Queries related to madi vastram: Is a wet vastram considered a madi vastram? Or must it be dried completely? If the vastram has not dried completely, can we wear it after shaking the vastram 7 times? Must the madi vastram be removed from the clothesline with a wooden or bamboo stick or can we remove it with bare hands? Can we hang the clothes dry on a plastic clothesline? While removing the vastram with a stick if it falls accidentally, is it considered to be impure? If a vastram that is hung out to dry in sun light over two days (hung out to dry during today’s day time and removed after next day’s sunrise), is it considered a madi vastram? Can we wear that to perform Tiruvaradhanam? We perform morning sandhyavandanam and Tiruvaradhanam wearing a madi vastram; while going to work, we wear a different set of clothes; after we return home from work, can we wear the same madi vastram that was worn in the morning for evening sandhyavandanam after taking bath?

Wet clothes are considered madi for certain apara karyams only. One has to wear wet clothes while performing those apara rituals. Generally, a cloth that is dried well is considered madi; some use it during emergency times by shaking the damp cloth seven times and then wearing it.
Madi vastram has to be removed from the clothesline by using a wooden stick, clothes should not be hung on a plastic string; bamboo string is prescribed. When the bamboo string is not available, hanging the clothes up is a must, some level of leniency can be allowed for use of plastic string.
While removing the clothes from the clothesline, if the clothes happen to fall at a place where it is clean, the clothes can be used.
Generally, it is not preferable to wear clothes that have been dried in the sun for two continuous days. It is the prescribed austerity to wear clothes that have been sun-dried for one day. Our elders dry their clothes after sunset during shraddham as it is a norm to wear clothes that have seen a day’s sun only. It is prescribed to wear clothes that have been dried only once every day; if not, it is permissible too.
It is not prescribed to wear the same vastram that was used for morning rituals again for evening austerities as the vastram is considered used.