☽ Monday — The Day of the Moon
Monday is the first day of the week. The year always begins on a Monday. 13.8 billion years ago, it was a Monday that Aster created the world.
The week is one of the longest-lasting institutions in human culture. It predates most states. It survives calendar reform. It survives empire. It survives religion. It comes from an astrological cycle first systematized in Babylon.
In that cycle, Monday was the day of the Moon.
Names Across Languages
| Language | Name | Romanized | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | ūmu Sīn | — | Day of the Moon god Sīn |
| Greek | hēméra Selḗnēs | — | Day of Selene |
| Latin | dies Lūnae | — | Day of Luna |
| English | Monday | — | Moon's day |
| German | Montag | — | Moon day |
| French | lundi | — | From Luna |
| Spanish | lunes | — | From Luna |
| Sanskrit | Somavāra | — | Day of Soma (Moon) |
| Hindi | सोमवार | Somvār | Day of Soma |
| Japanese | 月曜日 | Getsuyōbi | Moon day |
| Korean | 월요일 | Woryoil | Moon day |
| Chinese | 月曜 | Yuè yào | Moon day |
| Hebrew | יום ירח | Yom Yareakh | Day of the Moon |
| Arabic | يوم القمر | Yawm al-Qamar | Day of the Moon |
| Russian | Лу́нник | Lunnik | Lunar day |
| Ukrainian | Міся́чник | Misyáchnyk | Lunar day |
Everywhere, Monday is the day when ordinary time resumes. In the Gaian calendar, the year always begins on a Monday.