Ancient Vedic knowledge embedded in our calendar proves superior to modern science's baseless theories.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — May 16, 1975, Perth 750516MW-PERTH [59:07 Minutes] Walk_750516MW-PERTH [in car] Amogha: ...the history of Sunday, Monday, Tuesday?
Prabhupāda: Why not Monday first? Paramahaṁsa: Well, the sun... Gaṇeśa: God created the earth, in the Bible. God started on a Monday.
He created the earth. It says in the Bible in the Old Testament that it took Him seven days, or six days, and on the seventh day He rested. And still there is some dispute whether He started on a Sunday or a Monday. So the Jewish, the Hebrews, they hold the Sabbath on a Saturday, and the Christians and the Catholics, they have the Sabbath on the Sunday.
But on the seventh day God rested after creating the heavens and the earths. Śrutakīrti: It was always considered very bad to engage in any type of work on the Sabbath day. It was used only to glorify the Lord.
Amogha: Go fishing. Paramahaṁsa: Not any more. Now the post office is closed on Saturday and open all day on Sunday in Perth.
Prabhupāda: They have changed? Paramahaṁsa: Yes. They are open on the Sabbath.
Prabhupāda: My point is: if the moon is the first planet nearer, why they did not start Monday? If the sun is after, then Sunday. This is the proof that first sun, then moon, not that first moon and then sun. Hmm?