Physics:Names of the days of the week

Short description: List & origins of name of days of the week

Italian cameo bracelet representing the days of the week, corresponding to the planets as Roman gods: Diana as the Moon for Monday, Mars for Tuesday, Mercury for Wednesday, Jupiter for Thursday, Venus for Friday, Saturn for Saturday, and Apollo as the Sun for Sunday. Middle 19th century, Walters Art Museum

Heptagram of the seven celestial bodies of the week

The names of the days of the week in many languages are derived from the names of the classical planets in Hellenistic astrology, which were in turn named after contemporary deities, a system introduced by the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity. In some other languages, the days are named after corresponding deities of the regional culture, either beginning with Sunday or with Monday. In the international standard ISO 8601, Monday is treated as the first day of the week.

Days named after planets

Greco-Roman tradition

Between the 1st and 3rd centuries, the Roman Empire gradually replaced the eight-day Roman nundinal cycle with the seven-day week. The earliest evidence for this new system is a Pompeiian graffito referring to 6 February (viii idus Februarius) of the year AD 60 as dies solis ("Sunday"). Another early witness is a reference to a lost treatise by Plutarch, written in about AD 100, which addressed the question of: "Why are the days named after the planets reckoned in a different order from the 'actual' order?". (The treatise is lost, but the answer to the question is known; see planetary hours).

The Ptolemaic system of planetary spheres asserts that the order of the heavenly bodies, from the farthest to the closest to the Earth is: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, or, objectively, the planets are ordered from slowest to fastest moving as they appear in the night sky.

The days were named after the planets of Hellenistic astrology, in the order: Sun, Moon, Mars (Ares), Mercury (Hermes), Jupiter (Zeus), Venus (Aphrodite) and Saturn (Cronos).

The seven-day week spread throughout the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity. By the 4th century, it was in wide use throughout the Empire, and it had also reached India and China.

The Greek and Latin names are as follows:

Day: (see Irregularities)	Sunday Sōl or Helios (Sun)	Monday Luna or Selene (Moon)	Tuesday Mars or Ares (Mars)	Wednesday Mercurius or Hermes (Mercury)	Thursday Jove or Zeus (Jupiter)	Friday Venus or Aphrodite (Venus)	Saturday Saturnus or Kronos (Saturn)
Greek	ἡμέρᾱ Ἡλίου hēmérā Hēlíou	ἡμέρᾱ Σελήνης hēmérā Selḗnēs	ἡμέρᾱ Ἄρεως hēmérā Áreōs	ἡμέρᾱ Ἑρμοῦ hēmérā Hermoû	ἡμέρᾱ Διός hēmérā Diós	ἡμέρᾱ Ἀφροδῑ́της hēmérā Aphrodī́tēs	ἡμέρᾱ Κρόνου hēmérā Krónou
Latin	diēs Sōlis	diēs Lūnae	diēs Mārtis	diēs Mercuriī	diēs Iovis	diēs Veneris	diēs Saturnī

Romance languages

Except for modern Portuguese and Mirandese, the Romance languages preserved the Latin names, except for the names of Sunday, which was replaced by [dies] Dominicus (Dominica), i.e. "the Lord's Day" and of Saturday, which was named for the Sabbath. Modern Portuguese uses numbered weekdays, (see below) but retains 'Sábado' and 'Domingo' for weekends.

Day: (see Irregularities)	Sunday Sōl (Sun)	Monday Luna (Moon)	Tuesday Mars (Mars)	Wednesday Mercurius (Mercury)	Thursday Jove (Jupiter)	Friday Venus (Venus)	Saturday Saturnus (Saturn)
Italian	domenica	lunedì	martedì	mercoledì	giovedì	venerdì	sabato
Old Portuguese (pre-6th century)	domingo	lues	martes	mércores	joves	vernes	sábado
Galician	domingo	luns	martes	mércores	xoves	venres	sábado
Spanish	domingo	lunes	martes	miércoles	jueves	viernes	sábado
Romanian	duminică	luni	marți	miercuri	joi	vineri	sâmbătă
French	dimanche	lundi	mardi	mercredi	jeudi	vendredi	samedi
Occitan	dimenge	diluns	dimars	dimècres	dijòus	divendres	dissabte
Catalan	diumenge	dilluns	dimarts	dimecres	dijous	divendres	dissabte
Asturian	domingu	llunes	martes	miércoles	xueves	vienres	sábadu
Lombard (Milanese)	domenega	lunedì	martedì	mercoldì	giovedì	venerdì	sabet
Lombard (Bresciano)	duminica	lunedé	martedé	mercoldé	gioedé	venerdé	sabot
Ligurian	doménga	lunedì	mâtesdì	mâcordì	zéuggia	venardì	sàbbo
Venetian	domenega	luni	marti	mèrcore	zobia	vénare	sabo
Friulian	domenie	lunis	martars	miercus	joibe	vinars	sabide
Neapolitan	dummeneca	lunnerì	marterì	miercurì	gioverì	viernarì	sàbbatu
Sardinian	dominiga	lunis	martis	mercuris	iobia	chenabura	Sappadu
Sicilian	dumínica	luni	marti	mércuri	juvi	vénniri	sábbatu
Corsican	dumenica	luni	marti	màrcuri	ghjovi	vènnari	sàbatu or sadorn

Celtic languages

Early Old Irish adopted the names from Latin, but introduced separate terms of Norse origin for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, then later supplanted these with terms relating to church fasting practices.

