Names of the days of the week

"Days of the Week" redirects here. For the song by Stone Temple Pilots, see Days of the Week (song).

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

Heptagram of the seven celestial bodies of the week

In many languages, the names given to the seven days of the week are derived from the names of the classical planets in Hellenistic astronomy, which were in turn named after contemporary deities, a system introduced by the Sumerians and later adopted by the Babylonians from whom the Roman Empire adopted the system during Late Antiquity. In some other languages, the days are named after corresponding deities of the regional culture, beginning either with Sunday or with Monday. The seven-day week was adopted in early Christianity from the Hebrew calendar, and gradually replaced the Roman nundinal cycle. 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. Emperor Constantine adopted the seven-day week for official use in 321 CE, making the Day of the Sun (dies Solis) a legal holiday.

In the international standard ISO 8601, Monday is treated as the first day of the week.

Days named after planets

Greco-Roman tradition

Further information: Week and Planetary hours

Between the 1st and 3rd 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"). 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?" The treatise is lost, but the answer to the question is known; see planetary hours.

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

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

The seven-day week spread throughout the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity. By the 4th century CE, it was in wide use throughout the Empire.

The Greek and Latin names are as follows:

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

Romance languages

Except for Modern Portuguese, Galician and Mirandese, the Romance languages preserved the Latin names, except for the names of Sunday, which was replaced by [dies] Dominicus (Dominica), that is, "the Lord's Day", and of Saturday, which was named for the Sabbath. Mirandese and Modern Portuguese use numbered weekdays (see below), but retain sábado and demingo/domingo for weekends.

Day (see Irregularities)	Sunday Sōl (Sun)	Monday Luna (Moon)	Tuesday Mars (Mars)	Wednesday Mercurius (Mercury)	Thursday Jove (Jupiter)	Friday Venus (Venus)	Saturday Saturnus (Saturn)
Portuguese	domingo [☉1]	segunda-feira	terça-feira	quarta-feira	quinta-feira	sexta-feira	sábado [♄1]
Galician	domingo [☉1]	luns / Segunda feira	martes / Terza feira /Terceira feira	mércores / Corta feira / Cuarta feira	xoves / Quinta feira	venres / Sexta feira	sábado [♄1]
Asturian	domingu [☉1]	llunes	martes	miércoles	xueves	vienres	sábadu [♄1]
Spanish	domingo [☉1]	lunes	martes	miércoles	jueves	viernes	sábado [♄1]
Occitan	dimenge [☉1]	diluns	dimars	dimècres	dijòus	divendres	dissabte [♄1]
Aranese Occitan	dimenge [☉1]	deluns	dimars	dimèrcles	dijaus	diuendres	dissabte [♄1]
Catalan	diumenge [☉1]	dilluns	dimarts	dimecres	dijous	divendres	dissabte [♄1]
French	dimanche [☉1]	lundi	mardi	mercredi	jeudi	vendredi	samedi [♄1]
Italian	domenica [☉1]	lunedì	martedì	mercoledì	giovedì	venerdì	sabato [♄1]
Lombard (Milanese)	domenega [☉1]	lunedì	martedì	mercoldì	giovedì	venerdì	sabet [♄1]
Lombard (Bresciano)	duminica [☉1]	lunedé	martedé	mercoldé	gioedé	venerdé	sabot [♄1]
Ligurian	doménga [☉1]	lunedì	mâtesdì	mâcordì	zéuggia	venardì	sàbbo [♄1]
Neapolitan	dummeneca [☉1]	lunnerì	marterì	miercurì	gioverì	viernarì	sàbbatu [♄1]
Sicilian	dumìnica [☉1]	luni	marti	mèrcuri	jovi	vènniri	sàbbatu [♄1]
Corsican	dumenica [☉1]	luni	marti	màrcuri	ghjovi	vènnari	sàbatu [♄1]
Romanian	duminică [☉1]	luni	marți	miercuri	joi	vineri	sâmbătă [♄1]
Venetian	domenega [☉1]	luni	marti	mèrcore	zobia	vénare	sabo [♄1]
Sardinian	domíniga, domiga, etc.	lunis	martis, maltis	mélcuris, mércunis, etc.	gióbia, gioja, etc.	chenàbura, cenarva, etc.	sàpadu, sàuru, etc.
Friulian	domenie [☉1]	lunis	martars	miercus	joibe	vinars	sabide [♄1]
Val Badia Ladin	domënia	lönesc	mertesc, dedolönesc	mercui, dedemesaledema	jöbia	vëndres	sabeda
Gherdëina Ladin	dumënia	lunesc	merdi	mierculdi	juebia	vënderdi	sada
Puter Romansh	dumengia	lündeschdi	mardi	marculdi	gövgia	venderdi	sanda
Vallader Romansh	dumengia	lündeschdi	mardi	marcurdi	gövgia	venderdi	sonda
Surmiran Romansh	dumengia	glindesde	marde	mesemda	gievgia	venderde	sonda
Rumantsch Grischun	dumengia	glindesdi	mardi	mesemna	gievgia	venderdi	sonda
Sursilvan Romansh	dumengia	gliendisdis	mardis	mesjamna	gievgia	venderdis	sonda
Sutsilvan Romansh	dumeingia	gliendasgis	margis	measeanda	gievgia	vendargis	sonda

Celtic languages

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

Day (see Irregularities)	Sunday Sōl (Sun)	Monday Luna (Moon)	Tuesday Mars (Mars)	Wednesday Mercurius (Mercury)	Thursday Iuppiter (Jupiter)	Friday Venus (Venus)	Saturday Saturnus (Saturn)
Old Irish	Diu srol Dies scrol	Diu luna	Diu mart	Diu iath	Diu eathamon	Diu triach	Diu saturn
Old Irish (later)	Diu domnica	Diu luna	Diu mart	Diu cétaín [☿2]	Diu eter dib aínib [♃1]	Diu aíne [♀1]	Diu saturn
Irish	An Domhnach [☉1] Dé Domhnaigh	An Luan Dé Luain	An Mháirt Dé Máirt	An Chéadaoin [☿2] Dé Céadaoin	An Déardaoin [♃1] Déardaoin	An Aoine [♀1] Dé hAoine	An Satharn Dé Sathairn
Scottish Gaelic	Didòmhnaich [☉1] or Latha/Là na Sàbaid	Diluain	Dimàirt	Diciadain [☿2]	Diardaoin [♃1]	Dihaoine [♀1]	Disathairne
Manx	Jedoonee [☉1]	Jelune	Jemayrt	Jecrean [☿2]	Jerdein [♃1]	Jeheiney [♀1]	Jesarn
Welsh	dydd Sul	dydd Llun	dydd Mawrth	dydd Mercher	dydd Iau	dydd Gwener	dydd Sadwrn
Cornish	Dy' Sul	Dy' Lun	Dy' Meurth	Dy' Mergher	Dy' Yow	Dy' Gwener	Dy' Sadorn
Breton	Disul	Dilun	Dimeurzh	Dimerc’her	Diriaou	Digwener	Disadorn

