Days of The Week
The days of the week are named for celestial bodies.
| Day | Tibetan (Wylie) | Phonetic transcription | Object |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | གཟའ་ཉི་མ་ (gza' nyi ma) | Sa nyi-ma | Sun |
| Monday | གཟའ་ཟླ་བ་ (gza' zla ba) | Sa da-wa | Moon |
| Tuesday | གཟའ་མིག་དམར་ (gza' mig dmar) | Sa Ming-mar | Mars |
| Wednesday | གཟའ་ལྷག་པ་ (gza' lhak pa) | Sa Lhak-pa | Mercury |
| Thursday | གཟའ་ཕུར་པུ་ (gza' phur bu) | Sa Phur-bu | Jupiter |
| Friday | གཟའ་པ་སངས་ (gza' pa sangs) | Sa Pa-sang | Venus |
| Saturday | གཟའ་སྤེན་པ་ (gza' spen pa) | Sa Pen-pa | Saturn |
Nyima "Sun", Dawa "Moon" and Lhakpa "Mercury" are common personal names for people born on Sunday, Monday or Wednesday respectively.
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