Day: (see Irregularities)	Sunday Sōl (Sun)	Monday Luna (Moon)	Tuesday Mars (Mars)	Wednesday Mercurius (Mercury)	Thursday Iuppiter (Jupiter)	Friday Venus (Venus)	Saturday Saturnus (Saturn)
Old Irish	Diu srol Dies scrol	Diu luna	Diu mart	Diu iath	Diu eathamon	Diu triach	Diu saturn
Old Irish (later)	Diu domnica	Diu luna	Diu mart	Diu cétaín	Diu eter dib aínib	Diu aíne	Diu saturn
Irish	An Domhnach Dé Domhnaigh	An Luan Dé Luain	An Mháirt Dé Máirt	An Chéadaoin Dé Céadaoin	An Déardaoin Déardaoin	An Aoine Dé hAoine	An Satharn Dé Sathairn
Scottish Gaelic	Di-Dòmhnaich / Didòmhnaich	Di-Luain / Diluain	Di-Màirt / Dimàirt	Di-Ciadain / Diciadain	Di-Ardaoin / Diardaoin	Di-hAoine / Dihaoine	Di-Sàthairne / Disathairne
Welsh	dydd Sul	dydd Llun	dydd Mawrth	dydd Mercher	dydd Iau	dydd Gwener	dydd Sadwrn
Cornish	Dy' Sul	Dy' Lun	Dy' Meurth	Dy' Mergher	Dy' Yow	Dy' Gwener	Dy' Sadorn
Breton	Disul	Dilun	Dimeurzh	Dimerc’her	Diriaou	Digwener	Disadorn
Manx	Jedoonee	Jelune	Jemayrt	Jecrean	Jerdein	Jeheiney	Jesarn

Adoptions from Romance

Albanian adopted the Latin terms for Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, adopted translations of the Latin terms for Sunday and Monday, and kept native terms for Thursday and Friday. Other languages adopted the week together with the Latin (Romance) names for the days of the week in the colonial period. Some constructed languages also adopted the Latin terminology.

Day: (see Irregularities)	Sunday Sōl (Sun)	Monday Luna (Moon)	Tuesday Mars (Mars)	Wednesday Mercurius (Mercury)	Thursday Iuppiter (Jupiter)	Friday Venus (Venus)	Saturday Saturnus (Saturn)
Albanian	E diel	E hënë	E martë	E mërkurë	E enjte	E premte	E shtunë
Filipino	Linggó Domínggo in most other Philippine languages	Lúnes	Mártes	Miyérkules	Huwebes or colloquially Webes	Biyernes	Sábado
Chamorro	Damenggo	Lunes	Mattes	Metkoles	Huebes	Betnes	Sabalu
Māori	[Rā Tapu] [not celestially named] (rā + tapu = "holy day")	Rāhina (rā + Māhina = day + Moon)	Rātū (rā + Tūmatauenga = day + Mars)	Rāapa (rā + Apārangi = day + Mercury)	Rāpare (rā + Pareārau = day + Jupiter)	Rāmere (rā + Mere = day + Venus)	[Rā Horoi] [not celestially named] (rā + horoi = "washing day")
Interlingua	Dominica	Lunedi	Martedi	Mercuridi	Jovedi	Venerdi	Sabbato
Ido	Sundio	Lundio	Mardio	Merkurdio	Jovdio	Venerdio	Saturdio
Esperanto	dimanĉo	lundo	mardo	merkredo	ĵaŭdo	vendredo	sabato
Lingua Franca Nova	soldi	lundi	martedi	mercurdi	jovedi	venerdi	saturdi

Germanic tradition

The Germanic peoples adapted the system introduced by the Romans by substituting the Germanic deities for the Roman ones (with the exception of Saturday) in a process known as interpretatio germanica. The date of the introduction of this system is not known exactly, but it must have happened later than AD 200 but before the introduction of Christianity during the 6th to 7th centuries, i.e., during the final phase or soon after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. This period is later than the Common Germanic stage, but still during the phase of undifferentiated West Germanic. The names of the days of the week in North Germanic languages were not calqued from Latin directly, but taken from the West Germanic names.

• Sunday: Old English Sunnandæg (Template:IPA-ang), meaning "sun's day". This is a translation of the Latin phrase dies Solis. English, like most of the Germanic languages, preserves the day's association with the sun. Many other European languages, including all of the Romance languages, have changed its name to the equivalent of "the Lord's day" (based on Ecclesiastical Latin dies Dominica). In both West Germanic and North Germanic mythology, the Sun is personified as Sunna/Sól.
• Monday: Old English Mōnandæg (Template:IPA-ang), meaning "Moon's day". This is equivalent to the Latin name dies lunae. In North Germanic mythology, the Moon is personified as Máni.
• Tuesday: Old English Tīwesdæg (Template:IPA-ang), meaning "Tiw's day". Tiw (Norse Týr) was a one-handed god associated with single combat and pledges in Norse mythology and also attested prominently in wider Germanic paganism. The name of the day is also related to the Latin name dies Martis, "Day of Mars".
• Wednesday: Old English Wōdnesdæg (Template:IPA-ang) meaning the day of the Germanic god Woden (known as Óðinn among the North Germanic peoples), and a prominent god of the Anglo-Saxons (and other Germanic peoples) in England until about the seventh century. It is also vaguely related to the Latin counterpart dies Mercurii, "Day of Mercury". The Icelandic Miðviku, German Mittwoch, Low German Middeweek and Finnish keskiviikko all mean mid-week.
• Thursday: Old English Þūnresdæg (Template:IPA-ang), meaning 'Þunor's day'. Þunor means thunder or its personification, the Norse god known in Modern English as Thor. Similarly Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag ('thunder's day'), Finnish torstai, and Scandinavian Torsdag ('Thor's day'). Thor's day corresponds to Latin dies Iovis, "day of Jupiter".
• Friday: Old English Frīgedæg (Template:IPA-ang), meaning the day of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Fríge. The Norse name for the planet Venus was Friggjarstjarna, 'Frigg's star'. It is based on the Latin dies Veneris, "Day of Venus".
• Saturday: named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronus, father of Zeus and many Olympians. Its original Anglo-Saxon rendering was Sæturnesdæg (Template:IPA-ang). In Latin, it was dies Saturni, "Day of Saturn". The Scandinavian Lørdag/Lördag deviates significantly as it has no reference to either the Norse or the Roman pantheon; it derives from old Norse laugardagr, literally "washing-day". The German Sonnabend (mainly used in northern and eastern Germany) and the Low German words Sünnavend mean "Sunday Eve", the German word Samstag (mainly used in southern and western Germany) derives from the name for Shabbat.

