Names of the days of the week

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In a vast number of languages, the names given to the seven days of the week (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) are derived from the names of the seven heavenly bodies (the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn) which were in turn named after contemporary Hellenistic deities. This system was introduced by the Sumerians and later adopted by the Babylonians from whom the Roman Empire adopted the system during late antiquity.^[1] In some other languages, the days are named after corresponding deities of the regional culture. The seven-day week was adopted in early Christianity from the Hebrew calendar, and gradually replaced the Roman internundinum. Eight-day and seven-day weeks existed side-by-side until the Emperor Constantine made the seven-day week official in AD 321; thereafter, the seven-day week spread throughout the Roman Empire and eventually through Christian cultures around the world.^[2]

The history of the seven-day week can be traced to ancient civilizations. Sunday remained the first day of the week, being considered the day of the sun god Sol Invictus and the Lord's Day, while the Jewish Sabbath remained the seventh. Most historians agree the seven-day week dates back to Babylonians who started using it about 4,000 years ago.^[3] The number 7 was sacred to the Babylonians.^[4] Emperor Constantine of the Roman Empire made the Day of the Sun (Script error: No such module "Lang"., "Sunday") a legal holiday centuries later.^[5]

In the international standard ISO 8601, Monday is treated as the first day of the week, but in many countries it is counted as the second day of the week.

Days named after planets

Greco-Roman tradition

Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". Between the first and third centuries CE, 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 (ante diem viii idus Februarias) of the year 60 CE as dies solis ("Sunday").^[6] Another early witness is a reference to a lost treatise by Plutarch, written in about 100 CE, which addressed the question of: "Why are the days named after the planets reckoned in a different order from the 'actual' order?"^[7] The treatise is lost, but the answer to the question is known; see planetary hours.^{[citation needed]}

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, and the Moon; objectively, the planets are ordered from slowest to fastest moving as they appear in the night sky.^[8]

The days were named after the classical planets of Hellenistic astrology, in the order: Sun (Helios), Moon (Selene), Mars (Ares), Mercury (Hermes), Jupiter (Zeus), Venus (Aphrodite), and Saturn (Cronus).^[9]

The seven-day week spread throughout the Roman Empire in late antiquity. By the fourth century CE, it was in wide use throughout the Empire.^{[citation needed]}

The Greek and Latin names are as follows:

Day	Sunday Sun	Monday Moon	Tuesday Mars	Wednesday Mercury	Thursday Jupiter	Friday Venus	Saturday Saturn
Greek^[10]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx
Latin	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx

Romance languages

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Day (see Irregularities)	Sunday Template:Langx	Monday Template:Langx	Tuesday Template:Langx	Wednesday Template:Langx	Thursday Template:Langx	Friday Template:Langx	Saturday Template:Langx
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Galician	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Italian	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
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Ligurian	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Lombard (Bresciano)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Lombard (Milanese)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
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Occitan	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Portuguese	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
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Romansh (Putèr)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Romansh (Rumantsch Grischun)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Romansh (Surmiran)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Romansh (Sursilvan)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Romansh (Sutsilvan)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Romansh (Vallader)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Sardinian	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". etc.^{[note 1]}	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". etc.^{[note 2]}	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". etc.^{[note 3]}	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". etc.^{[note 4]}	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". etc.^{[note 5]}
Sicilian	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
Spanish	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Venetian	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".

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 Template:Langx	Monday Template:Langx	Tuesday Template:Langx	Wednesday Template:Langx	Thursday Template:Langx	Friday Template:Langx	Saturday Template:Langx
Irish	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Manx	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
Old Irish^[12]	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[13] Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".^[14]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[15]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[16]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[17]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[18]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[19]	Script error: No such module "Lang".
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Scottish Gaelic^[20]	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".

In Welsh, the word for ‘day’ Script error: No such module "Lang". is replaced by the words for ‘morning' Script error: No such module "Lang"., ’night’ Script error: No such module "Lang". or ‘afternoon’ Script error: No such module "Lang"., etc to say ‘Monday morning’ Script error: No such module "Lang"., or ‘Friday night’ Script error: No such module "Lang"., etc. It is never *Script error: No such module "Lang". or *Script error: No such module "Lang". which are ungrammatical.

Day	Sunday Template:Langx	Monday Template:Langx	Tuesday Template:Langx	Wednesday Template:Langx	Thursday Template:Langx	Friday Template:Langx	Saturday Template:Langx
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Cornish	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Welsh	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".