Adoptions from Romance

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

Day: (see Irregularities)	Sunday Sōl (Sun)	Monday Luna (Moon)	Tuesday Mars (Mars)	Wednesday Mercurius (Mercury)	Thursday Iuppiter (Jupiter)	Friday Venus (Venus)	Saturday Saturnus (Saturn)
Albanian	e diel	e hënë	e martë	e mërkurë	e enjte	e premte	e shtunë
Filipino	Linggó [☉1]	Lunes	Martes	Miyerkoles	Huwebes or colloquially Webes	Biyernes	Sabado [♄1]
Chamorro	Damenggo	Lunes	Mattes	Metkoles	Huebes	Betnes	Sabalu
Māori	Rā Tapu [not celestially named] (rā + tapu = "holy day")	Rāhina (rā + Māhina = day + Moon)	Rātū (rā + Tūmatauenga = day + Mars)	Rāapa (rā + Apārangi = day + Mercury)	Rāpare (rā + Pareārau = day + Jupiter)	Rāmere (rā + Mere = day + Venus)	[Rā Horoi] [not celestially named] (rā + horoi = "washing day")
Uropi	Soldia	Lundia	Mardia	Mididia	Zusdia	Wendia	Sabadia
Universalglot	diodai	lundai	mardai	erdai	jovdai	vendai	samdai
Neo	Domin(ko)	Lundo	Tud	Mirko	Jov	Venso	Sab
Idiom Neutral	soldi	lundi	marsdi	merkurdi	yovdi	vendrdi	saturndi
ApI Interlingua	sol-die	luna-die	marte-die	mercurio-die	jove-die	venere-die	sabbato, saturno-die
Interlingua	dominica [☉1]	lunedi	martedi	mercuridi	jovedi	venerdi	sabbato [♄1]
Interlingue	soledí	lunedí	mardí	mercurdí	jovedí	venerdí	saturdí
Lingua Franca Nova	soldi	lundi	martedi	mercurdi	jovedi	venerdi	saturdi
Mondial	soldi	lundi	mardi	mierdi	jodi	vendi	samdi
INTAL	sundi	lundi	mardi	merkurdi	jodi	venerdi	saturdi
Novial	sundie	lundie	mardie	mercurdie, merkurdie (older)	jodie	venerdie	saturdie
Ido	sundio	lundio	mardio	merkurdio	jovdio	venerdio	saturdio
Esperanto	dimanĉo [☉1]	lundo	mardo	merkredo	ĵaŭdo	vendredo	sabato [♄1]

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

Germanic tradition

Further information: Germanic calendar

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

• Sunday: Old English Sunnandæg (pronounced [ˈsunnɑndæj]), meaning "sun's day". This is a translation of the Latin phrase diēs Sōlis. English, like most of the Germanic languages, preserves the day's association with the sun. Many other European languages, including all of the Romance languages, have changed its name to the equivalent of "the Lord's day" (based on Ecclesiastical Latin dies Dominica). In both West Germanic and North Germanic mythology, the Sun is personified as Sunna/Sól.
• Monday: Old English Mōnandæg (pronounced [ˈmoːnɑndæj]), meaning "Moon's day". This is equivalent to the Latin name diēs Lūnae. In North Germanic mythology, the Moon is personified as Máni.
• Tuesday: Old English Tīwesdæg (pronounced [ˈtiːwezdæj]), meaning "Tiw's day". Tiw (Norse Týr) was a one-handed god associated with single combat and pledges in Norse mythology and also attested prominently in wider Germanic paganism. The name of the day is also related to the Latin name diēs Mārtis, "Day of Mars" (the Roman god of war).
• Wednesday: Old English Wōdnesdæg (pronounced [ˈwoːdnezdæj]) 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 diēs Mercuriī, "Day of Mercury", as both are deities of magic and knowledge. The German Mittwoch, the Low German Middeweek, the miðviku- in Icelandic miðvikudagur and the Finnish keskiviikko all mean "mid-week".
• Thursday: Old English Þūnresdæg (pronounced [ˈθuːnrezdæj]), meaning 'Þunor's day'. Þunor means thunder or its personification, the Norse god known in Modern English as Thor. Similarly Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag ('thunder's day'), Finnish torstai, and Scandinavian torsdag ('Thor's day'). "Thor's day" corresponds to Latin diēs Iovis, "day of Jupiter" (the Roman god of thunder).
• Friday: Old English Frīgedæg (pronounced [ˈfriːjedæj]), meaning the day of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Frīg. The Norse name for the planet Venus was Friggjarstjarna, 'Frigg's star'. It is based on the Latin diēs Veneris, "Day of Venus".
• Saturday: named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronus, father of Zeus and many Olympians. Its original Anglo-Saxon rendering was Sæturnesdæg (pronounced [ˈsæturnezdæj]). In Latin, it was diēs Sāturnī, "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 laugardagr, literally "washing-day". The German Sonnabend (mainly used in northern and eastern Germany) and the Low German Sünnavend mean "Sunday Eve"; the German word Samstag derives from the name for Shabbat.