Day: (see Irregularities)	Sunday Sunna/Sól	Monday Mona/Máni	Tuesday Tiw/Tyr	Wednesday Woden/Odin	Thursday Thunor/Thor	Friday Frige or Freya	Saturday Saturn
Proto-Germanic	*Sunnōniz dagaz	*Mēniniz dagaz	*Tīwas dagaz, *Þingsas dagaz	*Wōdanas dagaz	*Þunras dagaz	*Frijjōz dagaz	*Saturnas dagaz, *Laugōz dagaz
Old English	Sunnandæg	Mōnandæg	Tīwesdæg	Wōdnesdæg	Þunresdæg	Frīgedæg	Sæternesdæg
Old Saxon	Sunnundag	*Mānundag	*Tiuwesdag, *Thingesdag	Wōdanesdag	*Thunaresdag	Frīadag	*Sunnunāƀand , *Satarnesdag
Old High German	Sunnûntag	Mânetag	Zîestag	Wuotanestag	Donarestag	Frîjatag	Sunnûnâband , Sambaztag
Middle Low German	Sunnedag	Manedag	Dingesdag	Wodenesdag	Donersdag	Vrīdag	Sunnenavend , Satersdag
German	Sonntag	Montag	Dienstag , Ziestag (Alemannic German)	Mittwoch (older Wutenstag)	Donnerstag	Freitag	Sonnabend , Samstag
Yiddish	Zuntik – זונטיק	Montik – מאנטיק	Dinstik – דינסטיק	Mitvokh – מיטוואך	Donershtik – דאנערשטיק	Fraytik – פרײַטיק	Shabbes – שבת
Scots	Saubath, Sunday	Monanday	Tysday	Wadensday	Fuirsday	Friday	Seturday
Dutch	zondag	maandag	dinsdag	woensdag	donderdag	vrijdag	zaterdag
Afrikaans	Sondag	Maandag	Dinsdag	Woensdag	Donderdag	Vrydag	Saterdag
Luxembourgish	Sonndeg	Méindeg	Dënschdeg	Mëttwoch	Donneschdeg	Freideg	Samschdeg
West Frisian	Snein	Moandei	Tiisdei	Woansdei	Tongersdei	Freed	Sneon , Saterdei
Low Saxon	Sünndag	Maandag	Dingsdag	Middeweek , Goonsdag (rarely Woonsdag)	Dünnerdag	Freedag	Sünnavend , Saterdag
Old Norse	sunnudagr	mánadagr	tysdagr	óðinsdagr	þórsdagr	frjádagr	laugardagr , sunnunótt
Faroese	sunnudagur	mánadagur	týsdagur	mikudagur , ónsdagur (Suðuroy)	hósdagur/ tórsdagur (Suðuroy)	fríggjadagur	leygardagur
Icelandic	sunnudagur	mánudagur	þriðjudagur	miðvikudagur	fimmtudagur	föstudagur	laugardagur
Norwegian Bokmål	søndag	mandag	tirsdag	onsdag	torsdag	fredag	lørdag
Norwegian Nynorsk	sundag/søndag	måndag	tysdag	onsdag	torsdag	fredag	laurdag
Danish	søndag	mandag	tirsdag	onsdag	torsdag	fredag	lørdag
Swedish	söndag	måndag	tisdag	onsdag	torsdag	fredag	lördag
Elfdalian	sunndag	mondag	tisdag	ųosdag	tųosdag	frjådag	lovdag

Adoptions from Germanic

Day: (see Irregularities)	Sunday Sunna/Sól	Monday Mona/Máni	Tuesday Tiw/Tyr	Wednesday Woden/Odin	Thursday Thunor/Thor	Friday Frige or Freya	Saturday Saturn
Finnish	sunnuntai	maanantai	tiistai	keskiviikko	torstai	perjantai	lauantai
Estonian	pühapäev	esmaspäev	teisipäev	kolmapäev	neljapäev	reede	laupäev
Maori (transliteration; translation)	Wiki; Rātapu	Mane; Rāhina	Tūrei; Rātū	Wenerei; Rāapa	Tāite; Rāpare	Paraire; Rāmere	Hāterei; Rāhoroi

Hindu tradition

Further information: Unsolved:Navagraha

Hindu astrology uses the concept of days under the regency of a planet under the term vāsara, the days of the week being called āditya-, soma-, maṅgala-, budha-, guru-, śukra-, and śani-vāsara. śukrá is a name of Venus (regarded as a son of Bhṛgu); guru is here a title of Bṛhaspati, and hence of Jupiter; budha "Mercury" is regarded as a son of Soma, i.e. the Moon. Knowledge of Greek astrology existed since about the 2nd century BC, but references to the vāsara occur somewhat later, during the Gupta period (Yājñavalkya Smṛti, c. 3rd to 5th century), i.e. at roughly the same period the system was introduced in the Roman Empire.