Albanian language

Albanian adopted the Latin terms for Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, translated the Latin terms for Sunday and Monday using the native names of Diell and Hënë, respectively, and replaced the Latin terms for Thursday and Friday with the equivalent native deity names Enji and Prende, respectively.^[21]

Day	Sunday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Monday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Tuesday Template:Langx	Wednesday Template:Langx	Thursday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Friday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Saturday Template:Langx
Albanian	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".

Adoptions from Romance

Other languages adopted the week together with the Latin (Romance) names for the days of the week in the colonial period. Several constructed languages also adopted the Latin terminology.

Day (see Irregularities)	Sunday Template:Langx	Monday Template:Langx	Tuesday Template:Langx	Wednesday Template:Langx	Thursday Template:Langx	Friday Template:Langx	Saturday Template:Langx
ApI Interlingua	sol-die	luna-die	marte-die	mercurio-die	jove-die	venere-die	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. sabbato^[a] saturno-die
Idiom Neutral	soldi	lundi	marsdi	merkurdi	yovdi	vendrdi	saturndi
Ido	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
INTAL	sundi	lundi	mardi	merkurdi	jodi	venerdi	saturdi
Interlingue	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Lingua Franca Nova	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Mondial	soldi	lundi	mardi	mierdi	jodi	vendi	samdi
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Reform-Neutral	soldí	lundí	marsdí	mercurdí	jovdí	vendredí	saturndí
Uropi	Soldia	Lundia	Mardia	Mididia^[b]	Zusdia	Wendia	Sabadia^[a]

Day (see Irregularities)	Sunday Template:Langx	Monday Template:Langx	Tuesday Template:Langx	Wednesday Template:Langx	Thursday Template:Langx	Friday Template:Langx	Saturday Template:Langx
Chamorro	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Esperanto	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
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Interlingua	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Māori^[22]	Script error: No such module "Lang". [not celestially named] (Script error: No such module "Lang". = "holy day")	Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang". = day + Moon)	Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang". = day + Mars)	Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang". = day + Mercury)	Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang". = day + Jupiter)	Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang". = day + Venus)	Script error: No such module "Lang". [not celestially named] (Script error: No such module "Lang". = "washing day")
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Romániço	Domínico	Lun-dio	Marti-dio	Mercurii-dio	Jov-dio	Véner-dio	Sábato
Universalglot	diodai	lundai	mardai	erdai	jovdai	vendai	samdai

With the exception of sabato, the Esperanto names are all from French, cf. French dimanche, lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi.

Germanic tradition

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Sunday: Old English Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA".), meaning "sun's day". This is a translation of the Latin phrase Script error: No such module "Lang".. 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 Script error: No such module "Lang".). In both West Germanic and North Germanic mythology, the Sun is personified as Sunna/Sól.
Monday: Old English Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA".), meaning "Moon's day". This is equivalent to the Latin name Script error: No such module "Lang".. In North Germanic mythology, the Moon is personified as Máni.
Tuesday: Old English Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA".), meaning "Tiw's day". Tiw (Norse Script error: No such module "Lang".) 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 Script error: No such module "Lang"., "Day of Mars" (the Roman god of war).
Wednesday: Old English Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA".) 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. This corresponds to the Latin counterpart Script error: No such module "Lang"., "Day of Mercury", as both are deities of magic and knowledge. Importantly, both are also psychopomps, carrying the souls of the dead to the afterlife. The German Mittwoch, the Low German Script error: No such module "Lang"., the miðviku- in Icelandic Script error: No such module "Lang". and the Finnish Script error: No such module "Lang". all mean "mid-week".
Thursday: Old English Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA".), meaning 'Script error: No such module "Lang".'s day'. Script error: No such module "Lang". means thunder or its personification, the Norse god known in Modern English as Thor. Similarly Dutch Script error: No such module "Lang"., German Script error: No such module "Lang". ('thunder's day'), Finnish Script error: No such module "Lang"., and Scandinavian Script error: No such module "Lang". ('Thor's day'). "Thor's day" corresponds to Latin Script error: No such module "Lang"., "day of Jupiter" (the Roman god of thunder).
Friday: Old English Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA".), meaning the day of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Script error: No such module "Lang".. The Norse name for the planet Venus was Script error: No such module "Lang"., 'Frigg's star'.^[24] It is based on the Latin Script error: No such module "Lang"., "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 Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA".). In Latin, it was Script error: No such module "Lang"., "Day of Saturn". The Nordic laugardagur, leygardagur, laurdag, etc. deviate significantly as they have no reference to either the Norse or the Roman pantheon; they derive from Old Nordic Script error: No such module "Lang"., literally "washing-day". The German Script error: No such module "Lang". (mainly used in northern and eastern Germany) and the Low German Script error: No such module "Lang". mean "Sunday Eve"; the German word Script error: No such module "Lang". derives from the name for Shabbat.