Day: (see Irregularities)	Sunday Sunna/Sól	Monday Mona/Máni	Tuesday Tiw/Tyr	Wednesday Woden/Odin	Thursday Thunor/Thor	Friday Frige or Freya	Saturday Saturn
Old English	Sunnandæg	Mōnandæg	Tīwesdæg	Wōdnesdæg	Þunresdæg	Frīgedæg	Sæternesdæg
Old Saxon	Sunnundag	*Mānundag	*Tiuwesdag *Thingesdag[♂1]	Wōdanesdag	*Thunaresdag	Frīadag	*Sunnunāƀand,[♄3] *Satarnesdag
Old High German	Sunnûntag	Mânetag	Zîestag	Wuotanestag	Donarestag	Frîjatag	Sunnûnâband,[♄3] Sambaztag[♄1]
Middle Low German	Sunnedag	Manedag	Dingesdag [♂1]	Wodenesdag	Donersdag	Vrīdag	Sunnenavend,[♄3] Satersdag
German	Sonntag	Montag	Dienstag,[♂1] Ziestag (Alemannic German)	Mittwoch[☿1] (older Wutenstag)	Donnerstag	Freitag	Samstag,[♄1] Sonnabend,[♄3] (in parts of Eastern Germany)
Yiddish	Zuntik – זונטיק	Montik – מאנטיק	Dinstik – דינסטיק[♂1]	Mitvokh – מיטוואך[☿1]	Donershtik – דאנערשטיק	Fraytik – פרײַטיק	Shabbes – שבת[♄1]
Luxembourgish	Sonndeg	Méindeg	Dënschdeg[♂1]	Mëttwoch[☿1]	Donneschdeg	Freideg	Samschdeg[♄1]
Scots	Saubath,[♄1] Sunday	Monanday	Tysday	Wadensday	Fuirsday	Friday	Seturday
Dutch	zondag	maandag	dinsdag[♂1]	woensdag	donderdag	vrijdag	zaterdag
Afrikaans	Sondag	Maandag	Dinsdag[♂1]	Woensdag	Donderdag	Vrydag	Saterdag
Low German	Sünndag	Maandag	Dingsdag[♂1]	Middeweek,[☿1] Goonsdag (rarely Woonsdag)	Dünnerdag	Freedag	Sünnavend,[♄3] Saterdag
West Frisian	snein	moandei	tiisdei	woansdei	tongersdei	freed	sneon,[♄3] saterdei
Saterland Frisian	Sundai	Moundai	Täisdai	Middewíek	Tuunsdai	Fräindai	Snäivende, Sneeuwende
Heligoland North Frisian	Sendai	Mundai	Taisdai	Meddeweeken	Tünnersdai	Fraidai	Senin
Amrum/Föhr North Frisian	söndai	mundai	teisdai	wäärnsdei (Amrum), weedensdai (Föhr)	süürsdai (Amrum), tüürsdai (Föhr)	freidai	söninj-er, saninj-er
Sylt North Frisian	Sendai	Mondai	Tiisdai	Winjsdai	Türsdai	Friidai	Seninj-en
Wiedingharde North Frisian	sändäi	mundäi, moondai	tee(s)däi-e	wjinsdäi	tördäi-e, türdai-e	fraidäi	sänjin-e
Mooring North Frisian	saandi	moundi	täisdi	weensdi	törsdi	fraidi	saneene
Karrharde North Frisian	sandäi	moundäi	täi(er)sdäi	weene(s)dai, weensdai	tönersdäi	fräidäi	saneene
Northern Goesharde North Frisian	saandi (Ockholm), sandi (Langenhorn)	moondi (Ockholm), moundi (Langenhorn)	teesdi (Ockholm), täisdi (Langenhorn)	weensdi (Ockholm), winsdi (Langenhorn)	tünersdi	fraidi	saneene
Halligen North Frisian	sondii	mööndii	taisdii	maaderwich	tonersdii	fraidii	soneene
Icelandic	sunnudagur	mánudagur	þriðjudagur[♂3]	miðvikudagur[☿1]	fimmtudagur[♃3]	föstudagur[♀1]	laugardagur[♄2]
Old Norse	sunnudagr	mánadagr	tysdagr	óðinsdagr	þórsdagr	frjádagr	laugardagr,[♄2] sunnunótt[♄3]
Faroese	sunnudagur	mánadagur	týsdagur	mikudagur,[☿1] ónsdagur (Suðuroy)	hósdagur, tórsdagur (Suðuroy)	fríggjadagur	leygardagur[♄2]
Nynorsk Norwegian	sundag/søndag	måndag	tysdag	onsdag	torsdag	fredag	laurdag[♄2]
Bokmål Norwegian	søndag	mandag	tirsdag	onsdag	torsdag	fredag	lørdag[♄2]
Danish	søndag	mandag	tirsdag	onsdag	torsdag	fredag	lørdag[♄2]
Swedish	söndag	måndag	tisdag	onsdag	torsdag	fredag	lördag[♄2]
Elfdalian	sunndag	mondag	tisdag	ųosdag	tųosdag	frjådag	lovdag

Adoptions from Germanic

Day (see Irregularities)	Sunday Sunna/Sól	Monday Mona/Máni	Tuesday Tiw/Tyr	Wednesday Woden/Odin	Thursday Thunor/Thor	Friday Frige or Freya	Saturday Saturn
Finnish	sunnuntai	maanantai	tiistai	keskiviikko[☿1]	torstai	perjantai	lauantai[♄2]
Meänkieli	pyhä(päivä), sunnuntai	maanantai	tiistai	keskiviikko	tuorestai	perjantai	lau(v)antai
Kven	pyhä, sunnuntai	maanantai	tiistai	keskiviikko	tuorestai	perjantai	lauvantai
Southern Sami	aejlege	måanta	dæjsta	gaskevåhkoe	duarsta	bearjadahke	laav(v)adahke
Ume Sami	ájliege	mánnuodahkka	dïjstahkka	gasskavahkkuo	duarastahkka	bierjiedahkka	lávvuodahkka
Pite Sami	ájlek	mánnodak	dijstak	gasskavahko	duorasdak	bärrjedak	lávvodak
Lule Sami	sådnåbiejvve, ájllek	mánnodahka	dijstahka	gasskavahkko	duorastahka	bierjjedahka	lávvodahka
Northern Sami	sotnabeaivi	vuossárga, mánnodat	maŋŋebárga, disdat	gaskavahkku	duorastat	bearjadat	lávvardat, lávvordat
Inari Sami	pasepeivi	vuossargâ	majebargâ	koskokko	tuorâstâh, turâstâh	vástuppeivi	lávárdâh, lávurdâh
Skolt Sami (for comparison)	pâʹsspeiʹvv	vuõssargg	mââibargg	seärad	neljdpeiʹvv	piâtnâc, väʹšnnpeiʹvv, västtpeiʹvv	sueʹvet
Māori (transliteration; translation)	Wiki;[☉8] Rātapu	Mane; Rāhina	Tūrei; Rātū	Wenerei; Rāapa	Tāite; Rāpare	Paraire; Rāmere	Hāterei; Rāhoroi
Volapük	sudel	mudel	tudel	vedel	dödel	fridel	zädel

Hindu tradition

Further information: Navagraha

Hindu astrology uses the concept of days under the regency of a planet under the term vāsara/vāra, the days of the week being called sūrya-/ravi-, 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. Knowledge of Greek astrology existed since about the 2nd century BCE, but references to the vāsara occur somewhat later, during the Gupta period (Yājñavalkya Smṛti, c. 3rd to 5th century CE), that is, at roughly the same period or before the system was introduced in the Roman Empire.