In languages of Indian subcontinent

	Sunday the Sun (Surya, Āditya, Ravi, Bhānu)	Monday the Moon (Soma, Chandra, Indu)	Tuesday Mars (Mangala)	Wednesday Mercury (Budha)	Thursday Jupiter (Bṛhaspati, Guru)	Friday Venus (Shukra )	Saturday Saturn (Shani)
Assamese	দেওবাৰ/ৰবিবাৰ Deubar/Robibar	সোমবাৰ Xombar	মঙ্গলবাৰ Monggolbar	বুধবাৰ Budhbar	বৃহস্পতিবাৰ Brihôshpotibar	শুক্রবাৰ Xukrobar	শনিবাৰ Xonibar
Balti	Adeed عدید	Tsandar چَندار	Angaru انگارو	Botu بوتو	Brespod بریس پود	Shugoru شوگورو	Shingsher شنگشر
Bengali	রবিবার/রোববার Robibār/Rōbobār	সোমবার Shōmbār	মঙ্গলবার Monggolbār	বুধবার Budhbār	বৃহস্পতিবার/বিশুধবার Brihošpotibār/Bishudhbār	শুক্রবার/জুমাবার Shukrobār/Jumabār	শনিবার Shonibār
Bhojpuri	एतवार Aitwār	सोमार Somār	मंगर Mangar	बुध Budh	बियफे Bi'phey	सुक्क Sukk	सनिच्चर Sanichchar
Burushaski	Adit ادیت	Chandoro چندورؤ	Angaro نگارو	Bodo بوڈو	Berayspat بیرے سپاٹ	Shukuro شوک ورؤ	Shemshayr شیم شےر
Chitrali (Khowar)	Yakshambey یک شمبے	Doshambey دو شمبے	Seshambey سہ شمبے	Charshambey چار شمبے	Pachambey پچھمبے	Adina آدینہ	Shambey شمبے
Gujarati	રવિવાર Ravivār	સોમવાર Somvār	મંગળવાર Mangaḷvār	બુધવાર Budhvār	ગુરૂવાર Guruvār	શુક્રવાર Shukravār	શનિવાર Shanivār
Hindi	रविवार Ravivār	सोमवार Somavār	मंगलवार Mangalavār	बुधवार Budhavār	गुरूवार Guruvār	शुक्रवार Shukravār	शनिवार Shanivār
Hindko	Atwaar اتوار	Suwar سؤ وار	Mungal منگل	Bud بدھ	Jumiraat جمعرات	Jummah جمعہ	Khali خالي
Konkani	आयतार Āytār	सोमार Somaar	मंगळार Mangaḷār	बुधवार Budhavār	भीरेस्तार Bhirestār	शुक्रार Shukrār	शेनवार Shenvār
Maldivian	އާދީއްތަ Aadheettha	ހޯމަ Homa	އަންގާރަ Angaara	ބުދަ Budha	ބުރާސްފަތި Buraasfathi	ހުކުރު Hukuru	ހޮނިހިރު Honihiru
Marathi	रविवार Ravivār	सोमवार Somavār	मंगळवार Mangaḷavār	बुधवार Budhavār	गुरूवार Guruvār	शुक्रवार Shukravār	शनिवार Shanivār
Kashmiri	/aːtʰwaːr/ آتھوار	/t͡səndɨrwaːr/ ژٔندٕروار	/boːmwaːr/ or /bɔ̃waːr/ بوموار/ بۄنٛوار	/bɔdwaːr/ بۄد وار	/braswaːr/ or /brʲaswaːr/ برٛسوار/ برٛؠسوار	/ʃokurwaːr/ or /jumaː/ شۆکُروار / جُمعہ	/baʈɨwaːr/ بتٕہ وار
Kannada	ಭಾನುವಾರ Bhanu Vaara	ಸೋಮವಾರ Soma Vaara	ಮಂಗಳವಾರ Mangala Vaara	ಬುಧವಾರ Budha Vaara	ಗುರುವಾರ Guru Vaara	ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ Shukra Vaara	ಶನಿವಾರ Shani Vaara
Malayalam	ഞായര്‍ Nhāyar	തിങ്കള്‍ Tingal	ചൊവ്വ Chovva	ബുധന്‍ Budhan	വ്യാഴം Vyāzham	വെള്ളി Velli	ശനി Shani
Nepali	आइतवार Aaitabar	सोमवार Sombar	मंगलवार Mangalbar	बुधवार Budhabar	बिहिवार Bihibar	शुक्रवार Sukrabar	शनिवार Sanibar
Odia	ରବିବାର Rabibār	ସୋମବାର Sombār	ମଙ୍ଗଳବାର Mangalbār	ବୁଧବାର Buddhbār	ଗୁରୁବାର Gurubār	ଶୁକ୍ରବାର Shukrabār	ଶନିବାର Shanibār
Pashto	Etwar اتوار	Gul ګل	Nehi نهه	Shoro شورو	Ziarat زيارت	Jumma جمعه	Khali خالي
Punjabi (Gurmukhi)	ਐਤਵਾਰ etvār	ਸੋਮਵਾਰ sōmvār	ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ mangalvār	ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ búdvār	ਵੀਰਵਾਰ vīrvār	ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ shukkarvār	ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ shaniccharvār
Rohingya	rooibar	cómbar	mongolbar	buidbar	bicíbbar	cúkkurbar	cónibar
Sanskrit	भानुवासर Bhānuvāsara	इन्दुवासर Induvāsara	भौमवासर Bhaumavāsara	सौम्यवासर Saumyavāsara	गुरुवासर Guruvāsara	भृगुवासर Bhṛguvāsara	स्थिरवासर Sthiravāsara
Shina	Adit ادیت	Tsunduro تساند ورؤ	Ungaro نگارو	Budo بوڈو	Brespat بیرے سپاٹ	Shukur شوکر	Shimsher شیم شےر
Sindhi	Aacheru آچر	Soomaru سومر	Angaro	Arbau	Kameesa	Jum'o	Chancher
Sinhala
Sylheti	ꠞꠂꠛ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ Roibbar	ꠡꠝ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ Shombar	ꠝꠋꠉꠟ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ Mongolbar	ꠛꠥꠗ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ Budhbar	ꠛꠤꠡꠥꠗ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ Bishudhbar	ꠡꠥꠇ꠆ꠇꠥꠞ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ/ꠎꠥꠝ꠆ꠝꠣꠛꠣꠞ Shukkurbar/Jummabar	ꠡꠘꠤꠛꠣꠞ Shonibar
Tamil	ஞாயிறு Nyāyiru	திங்கள் Thingal	செவ்வாய் Chevvāi	புதன் Budhan	வியாழன் Viyāzhan	வெள்ளி Velli	சனி Sani
Telugu	ఆదివారం Aadi Vāram	సోమవారం Soma Vāram	మంగళవారం Mangala Vāram	బుధవారం Budha Vāram	గురువారం Bestha/Guru/Lakshmi Vāram	శుక్రవారం Shukra Vāram	శనివారం Shani Vāram
Urdu	Itwār اتوار	Pīr پیر	Mangal منگل	Bodh بدھ	Jumārāt جمعرات	Jummah جمعہ	Heftah ہفتہ
Western Punjabi (Shahmukhi)	Aitwār اتوار	Pīr پیر	Mangal منگل	Budh بدھ	Jumāy-rāt جمعرات	Jummah جمعہ	Hafta ہفتہ

Southeast Asian languages

The Southeast Asian tradition also uses the Hindu names of the days of the week. Hindu astrology adopted the concept of days under the regency of a planet under the term vāra, the days of the week being called āditya-, soma-, maṅgala-, budha-, guru-, śukra-, and śani-vāra. śukrá is a name of Venus (regarded as a son of Bhṛgu); guru is here a title of Bṛhaspati, and hence of Jupiter; budha "Mercury" is regarded as a son of Soma, i.e. the Moon.