Day (see Irregularities)	Sunday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Monday Template:Langx	Tuesday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Wednesday Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Thursday Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Friday Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Saturday Template:Langx
Afrikaans	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[c]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Dutch	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[c]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Old English	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Old Saxon	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".^[c]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[d] Script error: No such module "Lang".
Scots	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[a] Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
West Frisian	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[d] Script error: No such module "Lang".

Day (see Irregularities)	Sunday Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Monday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Tuesday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Wednesday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Thursday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Friday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Saturday Template:Langx
Danish	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Elfdalian	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Faroese	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[b] Script error: No such module "Lang". (Suðuroy)	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". (Suðuroy)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Icelandic	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[e]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[b]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[f]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[g]	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Norwegian (Bokmål)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Norwegian (Nynorsk)	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Old Norse	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".^[d]
Swedish	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".

Day (see Irregularities)	Sunday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Monday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Tuesday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Wednesday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Thursday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Friday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Saturday Sunday eve
German	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[c] Script error: No such module "Lang". (Alemannic German)	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[b] Script error: No such module "Lang". (older)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[a] Script error: No such module "Lang". (parts of Eastern Germany)
Low German	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[c]	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[b] Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". (rare)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
Luxembourgish	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[c]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[b]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[a]
Middle Low German	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[c]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
North Frisian (Amrum/Föhr)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". (Amrum) Script error: No such module "Lang". (Föhr)	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". (Amrum) Script error: No such module "Lang". (Föhr)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
North Frisian (Halligen)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[b]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
North Frisian (Heligolandic)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[b]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
North Frisian (Karrharde)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
North Frisian (Mooring)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
North Frisian (Northern Goesharde)	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". (Ockholm) Script error: No such module "Lang". (Langenhorn)	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". (Ockholm) Script error: No such module "Lang". (Langenhorn)	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". (Ockholm) Script error: No such module "Lang". (Langenhorn)	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". (Ockholm) Script error: No such module "Lang". (Langenhorn)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
North Frisian (Sylt)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
North Frisian (Wiedingharde)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
Old High German	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".^[a]
Saterland Frisian	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[b]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". (Skäddel)
Yiddish	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[c]	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]

Adoptions from Germanic

Sami languages have weekday names influenced from neighboring languages, with a majority of weekday names being from Germanic-Norse origin.^[25]

Day (see Irregularities)	Sunday Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Holy day	Monday Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Langx	Tuesday Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Langx	Wednesday Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Template:Langx Template:Langx	Thursday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Friday Script error: No such module "Lang".	Saturday Template:Langx
Finnish	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Kven	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Meänkieli	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
South Sami	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
Ume Sami	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Pite Sami	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Lule Sami	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
North Sami	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
Inari Sami	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[g]	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
Skolt Sami (for comparison)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[h]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[i]	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[j] Script error: No such module "Lang".^[g] Script error: No such module "Lang".^[g]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[k]

Day (see Irregularities)	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Māori	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[l] / Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". / Script error: No such module "Lang".
Tok Pisin	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Volapük	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".

Hindu tradition

Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". Hindu astrology uses the concept of days under the regency of a planet^{[<span title="Script error: No such module "decodeEncode".">clarification needed]} under the term vāsara/vāra, the days of the week being called sūrya-/ravi-/āditya, chandra-/soma-, maṅgala-, budha-, guru-/bṛhaspati-, 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, that is, the Moon.^[26] Knowledge of Greek astrology existed since about the 2nd century BC,^{[citation needed]} but references to the vāsara occur somewhat later, during the Gupta period (Yājñavalkya Smṛti, c. 3rd to 5th century AD), that is, at roughly the same period or before the system was introduced in the Roman Empire.^{[citation needed]}

