Names of the days of the week is followed by a number indicating the day: "Monday" is literally "star day one", "Tuesday" is "star day two", etc. The exception is Sunday, where rì (日), meaning "sun" or "day", is used instead of a number. In Swahili, the day begins at sunrise, unlike in the Arabic and Hebrew calendars where the day starts at sunset (therefore an offset of twelve hours), and unlike in the Western world where the day starts at midnight (therefore an offset of six hours). Saturday is therefore the first day of the week, as it is the day that includes the first night
Names of the days of the week - see понедельник Thing (Assembly), of which god Tyr/Ziu was the patron. Mid-week "or" Middle The day between two fasts "(An Dé idir dhá aoin, contracted to An Déardaoin)" (Christianity) The Fast or Fasting Day (Christianity) Good Friday or Preparation (Christianity) "Shabbat" (Jewish Sabbath) Names of the days of the week The names of the days of the week in many languages are derived from the names of the classical planets in Hellenistic astrology, which were in turn named after contemporary deities, a system introduced by the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity. In some other languages, the days are named