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Monday

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'''Monday''' is considered either the first or the second day of the week, between Sunday and Tuesday. It gets its name from Mani (god) Mani (Old English language Old English ''Mona''), the Germanic mythology Germanic Moon god. Similarly, the French language French name (lundi) and the Spanish language Spanish name (lunes) come from the Latin name for the moon, Luna. In India, Monday is Somvar. It is based on '''Soma''' or '''Somdev''' Vedic God of Moon. Monday is often held to be the first day of the week. This is the case in most of Europe, Australia, parts of Africa, and South America. In Asia – because the western calendar system was introduced only during the 20th century – many languages refer to Monday as the "day of the beginning". For example, Monday is ''xingqi yi (星期一)'' in Chinese language Chinese, meaning day one of the week. The wage Labour (economics) labour oriented, international standard ISO 8601 also defines Monday as the first day of the week. According to the Judeo-Christian count, Monday is the second day. This is the traditional view in Canada and the United States. The name for the day in Arabic language Arabic, Armenian language Armenian, Georgian language Georgian, Greek language Greek, Hebrew language Hebrew and Portuguese language Portuguese is "second day". Religious Society of Friends Quakers also traditionally refer to Monday as "Second Day" eschewing the Paganism pagan origin of the English name "Monday". For similar reasons the official Liturgical year liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church refers to Monday as "Feria II". Modern culture usually looks at Monday as the beginning of the workweek, as it is typically Monday when adults go back to work and children back to school after the weekend. Thus, Mondays are often seen as a misfortune. In Middle Eastern countries, however, the beginning of the workweek is usually Saturday (Thursday and Friday are observed as the weekend). In Israel, Sunday is the first day of the workweek. Friday is half a work day and Friday Night and Saturday are the Sabbath. In 2002 the professional services firm PwC sold off its management consulting division. For a brief period the newly independent firm was to be called "Monday". According to the advertising campaign that supported the launch this name was associated with "crisp, white shirts", and "fresh coffee"; a clean, fresh, ready-to-work image. The proposed name was greeted with derision in the media; fortunately for the employees, computer giant IBM stepped in with a winning offer one week later, and the firm became IBM's own consulting division. Mondays are also attributed to the colloquial "illness" Mondayitis (also known as having a case of "The Mondays"). A possible cause of Mondayitis is that human circadian rhythms are incompatible with the normal 35 to 40-hour working week.

Monday in popular culture
In the popular rhyme, "''Monday's Child is fair of face''". Mondays are considered "enemies" of the comic strip cat, Garfield. ''Monday, Monday'' by The Mamas and the Papas. ''Manic Monday'' by the Bangles ''I Don't Like Mondays'' by The Boomtown Rats

Named days
*Black Monday *Blue Monday *Clean Monday (Ash Monday) *Easter Monday *First Monday *Handsel Monday *Manic Monday *Miracle Monday *Plough Monday *Wet Monday *Whit Monday

See also
*Monday Club *Monday demonstrations *Monday Night Football {{Days of the week}} {{Wiktionary}} Category:Monday Category:Days of the week ilo:Lunes af:Maandag ang:MÅ?nandæg ar:الإثنين bg:Понеделник be:ПанÑ?дзелак ca:Dilluns cv:Тунтикун cs:PondÄ›lí cy:Dydd Llun da:Mandag de:Montag et:Esmaspäev el:ΔευτέÏ?α als:Montag es:Lunes eo:Lundo fo:Mánadagur fr:Lundi fur:Lunis ga:Luan gl:Luns ko:월요ì?¼ hr:Ponedjeljak id:Senin is:Mánudagur it:Lunedì he:יו×? שני ka:áƒ?რშáƒ?ბáƒ?თი kw:Dy' Lun la:Dies lunae lt:Pirmadienis lv:Pirmdiena mk:Понеделник ms:Isnin nl:Maandag nds:Maandag ja:月曜日 no:Mandag nn:MÃ¥ndag pl:PoniedziaÅ‚ek pt:Segunda-feira ru:Понедельник sco:Monanday sq:E hëna simple:Monday sk:Pondelok sl:Ponedeljek sr:Понедељак fi:Maanantai sv:MÃ¥ndag tl:Lunes tt:Düşämbe th:วันจันทร์ vi:Thứ hai tpi:Mande tr:Pazartesi ur:پیر wa:Londi zh:星期一 Monday {{catmore}} Category:Days of the week

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