{"id":62647,"date":"2024-03-18T23:21:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T14:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/mar\/18\/star-wars-sri-lankas-powerful-astrologers-split-over-auspicious-dates"},"modified":"2024-03-18T23:21:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T14:21:13","slug":"star-wars-sri-lankas-powerful-astrologers-split-over-auspicious-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=62647","title":{"rendered":"Star wars: Sri Lanka\u2019s powerful astrologers split over auspicious dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Group employed by government divided for first time over best date for new year rituals<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s government-backed traditional astrologers have failed to unanimously agree on the best date for new year rituals, with squabbling seers warning of \u201cdisaster\u201d and accusing rivals of misinterpreting the position of stars.<\/p>\n<p>Astrologers are hugely influential figures consulted by the island\u2019s Buddhist and Hindu communities, and their advice for auspicious dates guides everything from marriages to business deals \u2013 and even national elections.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/mar\/18\/star-wars-sri-lankas-powerful-astrologers-split-over-auspicious-dates\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group employed by government divided for first time over best date for new year ritualsSri Lanka\u2019s government-backed traditional astrologers have failed to unanimously agree on the best date for new year rituals, with squabbling seers warning of \u201cdisas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4166,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,674,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-and-central-asia","category-sri-lanka","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62648,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62647\/revisions\/62648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}