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Friday
Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday, the fifth day under ISO 8601, named for the goddess Frigga and holy in Islam and Christianity.
Monday
Monday is the day of the week after Sunday and before Tuesday; it means "the Moon's day" and is the first day of the week under ISO 8601.
Names of the days of the week
The names of the days of the week descend from a Roman planetary week and a biblical seven-day cycle; English substitutes Germanic gods for Roman ones.
Saturday
Saturday is the day following Friday and preceding Sunday, named after Saturn, the Jewish Sabbath, and the only English weekday retaining its Roman planetary name.
Sunday
Sunday, known in Hindi as Ravivar, is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday, named for the Sun and observed by Christians as the Lord's Day.
Thursday
Thursday (German: Donnerstag) is the fifth day of the seven-day week, between Wednesday and Friday. It translates the Latin dies Iovis, Jupiter's day, through the Norse god Thor.
Tuesday
Tuesday, the day after Monday and before Wednesday, is named for the Germanic god Tiw, through Old English Tiwes dæg, translating the Latin dies Martis, day of Mars.
Wednesday
Wednesday, called Budhavāra in Sanskrit tradition, is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday, named for the god Woden as a translation of Latin "day of Mercury".