Do not start a new venture on certain days like Tuesdays or Saturdays, as they are considered inauspicious

Setting: A tea stall in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, with traffic noise in the background and the smell of freshly fried bajjis in the air.

Ravi: (sipping tea)
Arjun, I’m telling you, you should postpone your startup launch. Tuesday is the worst day to start anything new. My uncle started his travel agency on a Tuesday and had a flat tyre every week after that.

Arjun: (chuckling)
Ravi, your uncle’s car had tyres older than your belief in Rahu-Ketu. That’s not the planets punishing him, that’s physics.

Ravi:
See? That’s the problem. You people and your science this, science that. Some things you can’t explain. My grandmother used to say, “Mangal vaaram mangalathukku edhiri.” Tuesday brings trouble!

Arjun:
And my Appa used to say, “Don’t believe everything you hear, especially if it rhymes.” Come on, Ravi. You run a marketing agency, not an astrology center.

Ravi:
Don’t mock it! Even big film stars wait for “muhurta time” to announce movies. You think they don’t have advisors?

Arjun:
Yes, and they also promote fairness creams and say “this pen improves memory.” Doesn’t mean it’s true. I rely on market research, not Mars retrograde.

Ravi: (defensive)
But don’t you think it’s better to be safe than sorry? What’s the harm in just avoiding Tuesday? Pick Wednesday. Safe, neutral, non-offensive Wednesday.

Arjun:
Okay, but where does it end? Today you avoid Tuesday. Tomorrow, no cutting nails after 6 PM, no sweeping floors at night, no black cat crossing road. You’ll be stuck in superstition quicksand.

Ravi:
I just believe that our ancestors knew something. Maybe Tuesday has some cosmic significance that modern science hasn’t discovered yet.

Arjun: (smiling)
Ravi, our ancestors also believed the Earth was flat and that sneezing while stepping out is bad luck. You still follow that?

Ravi:
Only when I’m already nervous, like before a client meeting. And yes, I’ve turned back once or twice. Just in case.

Arjun:
Man, if I had a rupee for every time you said “just in case,” I could fund your startup without VCs.

Ravi:
Laugh all you want. But remember Diwakar from our college? He launched his café on a Saturday, and within a year—boom! Closed down.

Arjun:
He launched in a location with no footfall and priced a cup of tea at ₹120. Saturn didn’t ruin him—bad business decisions did.

Ravi:
Okay, maybe. But still, why risk it?

Arjun:
Because I want to normalize critical thinking. I want my launch date to be based on team readiness, not temple astrology. Imagine if ISRO waited for an auspicious day to launch rockets. “Sorry, Chandrayaan postponed because Venus was cranky today!”

Ravi: (laughs despite himself)
Fine, that’s a solid point. But you do you. I’ll still wear my lucky rudraksha bracelet on your launch day.

Arjun: (raising his tea glass)
Fair deal. You bring your luck, I’ll bring the logic—and we’ll see which one gets us more investors.

Ravi:
Deal. But if something goes wrong, I’m going to say “I told you so” in bold, capital letters.

Arjun:
And if everything goes right, I’ll buy you tea for a week—and sneak a physics book into your bag.

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[They clink their glasses of tea and laugh, as an auto honks dramatically in the background.]