In languages of the Indian subcontinent

	Sunday the Sun (Sūrya, Ravi, Bhānu)	Monday the Moon (Chandra, Indu, Soma)	Tuesday Mars (Mangala)	Wednesday Mercury (Budha)	Thursday Jupiter (Bṛhaspati, Guru)	Friday Venus (Shukra)	Saturday Saturn (Shani)
Angika	Script error: No such module "Lang"./Template:WbrScript error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang"./Template:WbrScript error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".
Assamese	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".
Awadhi	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".
Balochi	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
Balti	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
Bengali	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".^[m]	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".
Bhojpuri	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".
Burushaski	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
Chitrali (Khowar)	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".^[n]	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".^[o]	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
Gujarati	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".
Hindi	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".
Hindko	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".
Hmar	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Kannada	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".
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Sinhala	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".
Tamil	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".
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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, that is, the Moon.^[27]

	Sunday the Sun (Aditya, Ravi)	Monday the Moon (Soma, Chandra, Indu)	Tuesday Mars (Mangala, Angaraka)	Wednesday Mercury (Budha)	Thursday Jupiter (Bṛhaspati, Guru)	Friday Venus (Shukra)	Saturday Saturn (Shani)
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Mon	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". from Sans. āditya	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". from Sans. candra	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". from Sans. aṅgāra	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". from Sans. budhavāra	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". from Sans. bṛhaspati	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". from Sans. śukra	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA". from Sans. śani
Khmer	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".
Lao	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "IPA".
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Simalungun Batak	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
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Northeast Asian languages

	Sunday the Sun (Aditya, Ravi)	Monday the Moon (Soma, Chandra, Indu)	Tuesday Mars (Mangala, Angāraka)	Wednesday Mercury (Budha)	Thursday Jupiter (Bṛhaspati, Guru)	Friday Venus (Shukra)	Saturday Saturn (Shani)
Mongolian	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx
Kalmyk	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx

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" (Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".), which consists of the Sun, Moon and the five classical planets visible to the naked eye.

The Chinese had apparently adopted the seven-day week from the Hellenistic system by the 4th century AD, although by which route is not entirely clear. It was again transmitted to China in the 8th century AD by Manichaeans, via the country of Kang (a Central Asian polity near Samarkand).^[28] The 4th-century AD date, according to the Cihai encyclopedia,^{[year needed]} is due to a reference to Fan Ning (Script error: No such module "Lang".), an astrologer of the Jin dynasty. The renewed adoption from Manichaeans in the 8th century AD (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 by their numbers, with Monday as "weekday 1" and Saturday as "weekday 6".

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Pronunciations for Classical Chinese names are given in Standard Chinese.

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Celestial Object	Sun (日) First Star – Yang (太陽)	Moon (月) Second Star – Yin (太陰)	Mars (火星) Third Star – Fire (熒惑)	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)	Saturn (土星) Seventh Star – Earth or Soil (鎮星)
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Numbered days of the week

Days numbered from Monday

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 and Võro) adopted numbering but took Monday rather than Sunday as the "first day".^[29] This convention is also found in some Austronesian languages whose speakers were converted to Christianity by European missionaries.^[30]

In Slavic languages, some of the names correspond to numerals after Sunday: compare Russian vtornik (Script error: No such module "Lang".) "Tuesday" and vtoroj (Script error: No such module "Lang".) "the second", chetverg (Script error: No such module "Lang".) "Thursday" and chetvjortyj (Script error: No such module "Lang".) "the fourth", pyatnitsa (Script error: No such module "Lang".) "Friday" and pyatyj (Script error: No such module "Lang".) "the fifth"; see also the notes regarding irregularities.

