- Best days for men to take oil bath – Monday , Wednesday and saturday
- Best days for women to take – Tuesday and Friday
- Don’t take oil bath on sunday
- Don’t take oil bath @ Night time (Exceptions : babies, kids, aged people, sick people)
- Dont take oil bath on a grahana day
- if needed to take oil bath on not allowed days then follow this:
- sunday –>along with Oil add mallige (Jasmine flower) and take bath.
- Thursday –> use durva grass (Arugampul in tamil)
- Friday –> use with gomaya
- Tuesday –> use with mrithika
Don’t take oil bath on following days
- Ekadashi
- Dwadashi
- parva kala
- sankramana
- janma nakshathra
- Vyatepaada
- ashtami
- padya
- shasti
- during nakshathras like uthra, sravana, arudra