities on this day can anger Shani Dev and invite misfortune.

The advised prohibitions include: - Consuming meat or alcohol, which are considered inauspicious. - Traveling toward the east or northeast, believed to increase the risk of accidents. - Purchasing iron, mustard oil, salt, black‑colored items (shoes, cloth, broom, ink) or leather goods, which are thought to draw adverse effects. - Cutting hair, beard or nails, and wearing red or yellow clothing, which are said to provoke negative energy. - Mistreating animals or using black ink, as these actions are believed to incur Shani Dev’s displeasure.

Devotees are encouraged instead to perform worship, observe a fast, and offer mustard oil to the deity, practices said to remove obstacles and lessen Shani’s harsh influence.

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