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	Template:Langx^[r]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[s]
Belarusian	Template:Langx^[r]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[r]
Ukrainian	Template:Langx^[r]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[r]
Lemko Rusyn	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx
Prešov Rusyn	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx
Pannonian Rusyn	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx
Slovak	Template:Langx^[r]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[r]
Czech	Template:Langx^[r]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[r]
Upper Sorbian	Template:Langx^[r]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[r]
Lower Sorbian	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx
Polish	Template:Langx^[r]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[r]
Kashubian	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx
Slovene	Template:Langx^[r]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[r]
Burgenland Croatian	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx
Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Template:Langx (Ijekavian)^[r] Template:Langx (Ekavian)^[r]	Template:Langx	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Template:Langx (Ijekavian)^[b] Template:Langx (Ekavian)^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Template:Langx (Ijekavian)^[r] Template:Langx (Ekavian)^[r]
Macedonian	Template:Langx^[r]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[r]
Bulgarian	Template:Langx^[r]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[r]
Interslavic	Template:Langx^[r]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[r]
Lithuanian	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx
Latvian	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx
Hungarian	Template:Langx^[t]	Template:Langx^[u]	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[v]
Estonian	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[u]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[w]	Template:Langx^[x]	Template:Langx^[y]
Võro	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[u]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[w]	Template:Langx^[z]	Template:Langx^[y]
Mongolian (numerical)	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[aa]	Template:Langx^[ab]
Southern Luo (Dholuo)^[31]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx
Hawaiian	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[ac]
Apma^[32]	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Template:Langx Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx
Sona	enyodi	doyodi	tinyodi	cayodi	penyodi	xiodi	zunyodi
Yakut	Template:Langx^[r]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[b]	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx^[a]	Template:Langx^[s]

A number of Bantu languages have days numbered from Monday as an influence from Western missionaries. They brought along with them working days, e.g. in Setswana: Labobedi (the second working day – Tuesday), Laboraro (the third working day), Labone (the fourth working day), Labotlhano (the fifth working day). Sunday became known as the day of going to church when the iron (tshipi) bell rings, thus Latshipi.^[33]

In Standard Chinese, the week is referred to as the "Stellar Period" (Chinese: 星期; pinyin: Xīngqī) or "Cycle" (simplified Chinese: 周; traditional Chinese: 週; pinyin: Zhōu).

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", that is, 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.^[34] A slightly informal and colloquial variant to 日 is 天 (tiān) "day", "sky" or "heaven". However, the term 週天 is rarely used compared to 星期天.

Accordingly, the notational abbreviation of the days of the week uses the numbers, for example, 一 for "M" or "Mon(.)", "Monday". 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 "Worship" (simplified Chinese: 礼拜; traditional Chinese: 禮拜; pinyin: Lǐbài), with the names of the days of the week formed accordingly. This is also dominant in certain regional varieties of Chinese.

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 (Romanizations using Hanyu Pinyin)	Monday Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang"., 'one'	Tuesday Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang"., 'two'	Wednesday Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang"., 'three'	Thursday Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang"., 'four'	Friday Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang"., 'five'	Saturday Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang"., 'six'	Sunday Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang"., 'day' or Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang"., 'sky'
Standard Modern Chinese	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". (rare) Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang". Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang".

Several Sinitic languages refer to Saturday as Script error: No such module "Lang". "end of the week" and Sunday as Script error: No such module "Lang".. Examples include Shenyang Mandarin, Hanyuan Sichuanese Mandarin, Taishanese, Yudu Hakka [zh], Teochew, Ningbonese, and Loudi Old Xiang. Some Hakka varieties in Taiwan still use the traditional Luminaries.

Days numbered from Sunday

Sunday comes first in order in calendars shown in the table below. In the Abrahamic tradition, the first day of the week is Sunday. Biblical Sabbath (corresponding to Saturday) is when God rested from six-day Creation, making the day following the 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 Mirandese, due to Martin's influence, are the only Romance languages in which the names of the days come from numbers rather than planetary names.

Members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) historically objected to the pagan etymologies of days and months and substituted numbering, beginning with First Day for Sunday.

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	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[b]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[g]	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[x]
Hebrew	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".^[a]
Ecclesiastical Latin	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[a]
Portuguese	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Galician	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Mirandese	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Tetum	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Greek	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[ae]	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[a]
Georgian	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[ae]	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[a]
Western Armenian	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[ae]	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[a]
Eastern Armenian	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[ae]	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[a]
Vietnamese	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Somali	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[a]
Amharic	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".
Arabic	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[m] (also Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". )	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[a]
Maltese	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[m]	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Malay (incl. Indonesian and Malaysian)	Script error: No such module "Lang". or Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang". or Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[m]	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Javanese	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[m]	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Sundanese	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[m]	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Persian	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". or Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[o] or Script error: No such module "lang". ^[m]	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[a]
Kazakh	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Karakalpak	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Tatar	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Khowar	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[n] Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[o] Script error: No such module "lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ^[a]
Kurdish	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Uyghur	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx	Template:Langx ^[a]
Old Turkic	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".
Turkish	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[v]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[af]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[ag]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[ah]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[ai]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[m]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[aj]
Azerbaijani	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Uzbek	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[a]
Navajo	Script error: No such module "Lang". ^[ad]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".

