Astrology-based Naming System
Many Burmese Buddhists also use astrology (which is determined by the child's day of birth in the traditional 8-day calendar) to name their children. For instance, a Monday-born child may have a name beginning with the letter "k" (က). The following is a traditional chart that corresponds the day of birth with the first letter used in a child's name, although this naming scheme is not universally used today:
| Day | Letters |
|---|---|
| Monday (တနင်္လာ) | က (ka), ခ (hka), ဂ (ga), ဃ (ga), င (nga) |
| Tuesday (အင်္ဂါ) | စ (sa), ဆ (has), ဇ (za), ဈ (za), ည (nya) |
| Wednesday morning (ဗုဒ္ဓဟူး) | လ (la), ဝ (wa) |
| Wednesday afternoon (ရာဟု) | ယ (ya), ရ (ya, ra) |
| Thursday (ကြာသပတေး) | ပ (pa), ဖ (hpa), ဗ (ba), ဘ (ba), မ (ma) |
| Friday (သောကြာ) | သ (tha), ဟ (ha) |
| Saturday (စေန) | တ (ta), ထ (hat), ဒ (da), ဓ (da), န (na) |
| Sunday (တနင်္ဂနွေ) | အ (a) |
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