Weeks
A week (สัปดาห์ sàb-da or สัปดาหะ sàb-da-hà from Sanskrit "seven") is a 7-day period beginning on Sunday and ending Saturday.
Days of the week are named after the first seven of the nine Indian astrological Navagraha; i.e., the sun, moon, and five classical planets.
| English name | Thai name | Transcription | Color | Sanskrit word | Planet |
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| Sunday | วันอาทิตย์ | wan athit | red | Aditya | Sun |
| Monday | วันจันทร์ | wan chan | yellow | Chandra | Moon |
| Tuesday | วันอังคาร | wan angkhan | pink | Angaraka | Mars |
| Wednesday | วันพุธ | wan phut | green | Budha | Mercury |
| Thursday | วันพฤหัสบดี | wan pharuehat (sabodi) | orange | Brihaspati | Jupiter |
| Friday | วันศุกร์ | wan suk | blue | Shukra | Venus |
| Saturday | วันเสาร์ | wan sao | purple | Shani | Saturn |
Note: Colours are those considered auspicious for the given days of the week, that of Wednesday day being green and of Wednesday night, light green. Of Buddha images representing episodes (ปาง) from his life, there is one that represents a week and others for each day of the week: Monday has three options that are similar and Wednesday, entirely different ones for day and night.
Thai representations of the planets in deity form are below:
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Phra Athit
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Phra Chan
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Phra Angkhan
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Phra Phut
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Phra Rahu
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Phra Phareuehat
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Phra Suk
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Phra Sao
Read more about this topic: Thai Solar Calendar
Famous quotes containing the word weeks:
“The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack.”
—George Ade (1866–1944)
“Habit! that skillful but slow arranger, which starts out by letting our spirit suffer for weeks in a temporary state, but that the spirit is after all happy to discover, for without habit and reduced to its own resources, the spirit would be unable to make any lodgings seem habitable.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)
“When over Catholics the ocean rolls,
They must wait several weeks before a mass
Takes off one peck of purgatorial coals,
Because, till people know what’s come to pass,
They won’t lay out their money on the dead—
It costs three francs for every mass that’s said.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)