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	𑂉𑂞𑂥𑂰𑂩/𑂩𑂸𑂥 Etbaar/Rôb	𑂮𑂷𑂧𑂰𑂩 Somaar	𑂧𑂁𑂏𑂪 Mangal	𑂥𑂳𑂡 Budh	𑂥𑂹𑂩𑂵𑂮𑂹𑂣𑂞 Brespat	𑂮𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂍𑂳𑂩 Sukkur	𑂮𑂢𑂱𑂒𑂹𑂒𑂩 Sanichchar
Assamese	দেওবাৰ/ৰবিবাৰ Deubar/Robibar	সোমবাৰ Xombar	মঙ্গলবাৰ Monggolbar	বুধবাৰ Budhbar	বৃহস্পতিবাৰ Brihôshpotibar	শুক্রবাৰ Xukrobar	শনিবাৰ Xonibar
Balti	Adeed عدید	Tsandar چَندار	Angaru انگارو	Botu بوتو	Brespod بریس پود	Shugoru شوگورو	Shingsher شنگشر
Bengali	রবিবার/সূর্যবার Rabibār/Sūryabār	সোমবার/চন্দ্রবার Somabār/Chandrabār	মঙ্গলবার Mangalbār	বুধবার Budhabār	বৃহস্পতিবার/গুরুবার Brihaspatibār/Gurubār	শুক্রবার Shukrabār/[♀4]	শনিবার Shanibār
Bhojpuri	एतवार Aitwār	सोमार Somār	मंगर Mangar	बुध Budh	बियफे Bi'phey	सुक्क Sukk	सनिच्चर Sanichchar
Burushaski	Adit اَدِت	Tsandurah ژَندُرَہ	Angāro اَنگارو	Bodo بودو	Birēspat بِریسپَت	Shukro شُکرو	Shimshēr شِمشیر
Chitrali (Khowar)	Yakshambey یک شمبے	Doshambey دو شمبے[☽4]	Seshambey سہ شمبے	Charshambey چار شمبے	Pachambey پچھمبے	Adina آدینہ [♀3]	Shambey شمبے
Gujarati	રવિવાર Ravivār	સોમવાર Somvār	મંગળવાર Mangaḷvār	બુધવાર Budhvār	ગુરૂવાર Guruvār	શુક્રવાર Shukravār	શનિવાર Shanivār
Hindi	रविवार/सूर्यवार Ravivār/Sūryavār	सोमवार/चन्द्रवार Somvār/Chandravār	मंगलवार Mangalvār	बुधवार Budhavār	गुरुवार Guruvār	शुक्रवार Shukravār	शनिवार Shanivār
Hindko	Atwaar اتوار	Suwar سؤ وار	Mungal منگل	Bud بدھ	Jumiraat جمعرات	Jummah جمعہ	Khali خالي
Kannada	ಭಾನುವಾರ Bhanu Vaara	ಸೋಮವಾರ Soma Vaara	ಮಂಗಳವಾರ Mangala Vaara	ಬುಧವಾರ Budha Vaara	ಗುರುವಾರ Guru Vaara	ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ Shukra Vaara	ಶನಿವಾರ Shani Vaara
Kashmiri	آتھوار /aːtʰwaːr/	ژٔنٛدرٕوار /t͡səndrɨwaːr/	بوموار/ بۄنٛوار /boːmwaːr/ or /bɔ̃waːr/	بۄدوار /bɔdwaːr/	برَٛسوار/ برٛؠسوار /braswaːr/ or /brʲaswaːr/	شۆکُروار/ جُمعہ /ʃokurwaːr/ or /jumaːh/	بَٹہٕ وار /baʈɨwaːr/
Konkani	आयतार Āytār	सोमार Somaar	मंगळार Mangaḷār	बुधवार Budhavār	भीरेस्तार Bhirestār	शुक्रार Shukrār	शेनवार Shenvār
Maithili	𑒩𑒫𑒱𑒠𑒱𑒢 Ravidin	𑒮𑒼𑒧𑒠𑒱𑒢 Somdin	𑒧𑓀𑒑𑒪𑒠𑒱𑒢 Maṅgaldin	𑒥𑒳𑒡𑒠𑒱𑒢 Budhdin	𑒥𑒵𑒯𑒮𑓂𑒣𑒞𑒲𑒠𑒱𑒢 Brihaspatidin	𑒬𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒩𑒠𑒱𑒢 Śukradin	𑒬𑒢𑒲𑒠𑒱𑒢 Śanidin
Malayalam	ഞായര്‍ Nhāyar	തിങ്കള്‍ Tingal	ചൊവ്വ Chovva	ബുധന്‍ Budhan	വ്യാഴം Vyāzham	വെള്ളി Velli	ശനി Shani
Maldivian	އާދީއްތަ Aadheeththa	ހޯމަ Hoama	އަންގާރަ Angaara	ބުދަ Budha	ބުރާސްފަތި Buraasfathi	ހުކުރު Hukuru	ހޮނިހިރު Honihiru
Marathi	रविवार Ravivār	सोमवार Somavār	मंगळवार Mangaḷavār	बुधवार Budhavār	गुरूवार Guruvār	शुक्रवार Shukravār	शनिवार Shanivār
Meitei (Manipuri)	ꯅꯣꯡꯃꯥꯏꯖꯤꯡ Nongmaijing	ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧꯀꯥꯕ Ningthoukaba	ꯂꯩꯄꯥꯛꯄꯣꯛꯄ Leipakpokpa	ꯌꯨꯝꯁꯀꯩꯁ Yumsakeisa	ꯁꯒꯣꯜꯁꯦꯟ Sagolsen	ꯏꯔꯥꯢ Eerai	ꯊꯥꯡꯖ Thangja
Nepali	आइतवार Aaitabar	सोमवार Sombar	मंगलवार Mangalbar	बुधवार Budhabar	बिहिवार Bihibar	शुक्रवार Sukrabar	शनिवार Sanibar
Odia	ରବିବାର Rabibāra	ସୋମବାର Somabāra	ମଙ୍ଗଳବାର Maṅgaḷabāra	ବୁଧବାର Budhabāra	ଗୁରୁବାର Gurubāra	ଶୁକ୍ରବାର Sukrabāra	ଶନିବାର Sanibāra
Pashto	Etwar يونۍ	Gul دوه نۍ	Nehi درېنۍ	Shoro څلرنۍ	Ziarat پنځه نۍ	Jumma جمعه	Khali پيلنۍ
Punjabi (Gurmukhi)	ਐਤਵਾਰ Aitvār	ਸੋਮਵਾਰ Sōmvār	ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ Mangalvār	ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ Buddhvār	ਵੀਰਵਾਰ Vīrvār	ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ Shukkarvār or ਜੁਮਾ Jumā	ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ Shaniccharvār or ਸ਼ਨੀਵਾਰ Shanīvār or ਸਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ Saniccharvār or ਸਨੀਵਾਰ Sanīvār
Punjabi (Shahmukhi)	Aitwār ایتوار	Somvār سوموار	Mangalvār منگلوار	Buddhvār بدھوار	Vīr vār ویر وار	Jumāh جمعہ or Shukkarvār شکروار	Hafta ہفتہ or Chanicchar چھنچھر or Chaniccharvār چھنچھروار
Rohingya	rooibar	cómbar	mongolbar	buidbar	bicíbbar	cúkkurbar	cónibar
Santali	ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱮ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱸ sim̐ge māhām̐	ᱚᱛᱮ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱸ ate māhām̐	ᱵᱟᱞᱮ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱸ bāle māhām̐	ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱩᱱ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱸ sôgun māhām̐	ᱥᱟᱹᱨᱫᱤ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱸ sôrdi māhām̐	ᱡᱟᱹᱨᱩᱢ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱸ jôrum māhām̐	ᱧᱩᱦᱩᱢ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱸ ñuhum māhām̐
Sanskrit	भानुवासर Bhānuvāsara	इन्दुवासर Induvāsara	भौमवासर Bhaumavāsara	सौम्यवासर Saumyavāsara	गुरुवासर Guruvāsara	भृगुवासर Bhṛguvāsara	स्थिरवासर Sthiravāsara
Shina	Adit ادیت	Tsunduro تساند ورؤ	Ungaro نگارو	Budo بوڈو	Brespat بیرے سپاٹ	Shukur شوکر	Shimsher شیم شےر
Sindhi	Ācharu آچَرُ or Ārtvāru آرتوارُ‎	Sūmaru سُومَرُ	Angāro اَنڱارو or Mangalu مَنگلُ	Arbā اَربع or Budharu ٻُڌَرُ	Khamīsa خَميِسَ or Vispati وِسپَتِ‎	Jum'o جُمعو or Shukru شُڪرُ	Chancharu ڇَنڇَرُ or Śanscharu شَنسچَرُ
Sinhala	ඉරිදා Irida	සඳුදා Sanduda	අඟහරුවාදා Angaharuwada	බදාදා Badada	බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා Brahaspathinda	සිකුරාදා Sikurada	සෙනසුරාදා Senasurada
Sylheti	ꠞꠂꠛ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ Roibbar	ꠡꠝ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ Shombar	ꠝꠋꠉꠟ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ Mongolbar	ꠛꠥꠗ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ Budhbar	ꠛꠤꠡꠥꠗ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ Bishudhbar	ꠡꠥꠇ꠆ꠇꠥꠞ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ/ ꠎꠥꠝ꠆ꠝꠣꠛꠣꠞ Shukkurbar/Jummabar[♀4]	ꠡꠘꠤꠛꠣꠞ Shonibar
Tamil	ஞாயிறு Ñāyiṟu	திங்கள் Tiṅkaḷ	செவ்வாய் Cevvāy	புதன் Putaṉ	வியாழன் Viyāḻaṉ	வெள்ளி Veḷḷi	சனி Caṉi
Telugu	ఆదివారం Aadi Vāram	సోమవారం Soma Vāram	మంగళవారం Mangala Vāram	బుధవారం Budha Vāram	గురువారం Guru Vāram	శుక్రవారం Sukra Vāram	శనివారం Sani Vāram
Urdu	Itwār اتوار	Pīr پیر[☽4]	Mangal منگل	Budh بدھ	Jumerāt جمعرات	Jum'ah جمعہ[♀4]	Haftah ہفتہ [♄6]

