બેઠક Bethak

અમાવાસ્યાને રોજ હજાર કામ હોય પણ બહારગામ જવું નહીં.

amāvāsyānē rōja hajāra kāma hōya paṇa bahāragāma javuṁ nahīṁ.

Literally
Even if there are a thousand tasks on the new moon day, do not travel out of town.
What it means
Journeys undertaken on a new moon day are considered inauspicious and bound to end poorly.

Also said as

  • દહૂરા-ડાભી બેરવ કળકળે, જમણ્યાં લાણી થાય;
  • તે શુકને જો ચાલીએ, તો નિશ્ચે ભૂંડું જણાય.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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