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 on average), and unlike in the Western world where the day starts at midnight (therefore an offset of six hours on average). 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	Saturday Template:Langx	Sunday Template:Langx	Monday Template:Langx	Tuesday Template:Langx	Wednesday Template:Langx	Thursday Template:Langx	Friday Template:Langx
Swahili^[35]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".

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.^[36]

Day	Monday Template:Langx	Tuesday Template:Langx	Wednesday Template:Langx	Thursday Template:Langx	Friday Template:Langx	Saturday Template:Langx	Sunday Template:Langx
Istro-Romanian (Žejane dialect)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".

There are several systems in the different Basque dialects.^[37]

Day	Monday Template:Langx	Tuesday Template:Langx	Wednesday Template:Langx	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday Template:Langx
Basque (Gipuzkoan, Standard)	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[ak]	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[ak]	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[al] Script error: No such module "Lang".^[am]	Script error: No such module "Lang".

Day	Monday	Tuesday Template:Langx	Wednesday Template:Langx	Thursday	Friday	Saturday Template:Langx	Sunday Template:Langx
Basque (Biscayan)	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[an] Script error: No such module "Lang".^[ao]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".^[ap]	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang".^[aq] Script error: No such module "Lang".^[ar]	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".

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. For Sunday is used the Arabic name, which is based on numbering (meaning "Day one" or "First day"), 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.^[38]

Day	Sunday Template:Langx	Monday Template:Langx	Tuesday Template:Langx	Wednesday Template:Langx	Thursday Template:Langx	Friday Template:Langx	Saturday Template:Langx
Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino)	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".	Script error: No such module "Lang".

Other naming systems

The days of the week in Meitei (officially known as Manipuri) originated from the Sanamahi creation myth of Meitei mythology.^[39] The Udmurt days of the week derive from their connection to traditional calendar rites.^[40] The days of the week in Yoruba derive from Yoruba religion and superstitions.^[41]

Day	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Meitei (Manipuri)	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("the hill")	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("king's climb")	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("earth's birth")	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("houses built")	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("horses rode")	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("blood flood")	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("swords washed")
Udmurt	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("week day")	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("birth")	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("sitting")	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("bloody day")	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("little Sunday")	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("Udmurt Sunday")	Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang". ("dry day")
Yoruba	Script error: No such module "Lang". ("day of immortality")	Script error: No such module "Lang". ("day of trade")	Script error: No such module "Lang". ("day of victory")	Script error: No such module "Lang". ("day of confusion")	Script error: No such module "Lang". ("day of arrival")	Script error: No such module "Lang". ("day of delay")	Script error: No such module "Lang". ("day of three suggestions")

Etymological irregularities

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at From Sabbath.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z From position of the day as "middle" of the week.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h From Thing, a governing assembly in early Germanic society of which god Tyr was the patron.
^ ^a ^b ^c From Sunday eve.
^ From position of the day as "third" in the week.
^ From position of the day as "fifth" in the week.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e From the practice of fasting on this day.
^ From the Russian word Template:Langx.
^ From position of the day as "fourth" in the week.
^ From the Russian word Template:Langx.
^ From the Russian word Template:Langx.
^ From the English word 'week'.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ From the Arabic Template:Langx, associated with Muslim Friday prayers.
^ ^a ^b ^c From the Persian Template:Langx, related to deference for the birth of Muhammad.
^ ^a ^b ^c From the Persian word Template:Langx, associated with Muslim Friday prayer.
^ From the Persian word Template:Langx, 'week'.
^ ^a ^b From an Old Burmese word, not of Indic origin.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z From the practice of not working on this day.
^ ^a ^b From Resurrection of Jesus, associated with Christian Divine Liturgy.
^ From "head", as the day is considered to start the week.
^ ^a ^b ^c From position of the day as "second" in the week.
^ ^a ^b From the practice of holding markets on this day.
^ ^a ^b From Script error: No such module "Lang"., borrowed from Germanic languages.
^ ^a ^b From practice of washing or bathing on this day.
^ ^a ^b From the practice of considering this day sacred.
^ From the practice of working only half of the day.
^ From "half good".
^ From "whole good".
^ From the practice of praying on this day.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m From the Latin Template:Langx or Greek Template:Langx), meaning Lord's Day.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d From the practice of preparing for religious rites on this day.
^ From the practice of holding markets on the previous day.
^ derived from Template:Langx
^ çehar-şenbe (derived from Persian)
^ penc-şenbih (derived from Persian)
^ From the practice of holding Muslim Friday prayers on the previous day.
^ ^a ^b Unclear, possibly Template:Langx related to Urtzi, or Template:Langx.
^ Unclear etymology, likely Template:Langx, possibly Template:Langx and Template:Langx.
^ From Template:Langx.
^ From Template:Langx.
^ From Template:Langx.
^ Unclear, possibly from Template:Langx or Template:Langx.
^ From Template:Langx, related to the practice of fasting on this day.
^ From Template:Langx.

