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Brooming the house at night is inauspicious

Sweeping the house at night is inauspicious. Not just in India but in many countries, sweeping the house with a broom is considered inauspicious. Does inappropriate timings of cleaning the house bring bad luck? Should brooming be done only after looking at the clock? These are the questions that make us ponder over the logic behind such a vague ideology. I don't say that it is all rubbish and one should not follow the above rule just because it is being followed for centuries, but I only believe that we should at least try to see what were the reasons our parents or grandparents or may be their parents have said so. If we look carefully, the answer to this statement makes us look back to the times when