	Sunday the Sun (Aditya, Ravi)	Monday the Moon (Soma, Chandra, Indu)	Tuesday Mars (Mangala)	Wednesday Mercury (Budha)	Thursday Jupiter (Bṛhaspati, Guru)	Friday Venus (Shukra)	Saturday Saturn (Shani)
Burmese	IPA: [tənɪ̀ɰ̃ ɡənwè] (ta.nangga.nwe)	IPA: [tənɪ̀ɰ̃ là] (ta.nangla)	IPA: [ɪ̀ɰ̃ ɡà] (Angga)	IPA: [boʊʔ dəhú] (Buddhahu) (afternoon=new day) Rahu	IPA: [tɕà ðà bədé] (Krasapate)	IPA: [θaʊʔ tɕà] (Saukra)	IPA: [sənè] (Cane)
Mon	Template:IPA-mnw from Sans. āditya	[ŋoa cɔn] from Sans. candra	[ŋoa əŋɛ̀a] from Sans. aṅgāra	[ŋoa pùt-həwɛ̀a] from Sans. budhavāra	[ŋoa pɹɛ̀apətɔeʔ] from Sans. bṛhaspati	[ŋoa sak] from Sans. śukra	[ŋoa hɔeʔ sɔ] from Sans. śani
Khmer	ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ [tŋaj ʔaːtɨt]	ថ្ងៃចន្ទ [tŋaj can]	ថ្ងៃអង្គារ [tŋaj ʔɑŋkiə]	ថ្ងៃពុធ [tŋaj put]	ថ្ងៃព្រហស្បត្ណិ [tŋaj prɔhoə̯h]	ថ្ងៃសុក្រ [tŋaj sok]	ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ [tŋaj saʋ]
Lao	ວັນອາທິດ [wán ʔàːtʰīt]	ວັນຈັນ [wán càn]	ວັນອັງຄານ [wán ʔàŋkʰáːn]	ວັນພຸດ [wán pʰūt]	ວັນພະຫັດ [wán pʰāhát]	ວັນສຸກ [wán súk]	ວັນເສົາ [wán sǎu]
Cham	Adit	Thôm	Angar	But	jip	Suk	Thanưchăn
Shan	Template:IPA-shn	Template:IPA-shn	Template:IPA-shn	Template:IPA-shn	Template:IPA-shn	Template:IPA-shn	Template:IPA-shn
Thai	วันอาทิตย์ Wan Āthit	วันจันทร์ Wan Chan	วันอังคาร Wan Angkhān	วันพุธ Wan Phut	วันพฤหัสบดี Wan Phruehatsabodi	วันศุกร์ Wan Suk	วันเสาร์ Wan Sao
Javanese	Raditya	Soma	Anggara	Buda	Respati	Sukra	Tumpek
Balinese	Redite	Soma	Anggara	Buda	Wrespati	Sukra	Saniscara
Toba Batak	Artia	Suma	Anggara	Muda	Boraspati	Singkora	Samisara
Angkola-Mandailing Batak	Arita	Suma	Anggara	Muda	Boraspati	Sikkora	Samisara
Simalungun Batak	Aditia	Suma	Anggara	Mudaha	Boraspati	Sihora	Samisara
Karo Batak	Aditia	Suma	Nggara	Budaha	Beraspati	Cukra	Belah Naik
Pakpak Batak	Antia	Suma	Anggara	Budaha/Muda	Beraspati	Cukerra	Belah Naik

Northeast Asian languages

	Sunday the Sun (Aditya, Ravi)	Monday the Moon (Soma, Chandra, Indu)	Tuesday Mars (Mangala)	Wednesday Mercury (Budha)	Thursday Jupiter (Bṛhaspati, Guru)	Friday Venus (Shukra)	Saturday Saturn (Shani)
Mongolian	адъяа ad'yaa	сумъяа sum'yaa	ангараг angarag	буд bud	бархабадь barhabad'	сугар sugar	санчир sanchir
Kalmyk	:xal:адъян өдр ad'yan ödr	:xal:сумъян өдр sum'yan ödr	:xal:мингъян өдр ming'yan ödr	:xal:будан өдр budan ödr	:xal:гуръян өдр gur'yan ödr	:xal:шикрян өдр shikr'yan ödr	:xal:шанун өдр shanun ödr

East Asian tradition

The East Asian naming system for the days of the week closely parallels that of the Latin system and is ordered after the "Seven Luminaries" (七曜 qī yào), which consists of the Sun, Moon and the five planets visible to the naked eye.

The Chinese had apparently adopted the seven-day week from the Hellenistic system by the 4th century, although by which route is not entirely clear. It was again transmitted to China in the 8th century by Manichaeans, via the country of Kang (a Central Asian polity near Samarkand). The 4th-century date, according to the Cihai encyclopedia, is due to a reference to Fan Ning (范寧/范宁), an astrologer of the Jin Dynasty. The renewed adoption from Manichaeans in the 8th century (Tang Dynasty) is documented with the writings of the Chinese Buddhist monk Yijing and the Ceylonese Buddhist monk Bu Kong.

The Chinese transliteration of the planetary system was soon brought to Japan by the Japanese monk Kobo Daishi; surviving diaries of the Japanese statesman Fujiwara no Michinaga show the seven-day system in use in Heian Period Japan as early as 1007. In Japan, the seven-day system was kept in use (for astrological purposes) until its promotion to a full-fledged (Western-style) calendrical basis during the Meiji era. In China, with the founding of the Republic of China in 1911, Monday through Saturday in China are now named after the luminaries implicitly with the numbers.

Pronunciations for Classical Chinese names are given in Standard Chinese.

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Celestial Object	Sun (日) First Star – Sun (太陽星)	Moon (月) Second Star – Moon (太陰星)	Mars (火星) Third Star – Fire (熒惑星)	Mercury (水星) Fourth Star – Water (辰星)	Jupiter (木星) Fifth Star – Wood (歲星)	Venus (金星) Sixth Star – Metal or Gold (太白星)	Saturn (土星) Seventh Star – Earth or Soil (鎮星)
Classical Chinese	日曜日 Rìyàorì	月曜日 Yuèyàorì	火曜日 Huǒyàorì	水曜日 Shuǐyàorì	木曜日 Mùyàorì	金曜日 Jīnyàorì	土曜日 Tǔyàorì
Japanese	日曜日 Nichiyōbi	月曜日 Getsuyōbi	火曜日 Kayōbi	水曜日 Suiyōbi	木曜日 Mokuyōbi	金曜日 Kin'yōbi	土曜日 Doyōbi
Korean	일요일 Ilyoil	월요일 Wolyoil	화요일 Hwayoil	수요일 Suyoil	목요일 Mogyoil	금요일 Geumyoil	토요일 Toyoil
Mongolian	наран өдөр naraŋ ödör	саран өдөр saraŋ ödör	гал өдөр gal ödör	усан өдөр usaŋ ödör	модон өдөр modoŋ ödör	төмөр өдөр, алтан өдөр tömör ödör, altaŋ ödör	шороон өдөр shorooŋ ödör
Mongolian (Transliteration from Tibetan)	ням nyam	даваа davaa	мягмар myagmar	лхагва lhagva	пүрэв pürev	баасан baasan	бямба byamba
Tibetan	གཟའ་ཉི་མ། (gza' nyi ma) Nyima	གཟའ་ཟླ་བ། (gza' zla wa) Dawa	གཟའ་མིག་དམར། (gza' mig dmar) Mikmar	གཟའ་ལྷག་པ། (gza' lhak pa) Lhakpa	གཟའ་ཕུར་བུ། (gza' phur bu) Purbu	གཟའ་པ་སངས། (gza' pa sangs) Pasang	གཟའ་སྤེན་པ། (gza' spen ba) Penba

Numbered days of the week

Days numbered from Monday

The ISO prescribes Monday as the first day of the week with ISO-8601 for software date formats.