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.

	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)
Burmese	Template:My[☉9] IPA: [tənɪ̀ɰ̃ ɡənwè] (ta.nangga.new)	Template:My[☽5] IPA: [tənɪ̀ɰ̃ là] (ta.nangla)	Template:My IPA: [ɪ̀ɰ̃ ɡà] (Angga)	Template:My IPA: [boʊʔ dəhú] (Buddhahu) (afternoon=new day) Template:My Rahu	Template:My IPA: [tɕà ðà bədé] (Krasapate)	Template:My IPA: [θaʊʔ tɕà] (Saukra)	Template:My IPA: [sənè] (Cane)
Mon	Template:My [ŋoa ətɜ̀t] from Sans. āditya	Template:My [ŋoa cɔn] from Sans. candra	Template:My [ŋoa əŋɛ̀a] from Sans. aṅgāra	Template:My [ŋoa pùt-həwɛ̀a] from Sans. budhavāra	Template:My [ŋoa pɹɛ̀apətɔeʔ] from Sans. bṛhaspati	Template:My [ŋoa sak] from Sans. śukra	Template:My [ŋoa hɔeʔ sɔ] from Sans. śani
Khmer	ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ [tŋaj ʔaːtɨt]	ថ្ងៃចន្ទ [tŋaj can]	ថ្ងៃអង្គារ [tŋaj ʔɑŋkiə]	ថ្ងៃពុធ [tŋaj put]	ថ្ងៃព្រហស្បត្ណិ [tŋaj prɔhoə̯h]	ថ្ងៃសុក្រ [tŋaj sok]	ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ [tŋaj saʋ]
Lao	ວັນອາທິດ [wán ʔàːtʰīt]	ວັນຈັນ [wán càn]	ວັນອັງຄານ [wán ʔàŋkʰáːn]	ວັນພຸດ [wán pʰūt]	ວັນພະຫັດ [wán pʰāhát]	ວັນສຸກ [wán súk]	ວັນເສົາ [wán sǎu]
Cham	Adit	Thôm	Angar	But	jip	Suk	Thanưchăn
Shan	Template:My IPA: [wan˦ ʔaː˩ tit˥]	Template:My IPA: [wan˦ tsan˩]	Template:My IPA: [wan˦ ʔaŋ˦ kan˦]	Template:My IPA: [wan˦ pʰut˥]	Template:My IPA: [wan˦ pʰat˦]	Template:My IPA: [wan˦ sʰuk˦]	Template:My IPA: [wan˦ sʰaw˩]
Thai	วันอาทิตย์ Wan Āthit	วันจันทร์ Wan Chan	วันอังคาร Wan Angkhān	วันพุธ Wan Phut	วันพฤหัสบดี Wan Phruehatsabodi	วันศุกร์ Wan Suk	วันเสาร์ Wan Sao
Javanese	ꦫꦢꦶꦠꦾ Raditya	ꦱꦺꦴꦩ Soma	ꦲꦁꦒꦫ Anggara	ꦧꦸꦢ Buda	ꦉꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ Respati	ꦱꦸꦏꦿ Sukra	ꦠꦸꦩ꧀ꦥꦼꦏ꧀ Tumpek
Balinese	ᬋᬤᬶᬢᬾ Redité	ᬲᭀᬫ Soma	ᬳᬂᬕᬭ Anggara	ᬩᬸᬤ Buda	ᬯ᭄ᬭᭂᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ Wrespati	ᬲᬸᬓ᭄ᬭ Sukra	ᬲᬦᬶᬲ᭄ᬘᬭ Saniscara
Sundanese	ᮛᮓᮤᮒᮦ Radité	ᮞᮧᮙ Soma	ᮃᮀᮌᮛ Anggara	ᮘᮥᮓ Buda	ᮛᮨᮞ᮪ᮕᮒᮤ Respati	ᮞᮥᮊᮢ Sukra	ᮒᮥᮙ᮪ᮕᮨᮊ᮪ Tumpek
Toba Batak	Artia	Suma	Anggara	Muda	Boraspati	Singkora	Samisara
Angkola-Mandailing Batak	Arita	Suma	Anggara	Muda	Boraspati	Sikkora	Samisara
Simalungun Batak	Aditia	Suma	Anggara	Mudaha	Boraspati	Sihora	Samisara
Karo Batak	Aditia	Suma	Nggara	Budaha	Beraspati	Cukra	Belah Naik
Pakpak Batak	Antia	Suma	Anggara	Budaha/Muda	Beraspati	Cukerra	Belah Naik

