Monday

For other uses, see Monday (disambiguation).

Monday ( i /mnde/ or /mndi/) is the day of the

A depiction of Mni, the personied moon, and his sister Sl, the
personied sun, from Norse mythology (1895) by Lorenz Frlich

German and Middle Dutch mnendag, mnendach (modern Dutch Maandag), Old High German mnetag (modern German Montag), and Old Norse mnadagr (Swedish
Galileo's 1616 drawings of the Moon and its phases. Monday is and Norwegian nynorsk mndag, Icelandic mnudagur.
named after the Moon in many languages.
Danish and Norwegian bokml mandag). The Germanic
term is a Germanic interpretation of Latin lunae dies
week between Sunday and Tuesday. According to the (day of the moon).[1]
traditional Christian, Islamic and Hebrew calendars, it is
In many Slavic languages the name of the day esthe second day of the week, and according to internachews pagan tradition and translates as after Suntional standard ISO 8601 it is the rst day of the week.
day/holiday. Russian (ponyedyelnik),
In the West, it is the rst day of the work week, whereas
Serbian (ponedeljak), Ukrainian
in most Muslim countries and Israel, it is the second day
(ponedilok), Bulgarian (ponedelnik), Polish
of the work week. The name of Monday is derived from
poniedziaek, Czech pondl, Slovak pondelok, Slovenian
Old English Mnandg and Middle English Monenday,
ponedeljek. In Turkish it is called pazartesi, which also
which means "moon day.
means after Sunday. Japanese and Korean share the
same ancient Chinese words '
' (Hiragana:
,
Hangul:
) for Monday which means day of the
moon.
1 Etymology
In many languages of India, the word for Monday is derived from Sanskrit Somavra;[2] Soma is another name
of the Moon god in Hinduism. In some languages of India, it is also called Chandravra; Chandra in Sanskrit
means moon. In Thailand, the day is called Wan Jan,
meaning the day of the Moon god Chandra.

The English noun Monday derived sometime before 1200

from monedi, which itself developed from Old English
(around 1000) mnandg and mndg (literally meaning "moon's day), which has cognates in other Germanic
languages, including Old Frisian mnadeig, Middle Low
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Position in the week

encouraged to spend together in study, prayer and other

family activities. Many businesses owned by Latter-Day
The international ISO 8601 standard places Monday as Saints close early on Mondays so they and their customers
the rst day of the week, and this is widely used on cal- are able to spend more time with their families.
endars in Europe and in international business. Monday
is xngqy (
) in Chinese, meaning day one of the
week. Its name in Syriac means rst day. In all Slavic 4 Cultural references
languages Monday is perceived as the rst day of the
week.[3] Modern Western culture usually looks at Monday as the beginning of the workweek, as it is typically
Monday when adults go back to work and children go
back to school after the weekend.
Jewish and some Christian traditions place Sunday as the
rst day of the week, and Monday is thus the second day
of the week. Quakers traditionally refer to Monday as
Second Day eschewing the pagan origin of the English
name Monday. For similar reasons the ocial liturgical
calendar of the Roman Catholic Church refers to Monday as the second celebration day Feria secunda. The
Portuguese and the Greek (Eastern Orthodox Church)
name for Monday reects this, as do all the days names
except Saturday and Sunday: the Portuguese word for
Monday is segunda-feira and the Greek word is
"devtra" (second in order). Likewise the Hebrew name
for Monday is yom-sheni () .

This postcard, sent in 1907 and captioned Monday Morning in

N. Y. City, reects the tradition of Monday as a day for washing
clothes

A number of popular songs in Western culture feature

Monday, often as a day of depression, anxiety, or melancholy (probably because of its association with the rst
day of the work week). For example, "Monday, Mon3 Religious observances
day" (1966) from the Mamas & the Papas, "Rainy Days
In Judaism Mondays are considered auspicious days for and Mondays" (1971) from the Carpenters, "I Don't Like
fasting. The Didache warned early Christians not to fast Mondays" (1979) from the Boomtown Rats, and "Manic
on Mondays to avoid Judaizing, and suggests Wednesdays Monday" (1986) from the Bangles (written by Prince).
instead.
There is a band named the Happy Mondays and an AmerIn Judaism the Torah is read in public on Monday morn- ican pop punk band Hey Monday.
ings, one of three days the Torah is read each week (the The popular comic strip character Gareld by Jim Davis
other two days being Thursday and Saturday). Special is well known for his disdain for Mondays.
penitential prayers are recited on Monday, unless there is
More people in England and Wales commit suicide on
a special occasion for happiness which cancels them.
Mondays than other days of the week;[4] more people
In the Eastern Orthodox Church Mondays are days on in the United Kingdom call in sick;[5] and more people
which the Angels are commemorated. The Octoechos worldwide surf the web.[6]
contains hymns on this theme, arranged in an eightDuring July 2002,
the consulting rm of
week cycle, that are chanted on Mondays throughout the
PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting announced that
year. At the end of Divine Services on Monday, the
it would rename itself to Monday, and spend $110
dismissal begins with the words: May Christ our True
million over the next year to establish that brand.[7]
God, through the intercessions of his most-pure Mother,
of the honorable, Bodiless Powers (i.e., the angels) of
Heaven". In many Eastern monasteries Mondays are
observed as fast days; because Mondays are dedicated 5 Monday in dierent languages
to the angels, and monks strive to live an angelic life.
In these monasteries the monks abstain from meat, fowl, See the main article Week-day names.
dairy products, sh, wine and oil (if a feast day occurs on
a Monday, sh, wine and oil may be allowed, depending
upon the particular feast).
6 Astrology
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spend
one evening per week called Family Home Evening Monday aligns with the celestial body, the Moon, and
(FHE) or Family Night usually Monday, that families are the astrological sign of Cancer, and is represented by the

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symbol of the Moon, .

Named days
Big Monday
Black Monday
Blue Monday
Clean Monday (Ash Monday)
Cyber Monday
Easter Monday also Bright Monday or Wet Monday
First Monday

[3] Literally its Slavic names mean the day after Sunday,
but as Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mean the second/fourth/fth day respectively, Monday is the rst.
[4] Carvel, John (26 August 2005). Monday is most common day for suicide. The Guardian (London).
[5] Monday is the most popular sick day".
Blog.taragana.com. 10 November 2009. Retrieved
30 April 2013.
[6] OneStat Website Statistics and website metrics - Press
Room. Onestat.com. 9 April 2003. Retrieved 30 April
2013.
[7] Blakely, Beth. Monday: PwC Consultings new name
creates controversy, cackles | TechRepublic. Articles.techrepublic.com.com. Archived from the original on
7 July 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

Handsel Monday
Lundi Gras
Mad Monday
Miracle Monday
Plough Monday
Shrove Monday
Weather Market Monday.
The day when
commodity markets add or subtract weather
premium.
Wet Monday
Whit Monday

See also
Monday Club
Monday demonstrations
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Wars
Monday Night Raw
Saint Monday

Notes

[1] Barnhart (1995:485).

[2] Turner (1962). smavra 13610. A comparative dictionary of the Indo-Aryan languages. London: Oxford University Press. Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago. p. 784. Retrieved 21 February 2010. smavra 13610 smavra masculine 'Monday' inscription
[sma the plant, vra 2 meaning day]

10 References
Barnhart, Robert K. (1995). The Barnhart Concise
Dictionary of Etymology. Harper Collins. ISBN 006-270084-7

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