The Slavic, Baltic and Uralic languages (except Finnish and partially Estonian) adopted numbering but took Monday rather than Sunday as the "first day". This convention is also found in some Austronesian languages whose speakers were converted to Christianity by European missionaries.

In Slavic languages, some of the names correspond to numerals after Sunday: compare Russian vtornik (вторник) "Tuesday" and vtoroj (второй) "the second", chetverg (четверг) "Thursday" and chetvjortyj (четвёртый) "the fourth", pyatnitsa (пятница) "Friday" and pyatyj (пятый) "the fifth"; see also the Notes.

Day Number From One	Monday Day One	Tuesday Day Two	Wednesday Day Three	Thursday Day Four	Friday Day Five	Saturday Day Six	Sunday Day Seven
ISO 8601 #	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Russian	понедельник ponedel'nik	вторник vtornik	среда sreda	четверг chetverg	пятница pyatnitsa	суббота subbota	воскресенье voskresen'ye
Belarusian	панядзелак panyadzelak	аўторак awtorak	серада serada	чацвер chats'ver	пятніца pyatnitsa	субота subota	нядзеля nyadzelya
Ukrainian	понедiлок ponedilok	вiвторок vivtorok	середа sereda	четвер chetver	п'ятниця p'yatnitsya	субота subota	недiля nedilya
Bulgarian	понеделник ponedelnik	вторник vtornik	сряда sryada	четвъртък chetvărtăk	петък petăk	събота săbota	неделя nedelya
Polish	poniedziałek	wtorek	środa	czwartek	piątek	sobota	niedziela
Kashubian	pòniedzôłk	wtórk	strzoda	czwiôrtk	piątk	sobòta	niedzela
Upper Sorbian	póndźela	wutora	srjeda	štwórtk	pjatk	sobota	njedźela
Slovak	pondelok	utorok	streda	štvrtok	piatok	sobota	nedeľa
Czech	pondělí	úterý	středa	čtvrtek	pátek	sobota	neděle
Slovene	ponedeljek	torek	sreda	četrtek	petek	sobota	nedelja
Bosnian	ponedjeljak	utorak	srijeda	četvrtak	petak	subota	nedjelja
Croatian	ponedjeljak	utorak	srijeda	četvrtak	petak	subota	nedjelja
Serbian	понедељак ponedeljak	уторак utorak	среда sreda	четвртак četvrtak	петак petak	субота subota	недеља nedelja
Macedonian	понеделник ponedelnik	вторник vtornik	среда sreda	четврток chetvrtok	петок petok	сабота sabota	недела nedela
Interslavic	ponedělok	vtorok	srěda	četvrtok	petok	subota	nedělja
Lithuanian	pirmadienis	antradienis	trečiadienis	ketvirtadienis	penktadienis	šeštadienis	sekmadienis
Latvian	pirmdiena	otrdiena	trešdiena	ceturtdiena	piektdiena	sestdiena	svētdiena
Hungarian	hétfő	kedd	szerda Slavic	csütörtök Slavic	péntek Hellenic	szombat Hebrew	vasárnap
Estonian	esmaspäev	teisipäev	kolmapäev	neljapäev	reede	laupäev	pühapäev
Mongolian (numerical)	нэг дэх өдөр neg dekh ödör	хоёр дахь өдөр hoyor dahi ödör	гурав дахь өдөр gurav dahi ödör	дөрөв дэх өдөр döröv dekh ödör	тав дахь өдөр tav dahi ödör	хагас сайн өдөр hagas sayn ödör	бүтэн сайн өдөр büten sayn ödör
Luo	Wuok tich	Tich ariyo	Tich adek	Tich ang'uen	Tich abich	Chieng' ngeso	Juma pil
Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin)	mande	tunde	trinde	fonde	fraide	sarere	sande
Apma (Vanuatu)	ren bwaleh / mande	ren karu	ren katsil	ren kavet	ren kalim	lesaare	sande

In Standard Chinese, the week is referred to as the "Stellar Period" () or "Cycle" ().

The modern Chinese names for the days of the week are based on a simple numerical sequence. The word for "week" is followed by a number indicating the day: "Monday" is literally the "Stellar Period One"/"Cycle One", i.e. the "First day of the Stellar Period/Cycle", etc. The exception is Sunday, where 日 (rì), "day" or "Sun", is used instead of a number. A slightly informal and colloquial variant to 日 is 天 (tiān) "day", "sky" or "heaven".

Accordingly, the notational abbreviation of the days of the week uses the numbers, e.g. 一 for "M" or "Mon(.)", "Monday". Note that the abbreviation of Sunday uses exclusively 日 and not 天. Attempted usage of 天 as such will not be understood.

Colloquially, the week is also known as the "Prayer" (), with the names of the days of the week formed accordingly.

The following is a table of the Mandarin names of the days of the weeks. Note that standard Taiwan Mandarin pronounces 期 as qí, so 星期 is instead xīngqí. While all varieties of Mandarin may pronounce 星期 as xīngqi and 禮拜/礼拜 as lǐbai, the second syllable with the neutral tone, this is not reflected in the table either for legibility.