Northeast Asian languages

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

East Asian tradition

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

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

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

For Standard Chinese nomenclature of the days of the week, see Names of the days of the week § Days numbered from Monday.

For more information on the Chinese ten-day week, see Chinese calendar.

For more information on the five elements and their relation to the planets, see Chinese astrology § Wu Xing, and Wuxing (Chinese philosophy).

Pronunciations for Classical Chinese names are given in Standard Chinese.

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Celestial Object	Sun (日) First Star – Sun (太陽星)	Moon (月) Second Star – Moon (太陰星)	Mars (火星) Third Star – Fire (熒惑星)	Mercury (水星) Fourth Star – Water (辰星)	Jupiter (木星) Fifth Star – Wood (歲星)	Venus (金星) Sixth Star – Metal or Gold (太白星)	Saturn (土星) Seventh Star – Earth or Soil (鎮星)
Chinese	星期日 Xīngqīrì	星期一 Xīngqīyī	星期二 Xīngqīèr	星期三 Xīngqīsān	星期四 Xīngqīsì	星期五 Xīngqīwǔ	星期六 Xīngqīliù
Japanese	日曜日 Nichiyōbi	月曜日 Getsuyōbi	火曜日 Kayōbi	水曜日 Suiyōbi	木曜日 Mokuyōbi	金曜日 Kin'yōbi	土曜日 Doyōbi
Korean	일요일 日曜日 Iryoil	월요일 月曜日 Woryoil	화요일 火曜日 Hwayoil	수요일 水曜日 Suyoil	목요일 木曜日 Mogyoil	금요일 金曜日 Geumyoil	토요일 土曜日 Toyoil
Mongolian	наран өдөр naraŋ ödör	саран өдөр saraŋ ödör	гал өдөр gal ödör	усан өдөр usaŋ ödör	модон өдөр modoŋ ödör	төмөр өдөр, алтан өдөр tömör ödör, altaŋ ödör	шороон өдөр shorooŋ ödör
Mongolian (Transliteration from Tibetan)	ням nyam	даваа davaa	мягмар myagmar	лхагва lhagva	пүрэв pürev	баасан baasan	бямба byamba
Tibetan	གཟའ་ཉི་མ། (gza' nyi ma) Nyima	གཟའ་ཟླ་བ། (gza' zla wa) Dawa	གཟའ་མིག་དམར། (gza' mig dmar) Mikmar	གཟའ་ལྷག་པ། (gza' lhak pa) Lhakpa	གཟའ་ཕུར་བུ། (gza' phur bu) Purbu	གཟའ་པ་སངས། (gza' pa sangs) Pasang	གཟའ་སྤེན་པ། (gza' spen ba) Penba

Numbered days of the week

Days numbered from Monday

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

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

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

Day Number From One	Monday Day One	Tuesday Day Two	Wednesday Day Three	Thursday Day Four	Friday Day Five	Saturday Day Six	Sunday Day Seven
Developer	1	2	3	4	5	6	0
ISO 8601 #	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Russian	понедельник ponedel'nik [☽1]	вторник vtornik [♂5]	среда sreda [☿1]	четверг chetverg [♃4]	пятница pyatnitsa [♀5]	суббота subbota [♄1]	воскресенье voskresen'ye [☉3]
Belarusian	панядзелак panyadzelak [☽1]	аўторак awtorak [♂5]	серада serada [☿1]	чацвер chats'ver [♃4]	пятніца pyatnitsa [♀5]	субота subota [♄1]	нядзеля nyadzelya [☉6]
Ukrainian	понедiлок ponedilok [☽1]	вiвторок vivtorok [♂5]	середа sereda [☿1]	четвер chetver [♃4]	п'ятниця p'yatnytsya [♀5]	субота subota [♄1]	недiля nedilya [☉6]
Lemko Rusyn	понедільок ponedilyok	віторок vitorok [♂5]	середа sereda	четвер chetver	пятниця pyatnîtsya	субота subota	неділя nedilya
Prešov Rusyn	понедїлёк ponedyilyok	вівторок vivtorok [♂5]	середа sereda	четверь chetver'	пятніця pyatnitsya	субота subota	недїля nedyilya
Pannonian Rusyn	пондзелок pondzelok	вовторок vovtorok [♂5]	стрeдa streda	штвaртoк shtvartok	пияток piyatok	сoбoтa sobota	нєдзеля nyedzelya
Slovak	pondelok [☽1]	utorok [♂5]	streda [☿1]	štvrtok [♃4]	piatok [♀5]	sobota [♄1]	nedeľa [☉6]
Czech	pondělí [☽1]	úterý [♂5]	středa [☿1]	čtvrtek [♃4]	pátek [♀5]	sobota [♄1]	neděle [☉6]
Upper Sorbian	póndźela [☽1]	wutora [♂5]	srjeda [☿1]	štwórtk [♃4]	pjatk [♀5]	sobota [♄1]	njedźela [☉6]
Lower Sorbian	pónjeźela, pónjeźele	wałtora [♂5]	srjoda	stwórtk	pětk	sobota	njeźela, njeźelka
Polish	poniedziałek [☽1]	wtorek [♂5]	środa [☿1]	czwartek [♃4]	piątek [♀5]	sobota [♄1]	niedziela [☉6]
Kashubian	pòniedzôłk	wtórk	strzoda	czwiôrtk	piątk	sobòta	niedzela
Slovene	ponedeljek [☽1]	torek [♂5]	sreda [☿1]	četrtek [♃4]	petek [♀5]	sobota [♄1]	nedelja [☉6]
Burgenland Croatian	pandiljak, ponediljak	utorak [♂5]	srijeda	četvrtak	petak	subota	nedilja
Serbo-Croatian (Ijekavian/Ekavian/Ikavian)	ponedjeljak, понедјељак [☽1]	utorak, уторак [♂5]	srijeda, сриједа [☿1]	četvrtak, четвртак [♃4]	petak, петак [♀5]	subota, субота [♄1]	nedjelja, недјеља [☉6]
	понедељак, ponedeljak [☽1]		среда, sreda [☿1]				недеља, nedelja [☉6]
	ponediljak, понедилјак [☽1]		srida, срида [☿1]				nedilja, недилја [☉6]
Macedonian	понеделник ponedelnik [☽1]	вторник vtornik [♂5]	среда sreda [☿1]	четврток chetvrtok [♃4]	петок petok [♀5]	сабота sabota [♄1]	недела nedela [☉6]
Bulgarian	понеделник ponedelnik [☽1]	вторник vtornik [♂5]	сряда sryada [☿1]	четвъртък chetvărtăk [♃4]	петък petăk [♀5]	събота săbota [♄1]	неделя nedelya [☉6]
Interslavic	ponedělok, понедєлок [☽1]	vtorok, второк [♂5]	srěda, срєда [☿1]	četvrtok, четврток [♃4]	petok, петок [♀5]	subota, субота [♄1]	nedělja, недєлја [☉6]
Lithuanian	pirmadienis	antradienis	trečiadienis	ketvirtadienis	penktadienis [♀5]	šeštadienis	sekmadienis
Latvian	pirmdiena	otrdiena	trešdiena	ceturtdiena [♃4]	piektdiena [♀5]	sestdiena	svētdiena
Hungarian	hétfő [☽3]	kedd [♂2]	szerda [☿1] Slavic	csütörtök [♃4] Slavic	péntek [♀5] Slavic	szombat [♄1] Hebrew	vasárnap [☉5]
Estonian	esmaspäev [☽6]	teisipäev [♂2]	kolmapäev [☿3]	neljapäev [♃4]	reede [♀6]	laupäev[♄2]	pühapäev[☉2]
Võro	iispäiv [☽6]	tõõsõpäiv [♂2]	kolmapäiv [☿3]	nelläpäiv [♃4]	riidi [♀6]	puuľpäiv[♄8]	pühäpäiv[☉2]
Mongolian (numerical)	нэг дэх өдөр neg dekh ödör	хоёр дахь өдөр hoyor dahi ödör	гурав дахь өдөр gurav dahi ödör	дөрөв дэх өдөр döröv dekh ödör	тав дахь өдөр tav dahi ödör	хагас сайн өдөр hagas sayn ödör [♄7]	бүтэн сайн өдөр büten sayn ödör [☉7]
Luo	Wuok tich	Tich ariyo	Tich adek	Tich ang'uen	Tich abich	Chieng' ngeso	Juma pil
Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin)	mande	tunde	trinde	fonde	fraide	sarere	sande
Apma (Vanuatu)	ren bwaleh / mande	ren karu	ren katsil	ren kavet	ren kalim	lesaare	sande

