Names of the days of the week 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. Sunday comes first in order in calendars shown in the table below. In the Judeo-Christian or Abrahamic tradition, the first day of the week is Sunday. Biblical Sabbath (corresponding to Saturday), when God rested from , made the day following Sabbath the first day of the week (corresponding to Sunday). Seventh-day Sabbaths were sanctified for celebration and rest. After the week was adopted in early Christianity, Sunday remained the first day
Larry Sabato Corruption in American Politics" with Glenn R. Simpson. In January 2011, he published "Pendulum Swing", which analyzed the 2010 midterm elections and the potential effect of Republican Party victories on the 2012 presidential, congressional, and state-level elections. Prior to "Pendulum Swing", Sabato authored "The Year of Obama" in 2009 and "A More Perfect Constitution" in 2007, which discussed his ideas for amending the U.S. Constitution. Other Sabato books include "The Sixth Year Itch: The Rise and Fall of the George W. Bush Presidency", "Divided States of America: The Slash and Burn Politics of the 2004 Presidential Election", and "Get in