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Standard Modern Chinese	星期一 Xīngqīyī	星期二 Xīngqī'èr	星期三 Xīngqīsān	星期四 Xīngqīsì	星期五 Xīngqīwǔ	星期六 Xīngqīliù	星期日 (or 星期天) Xīngqīrì (or Xīngqītiān)
	週一 Zhōuyī	週二 Zhōu'èr	週三 Zhōusān	週四 Zhōusì	週五 Zhōuwǔ	週六 Zhōuliù	週日 (or rarely 週天) Zhōurì (or Zhōutiān)
Standard Modern Chinese (regional, informal, colloquial)	禮拜一 Lǐbàiyī	禮拜二 Lǐbài'èr	禮拜三 Lǐbàisān	禮拜四 Lǐbàisì	禮拜五 Lǐbàiwǔ	禮拜六 Lǐbàiliù	禮拜天 (or 禮拜日) Lǐbàitiān (or Lǐbàirì)

Days numbered from Sunday

Sunday comes first in order in calendars shown in the table below. In the Judeo-Christian or Abrahamic tradition, the first day of the week is Sunday. Biblical Sabbath (corresponding to Saturday), when God rested from six-day Creation, made the day following Sabbath the first day of the week (corresponding to Sunday). Seventh-day Sabbaths were sanctified for celebration and rest. After the week was adopted in early Christianity, Sunday remained the first day of the week, but also gradually displaced Saturday as the day of celebration and rest, being considered the Lord's Day.

Saint Martin of Dumio (c. 520–580), archbishop of Braga, decided not to call days by pagan gods and to use ecclesiastic terminology to designate them. While the custom of numbering the days of the week was mostly prevalent in the Eastern Church, Portuguese and Galician, due to Martin's influence, are the only Romance languages in which the names of the days come from numbers rather than planetary names.

Icelandic is a special case within the Germanic languages, maintaining only the Sun and Moon (sunnudagur and mánudagur respectively), while dispensing with the names of the explicitly heathen gods in favour of a combination of numbered days and days whose names are linked to pious or domestic routine (föstudagur, "Fasting Day" and laugardagur, "Washing Day"). The "washing day" is also used in other North Germanic languages, but otherwise the names correspond to those of English.

Day Number From One	Sunday Day One	Monday Day Two	Tuesday Day Three	Wednesday Day Four	Thursday Day Five	Friday Day Six	Saturday Day Seven
Icelandic	sunnudagur (Sun)	mánudagur (Moon)	þriðjudagur	miðvikudagur	fimmtudagur	föstudagur	laugardagur
Faroese	sunnudagur	mánadagur	týsdagur	mikudagur	hósdagur	fríggjadagur	leygardagur
Hebrew	ראשון rishon	שני sheyni	שלישי shlishi	רביעי revi'i	חמישי khamishi	שישי shishi	שבת Shabbat
Ecclesiastical Latin	Dominica	feria secunda	feria tertia	feria quarta	feria quinta	feria sexta	sabbatum
Portuguese	domingo	segunda-feira	terça-feira	quarta-feira	quinta-feira	sexta-feira	sábado
Galician	domingo	segunda feira	terza feira terceira feira	corta feira quarta feira	quinta feira	sexta feira	sábado
Mirandese	demingo	segunda-feira	terça-feira	quarta-feira	quinta-feira	sesta-feira	sábado
Tetum	loron-domingu	loron-segunda	loron-tersa	loron-kuarta	loron-kinta	loron-sesta	loron-sábadu
Greek	Κυριακή Kyriakí	Δευτέρα Deftéra	Τρίτη Tríti	Τετάρτη Tetárti	Πέμπτη Pémpti	Παρασκευή Paraskeví	Σάββατο Sávato
Georgian	კვირა k'vira	ორშაბათი oršabati	სამშაბათი samšabati	ოთხშაბათი otxšabati	ხუთშაბათი xutšabati	პარასკევი p'arask'evi	შაბათი šabati
Armenian	Կիրակի Kiraki	Երկուշաբթի Yerkushabti	Երեքշաբթի Yerekshabti	Չորեքշաբթի Chorekshabti	Հինգշաբթի Hingshabti	Ուրբաթ Urbat	Շաբաթ Shabat
Vietnamese	chủ nhật/chúa nhật	(ngày) thứ hai	(ngày) thứ ba	(ngày) thứ tư	(ngày) thứ năm	(ngày) thứ sáu	(ngày) thứ bảy
Somali	Axad	Isniin	Talaado	Arbaco	Khamiis	Jimco	Sabti
Amharic	እሑድ əhud	ሰኞ säñño (Next)	ማክሰኞ maksäñño	ረቡዕ, ሮብ räbu, rob	ሐሙስ hamus	ዓርብ arb (Sunset)	ቅዳሜ ḳədame (First)
Arabic	(yawm) al-aḥad	(yawm) al-ithnayn	(yawm) ath-thulāthā’	(yawm) al-’arbi‘ā’	(yawm) al-khamīs	(yawm) al-jum‘ah	(yawm) as-sabt
Maltese	il-Ħadd	it-Tnejn	it-Tlieta	l-Erbgħa	il-Ħamis	il-Ġimgħa	is-Sibt
Malay (includes Indonesian)	Ahad (general) Minggu(Indonesian, derived from Portuguese)	Isnin or Senin	Selasa	Rabu	K(h)amis	Juma(a)t	Sabtu
Javanese	Ngahad, Ngakad, Minggu (Portuguese)	Senèn	Selasa	Rebo	Kemis	Jemuwah	Setu
Sundanese	Minggu / Minggon (Portuguese)	Senén	Salasa	Rebo	Kemis	Jumaah	Saptu
Persian	یکشنبه yekšanbe Mehr ruz مهرروز	دوشنبه došanbe Māh ruz ماه روز	سه شنبه sešanbe Bahrām ruz بهرام روز	چهارشنبه čāhāršanbe Tir ruz تیر روز	پنجشنبه panjšanbe Hormazd ruz هرمزد روز	آدینه or جمعه ādine or djome Nāhid ruz ناهید روز	شنبه šanbe Keyvān ruz کیوان روز
Kazakh	Жексенбі Jeksenbi	Дүйсенбі Dúısenbi	Сейсенбі Seısenbi	Сәрсенбі Sársenbi	Бейсенбі Beısenbi	Жұма Juma	Сенбі Senbi
Khowar	یک شمبے yak shambey	دو شمبے du shambey	سہ شمبے sey shambey	چار شمبے char shambey	پچھمبے pachhambey	آدینہ adina	شمبے shambey
Kurdish	Yekşem	Duşem	Sêşem	Çarşem	Pêncşem	În	Şemî
Old Turkic	birinç kün	ikinç kün	üçünç kün	törtinç kün	beşinç kün	altınç kün	yetinç kün
Turkish	Pazar	Pazartesi	Salı	Çarşamba	Perşembe	Cuma	Cumartesi
Uzbek	Yakshanba	Dushanba	Seshanba	Chorshanba	Payshanba	Juma	Shanba
Navajo	(Spanish)	Sunday has ended	Sunday +2 × sunrise	Sunday +3 × sunrise	Sunday +4 × sunrise	It ends/done for the week	[upon] sunrise [it is] Sunday

Days numbered from Saturday

In Swahili, the day begins at sunrise, unlike in the Arabic and Hebrew calendars where the day starts at sunset (therefore an offset of twelve hours), and unlike in the Western world where the day starts at midnight (therefore an offset of six hours). Saturday is therefore the first day of the week, as it is the day that includes the first night of the week in Arabic.