In Standard Chinese, the week is referred to as the "Stellar Period" (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. 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 "Prayer" (simplified Chinese: 礼拜; traditional Chinese: 禮拜; pinyin: Lǐbài), with the names of the days of the week formed accordingly.

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

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

Several Sinitic languages refer to Saturday as 週末 "end of the week" and Sunday as 禮拜. Examples include Shenyang Mandarin, Hanyuan Sichuanese Mandarin, Taishanese, Yudu Hakka, 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, Mirandese and Galician, due to Martin's influence, are the only Romance languages in which the names of the days come from numbers rather than planetary names.

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)
Developer	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
Icelandic	sunnudagur	mánudagur	þriðjudagur	miðvikudagur [☿1]	fimmtudagur	föstudagur [♀1]	laugardagur [♄2]
Hebrew	יום ראשון‎ yom rishon	יום שני‎ yom sheyni	יום שלישי‎ yom shlishi	יום רביעי‎ yom revi'i	יום חמישי‎ yom chamishi	יום שישי‎ yom shishi	שבת‎ Shabbat[♄1]
Ecclesiastical Latin	Dominica [☉1]	feria secunda	feria tertia	feria quarta	feria quinta	feria sexta	sabbatum [♄1]
Portuguese	domingo [☉1]	segunda-feira	terça-feira	quarta-feira	quinta-feira	sexta-feira	sábado [♄1]
Galician	domingo [☉1]	segunda feira	terza feira terceira feira	corta feira quarta feira	quinta feira	sexta feira	sábado [♄1]
Mirandese	demingo [☉1]	segunda-feira	terça-feira	quarta-feira	quinta-feira	sesta-feira	sábado [♄1]
Tetum	loron-domingu	loron-segunda	loron-tersa	loron-kuarta	loron-kinta	loron-sesta	loron-sábadu
Greek	Κυριακή Kyriakí [☉1]	Δευτέρα Deftéra	Τρίτη Tríti	Τετάρτη Tetárti	Πέμπτη Pémpti	Παρασκευή Paraskeví [♀2]	Σάββατο Sávato [♄1]
Georgian	კვირა k'vira	ორშაბათი oršabati	სამშაბათი samšabati	ოთხშაბათი otxšabati	ხუთშაბათი xutšabati	პარასკევი p'arask'evi	შაბათი šabati
Armenian	Կիրակի Kiraki [☉1]	Երկուշաբթի Yerkushabti	Երեքշաբթի Yerekshabti	Չորեքշաբթի Chorekshabti	Հինգշաբթի Hingshabti	Ուրբաթ Urbat	Շաբաթ Shabat [♄1]
Vietnamese	chủ nhật/chúa nhật	thứ hai	thứ ba	thứ tư	thứ năm	thứ sáu	thứ bảy
Somali	𐒖𐒄𐒖𐒆 Axad	𐒘𐒈𐒒𐒕𐒒 Isniin	𐒂𐒖𐒐𐒛𐒆𐒙 Talaado	𐒖𐒇𐒁𐒖𐒋𐒙 Arbaco	𐒅𐒖𐒑𐒕𐒈 Khamiis	𐒃𐒘𐒑𐒋𐒙 Jimco	𐒈𐒖𐒁𐒂𐒘 Sabti
Amharic	እሑድ əhud	ሰኞ säñño	ማክሰኞ maksäñño	ረቡዕ räbu, ሮብ rob	ሐሙስ hamus	ዓርብ arb	ቅዳሜ ḳədame
Arabic	الأَحَد al-ʔaḥad	الإثنين al-iṯnayn	الثُّلَاثاء aṯ-ṯulāṯāʔ	الأَرْبعاء al-ʔarbiʕāʔ	الخَمِيسُ al-ḵamīs	الجُمُعَة al-jumuʕah [♀4] (also الجُمْعَة al-jumʕah )	السَّبْت as-sabt [♄5]
Maltese	il-Ħadd	it-Tnejn	it-Tlieta	l-Erbgħa	il-Ħamis	il-Ġimgħa [♀4]	is-Sibt [♄5]
Malay (incl. Indonesian and Malaysian)	Ahad or Minggu[☉1]	Isnin or Senin	Selasa	Rabu	K(h)amis	Juma(a)t [♀4]	Sabtu [♄5]
Javanese	Ngahad, Ngakad, Minggu[☉1]	Senèn	Selasa	Rebo	Kemis	Jemuwah [♀4]	Setu [♄5]
Sundanese	Minggu / Minggon [☉1]	Senén	Salasa	Rebo	Kemis	Jumaah [♀4]	Saptu [♄5]
Persian	یکشنبه yekšanbe	دوشنبه došanbe	سه‌شنبه sešanbe	چهارشنبه čāhāršanbe	پنجشنبه panjšanbe	آدینه or جمعه ādine [♀3] or djom'e [♀4]	شنبه šanbe
Kazakh	Жексенбі Jeksenbı	Дүйсенбі Düisenbı	Сейсенбі Seisenbı	Сәрсенбі Särsenbı	Бейсенбі Beisenbı	Жұма Jūma	Сенбі Senbı
Karakalpak	Ekshembi yekşembı	Dúyshembi düişembı	Siyshembi sişembı	Sárshembi särşembı	Piyshembi pişembı	Jumа jūma	Shembі şembı
Tatar	Якшәмбе yakşämbe	Дүшәмбе düşämbe	Сишәмбе sişämbe	Чәршәмбе çärşämbe	Пәнҗешәмбе pänceşämbe	Җомга comga	Шимбә şimbä
Khowar	یک شمبے yak shambey	دو شمبے[☽4] du shambey	سہ شمبے sey shambey	چار شمبے char shambey	پچھمبے pachhambey	آدینہ[♀3] adina	شمبے
Kurdish	Yekşem	Duşem	Sêşem	Çarşem	Pêncşem	În	Şemî
Old Turkic	birinç kün	ikinç kün	üçünç kün	törtinç kün	beşinç kün	altınç kün	yetinç kün
Turkish	Pazar [☉4]	Pazartesi [☽2]	Salı	Çarşamba	Perşembe	Cuma [♀4]	Cumartesi [♄4]
Azerbaijani	Bazar	Bazar ertəsi	Çərşənbə axşamı	Çərşənbə	Cümə axşamı	Cümə	Şənbə
Uzbek	Yakshanba	Dushanba	Seshanba	Chorshanba	Payshanba	Juma	Shanba
Navajo	Damóo/Damíigo [☉1]	Damóo Biiskání	Damóo dóó Naakiską́o	Damóo dóó Tááʼ Yiską́o	Damóo dóó Dį́į́ʼ Yiską́o	Ndaʼiiníísh	Yiską́o Damóo

