# Days of the Week

![Within the inner circle the days of the week are color coded and matched with the day's number.](https://2835366734-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Mhlu6QxDX_WsxHIL1ku%2F-Miy_hSDTDoT6UEpPLtC%2F-MiyaJ3X3Erww01D76sv%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=fdd541b9-3992-46f5-9f67-92c2e16728f5)

![s m t w t f s -- are included in grey for easy matching with the day of the year in the outer circle.](https://2835366734-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Mhlu6QxDX_WsxHIL1ku%2F-Miy_hSDTDoT6UEpPLtC%2F-MiyaksnwjPIZQic2Kzv%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=449bc3fa-f7b2-4a3e-b173-0b38042b7d11)

![](https://2835366734-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Mhlu6QxDX_WsxHIL1ku%2F-MiySh_9f8kfNRkRPkyG%2F-Miy_dey8xUlMs6LHMwH%2FScreenshot%20from%202021-09-07%2012-47-44.png?alt=media\&token=23b2b572-7961-4023-a754-00caf2eb062d)

Did you know that most of the names of our days of the week refer to a planet?  In English, there's been some twists, but in other Latin language the correlation to our solar system is clear!

| Day of the Week | Spanish   | Latin         | Source  | Color\*    | Symbol |
| --------------- | --------- | ------------- | ------- | ---------- | ------ |
| Sunday          | Domingo   | dies Solis    | Sun     | Yellow     | ☉      |
| Monday          | Lunes     | dies Lunae    | Moon    | Light Grey | ○      |
| Tuesday         | Martes    | dies Martes   | Mars    | Red        | ♂      |
| Wednesday       | Miercoles | dies Mercurri | Mercury | Brown      | ☿      |
| Thursday        | Jueves    | dies Jovis    | Jupiter | Orange     | ♃      |
| Friday          | Viernes   | dies Veneris  | Venus   | Green      | ♀      |
| Saturday        | Sabado    | dies Saturni  | Saturn  | Dark Grey  | ♄      |

### Colors

In the calendar, the days of the week are coordinated with the color of their corresponding planet.

### Symbols

The days of the week are also matched with their corresponding source symbol.