Etymologically speaking, Swahili has two "fifth" days. The words for Saturday through Wednesday contain the Bantu-derived Swahili words for "one" through "five". The word for Thursday, Alhamisi, is of Arabic origin and means "the fifth" (day). The word for Friday, Ijumaa, is also Arabic and means (day of) "gathering" for the Friday noon prayers in Islam.

Day Number from One	Saturday Day One	Sunday Day Two	Monday Day Three	Tuesday Day Four	Wednesday Day Five	Thursday Day Six	Friday Day Seven
Swahili	jumamosi	jumapili	jumatatu	jumanne	jumatano	alhamisi	ijumaa

Mixing of numbering and astronomy

In the Žejane dialect of Istro-Romanian, lur (Monday) and virer (Friday) follow the Latin convention, while utorek (Tuesday), sredu (Wednesday), and četrtok (Thursday) follow the Slavic convention.

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Istro-Romanian, Žejane dialect	lur	utorek	sredu	četrtok	virer	simbota	dumireca

There are several systems in the different Basque dialects.

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Standard Basque, Guipuscoan Basque	astelehena ("week-first")	asteartea ("week-between")	asteazkena ("week-last")	osteguna ("Ortzi/Sky day")	ostirala (see Ortzi)	larunbata ("fourth", "meeting of friends"), neskenegun ("girls' day")	igandea
Biscayne Basque	astelena ("week-first"), ilen ("Moon day")	martitzena ("Mars day")	eguaztena ("day last")	eguena ("day of days", "day of light")	barikua ("day without supper"), egubakotx	zapatua (compare with Spanish sábado from Sabbath)	domeka (from Latin Dominica [dies])

In Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino), which is mainly based on a medieval version of Spanish, the five days of Monday–Friday closely follow the Spanish names. Sunday uses the Arabic name, which is based on numbering, because a Jewish language was not likely to adapt a name based on "Lord's Day" for Sunday. As in Spanish, the Ladino name for Saturday is based on Sabbath. However, as a Jewish language—and with Saturday being the actual day of rest in the Jewish community—Ladino directly adapted the Hebrew name, Shabbat.

Day	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino)	Alhadh	Lunes	Martes	Miércoles	Juğeves	Viernes	Shabat

The days of the week in the Bishnupriya Manipuri and Meitei languages originate from the Sanamahi creation myth.

	Sunday the Hill	Monday King's Climb	Tuesday Earth's Birth	Wednesday Houses Built	Thursday Horses Rode	Friday Blood Flood	Saturday Swords Washed
Bishnupriya Manipuri	Lamboishing	Ninthoapa	Leipakpa	Imsha Imsha	Shakolsher	Erei	Thanksha
Meitei	Nongmaiching/Langmaiching	Ningthoukaba	Leibakpokpa	Yumsakeisa	Sagonsen	Eerai	Thangcha

See also

• Akan names of the seven-day week, known as Nawotwe
• Bahá'í calendar (section Weekdays)
• Calculating the day of the week
• Week
• Work Week
• Feria

Notes

Sunday

^☉1 From Latin Dominicus (Dominica) or Greek Κυριακή ])
^☉2 Holy Day and First-Day of the Week (Day of the Sun -> Light -> Resurrection -> Born again) (Christianity)
^☉3 Resurrection (Christianity)
^☉4 Bazaar Day
^☉5 Market Day
^☉6 No Work
^☉7 Full good day
^☉8 Borrowed from English week
^☉9 From an Old Burmese word, not of Indic origin.

Monday

^☽1 After No Work. In Russian also "Day After Week(end)" – see понедельник
^☽2 After Bazaar
^☽3 Head of Week
^☽4 Master (as in Pir, because Muhammad was born on a Monday )
^☽5 From an Old Burmese word, not of Indic origin.

Tuesday

^♂1 Thing (Assembly), of which god Tyr/Ziu was the patron.
^♂2 Second day of the week (cf. Hungarian kettő "two")
^♂3 Third day of the week.
^♂4 From Arabic "ath-Thalaathaaʼ" (third day)

Wednesday

^☿1 Mid-week or Middle
^☿2 The First Fast (Christianity)

Thursday

^♃1 The day between two fasts (An Dé idir dhá aoin, contracted to An Déardaoin) (Christianity)
^♃2 Five (Arabic)
^♃3 Fifth day of the week.
^♃4 Fourth day of the week.

Friday

^♀1 The Fast (Celtic) or Fasting Day (Icelandic) (Christianity)
^♀2 Good Friday or Preparation (Christianity)
^♀3 Jumu'ah (Muslim Sabbath)
^♀4 Gathering/Assembly/Meeting (Islam) – in Malta with no Islamic connotations
^♀5 Fifth day of the week

Saturday

^♄1 Shabbat (Jewish and Christian Sabbath)
^♄2 Wash or Bath day
^♄3 Sun-eve (Eve of Sunday)
^♄4 After the Gathering (Islam)
^♄5 End of the Week (Arabic Sabt = Rest)
^♄6 Week
^♄7 Half good day

Further reading

• Brown, Cecil H. (1989). "Naming the days of the week: A cross-language study of lexical acculturation". Current Anthropology 30 (4): 536–550. doi:10.1086/203782. 
• Falk, Michael (1999). "Astronomical Names for the Days of the Week". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 93: 122–133. doi:10.1016/j.newast.2003.07.002. Bibcode: 1999JRASC..93..122F. 
• Neugebauer, Otto (1979). Ethiopic astronomy and computus, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, philosophisch-historische klasse, sitzungsberichte, 347 (Vienna)