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 Number from One	Saturday Day One	Sunday Day Two	Monday Day Three	Tuesday Day Four	Wednesday Day Five	Thursday Day Six	Friday Day Seven
Swahili	jumamosi	jumapili	jumatatu	jumanne	jumatano	alhamisi [♃2]	ijumaa [♀4]

Mixing of numbering and astronomy

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

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Istro-Romanian, Žejane dialect	lur	utorek	sredu	četrtok	virer	simbota [♄1]	dumireca [☉1]

There are several systems in the different Basque dialects.

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

In Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino), which is mainly based on a medieval version of Spanish, the five days of Monday–Friday closely follow the Spanish names. 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.

Day	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino)	aljhad or alhadh	lunes	martes	miércoles or mierkoles	juğeves or djueves	viernes	shabat[♄1]

The days of the week in Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) originated from the Sanamahi creation myth of Meitei mythology.

	Sunday the Hill	Monday King's Climb	Tuesday Earth's Birth	Wednesday Houses Built	Thursday Horses Rode	Friday Blood Flood	Saturday Swords Washed
Meitei	Nongmaiching	Ningthoukaba	Leibakpokpa	Yumsakeisa	Sagonsen	Eerai	Thangcha

See also

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

Notes

Sunday

^☉1 From Latin Dominicus (Dominica) or Greek Κυριακή (Kyriakí)

^☉2 Holy Day and First-Day of the Week (Day of the Sun -> Light -> Resurrection -> Born again) (Christianity)

^☉3 Resurrection (Christianity)

^☉4 Bazaar Day

^☉5 Market Day

^☉6 No Work

^☉7 Full good day

^☉8 Borrowed from English week

^☉9 From an Old Burmese word, not of Indic origin.

Monday

^☽1 After No Work

^☽2 After Bazaar

^☽3 Head of Week

^☽4 Master (as in Pir, because Muhammad was born on a Monday)

^☽5 From an Old Burmese word, not of Indic origin.

^☽6 First day of the week

Tuesday

^♂1 Thing (Assembly), of which god Tyr/Ziu was the patron.

^♂2 Second day of the week (cf. Hungarian kettő 'two')

^♂3 Third day of the week.

^♂4 From Arabic ath-Thalaathaaʼ 'third day'

^♂5 From Proto-Slavic vъtorъ 'second'

Wednesday

^☿1 Mid-week or Middle

^☿2 The First Fast (Christianity)

^☿3 Third day of the week

Thursday

^♃1 The day between two fasts (An Dé idir dhá aoin, contracted to An Déardaoin) (Christianity)

^♃2 Five (Arabic)

^♃3 Fifth day of the week.

^♃4 Fourth day of the week.

Friday

^♀1 The Fast (Celtic) or Fasting Day (Icelandic) (Christianity)

^♀2 Good Friday or Preparation (Christianity)

^♀3 Jumu'ah (Friday Prayer)

^♀4 Gathering/Assembly/Meeting (Islam) – in Malta with no Islamic connotations

^♀5 Fifth day of the week

^♀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

^♄1 Shabbat (Jewish and Christian Sabbath)

^♄2 Wash or Bath day

^♄3 Sun-eve (Eve of Sunday)

^♄4 After the Gathering (Islam)

^♄5 End of the Week (Arabic Sabt 'rest')

^♄6 Week

^♄7 Half good day

^♄8 Half day

Further reading

• Brown, Cecil H. (1989). "Naming the days of the week: A cross-language study of lexical acculturation". Current Anthropology. 30 (4): 536–550. doi:10.1086/203782. JSTOR 2743391. S2CID 144153973.
• Falk, Michael (2004). "Astronomical Names for the Days of the Week". Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 93: 122–133. Bibcode:1999JRASC..93..122F.
• Neugebauer, Otto (1979). Ethiopic astronomy and computus, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, philosophisch-historische klasse, sitzungsberichte, 347 (Vienna)