Sunday

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Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☉2 Holy Day and First-Day of the Week (Day of the Sun -> Light -> Resurrection -> Born again) (Christianity)

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☉3 Resurrection (Christianity)

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☉4 Bazaar Day

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☉5 Market Day

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☉6 No Work

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☉7 Full good day

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☉8 Borrowed from English week

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☉9 From an Old Burmese word, not of Indic origin.

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☉10 Prayer day

Monday

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☽1 After No Work

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☽2 After Bazaar

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☽3 Head of Week

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☽4 Master (as in Pir, because Muhammad was born on a Monday)

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☽5 From an Old Burmese word, not of Indic origin.

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☽6 First day of the week

Tuesday

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Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♂2 Second day of the week (cf. Hungarian Script error: No such module "Lang". 'two')

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♂3 Third day of the week.

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♂4 From Arabic Script error: No such module "lang". 'third day'

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♂5 From Proto-Slavic

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'second'

Wednesday

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☿1 Mid-week or Middle

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☿2 The First Fast (Christianity)

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^☿3 Third day of the week

Thursday

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♃1 The day between two fasts (An Dé idir dhá aoin, contracted to An Déardaoin) (Christianity)

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♃2 Five (Arabic)

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♃3 Fifth day of the week.

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♃4 Fourth day of the week.

Friday

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♀1 The Fast (Celtic) or Fasting Day (Icelandic) (Christianity)

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♀2 Good Friday or Preparation (Christianity)

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♀3 Jumu'ah (Friday Prayer)

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♀4 Gathering/Assembly/Meeting (Islam) – in Malta with no Islamic connotations

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♀5 Fifth day of the week

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♀6 Borrowed from Germanic languages

Or canàbara, cenàbara, cenàbera, cenàbura, cenarba, chenàbara, chenabra, chenapra, chenàpura, chenarpa, chenàura, cianàbara, chenabura; meaning holy supper as preparation to the sabbathday(Saturday)

Saturday

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♄1 Shabbat (Jewish and Christian Sabbath)

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♄2 Wash or Bath day

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♄3 Sun-eve (Eve of Sunday)

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♄4 After the Gathering (Islam)

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♄5 End of the Week (Arabic Script error: No such module "Lang". 'rest')

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♄6 Week

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♄7 Half good day

Page Template:Citation/styles.css has no content.^♄8 Half day

Notes

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^ Ó Cróinín has Diu luna as "represent[ing] the transitional form between Latin dies lunae and the later, Classical Old Irish dia luain ... a translation of, not a calque on, the Latin ... [It] would seem to reflect a pre-assimilation state in respect of both words," Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, 2003, p. 13
^ "The Irish word perhaps derives from Latin forms where cases other than the genitive were used, e.g., Marte."Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, 2003, p. 15
^ A form unique to Irish, meaning uncertain. In Old Irish, íath can mean "land." A "very old" word for Wednesday, Mercúir (borrowed from the Latin (dies) Mercurii), does occur in early Leinster poems but Ó Cróinín is of the belief that Diu eathamon "reflects a still older Irish word for 'Wednesday.'"
^ A form unique to Irish. Ó Cróinín writes, "I suggest that it means simply 'on Thursday' ... it is temporal dat. of an n-stem (nom. sg. etham, gen. sg. ethamon – as in our Oxford list – and acc./dat. sg. ethamain)." (2003, p. 17) He furthermore suggests that etham ('arable land') "may be a noun of agency from ith (gen. sg. etho), with a meaning like corn-maker or some such thing; Diu eathamon might then be a day for sowing seed in a weekly regimen of activities such as we find in Críth Gablach." Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, 2003, p. 17. The form Ethomuin is found in Rawlinson B 502.
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