Day of the Week Calculator

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Hanna Pamuła, PhD

Hanna PamułaPhD

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Hanna (Hania) Pamuła holds a Ph.D. in Bioacoustics / Mechanical Engineering, obtained at AGH University of Science and Technology. She has participated in research work in labs in France and the UK and presented papers at several international conferences. Hania has a penchant for photography and graphic design. When not in the office, she’s probably traveling, hiking, or out in the field, watching birds and recording their calls. See full profile

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Bogna is the chief operating officer at Omni Calculator, where she helps keep things running smoothly and ideas moving forward. With a background in civil engineering and a knack for organizing chaos, she brings structure and strategy to everything she does. After hours, you’ll likely find her dancing zouk or crafting the next twist in a D&D campaign. See full profile

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and Adena Benn

Adena Benn

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Adena Benn is a Guyanese teacher with a degree in computer science who is always reading and learning. She loves problem-solving, everything tech, and working with teenagers. She has a passion for education and is especially interested in how children learn and the teaching methods that best suit their learning styles. She grew up on a farm in Pomeroon, Guyana, where she worked alongside her parents and siblings. As such, she is just as comfortable growing plants as teaching in the classroom. In her early life, she also gained expertise as a seamstress, which she learned from her mother. By grade 9, she had already acquired her dressmaker's certificate. Today she uses her skills to design many items for her family. In her free time, Adena loves to read, take long walks, write children’s stories and poetry, travel, or spend time with her family. See full profile

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You've got the message that your beloved auntie is coming to your place on the 5th of April. But what's the day of the week of that visit? Is that a day in the middle of the workweek, or is it a Sunday? Our day of the week calculator is prepared for such questions - just select the date from a calendar, and the tool will display the day of the week. Check out what day of the week you were born on, or what day of the week April 8, 2024, will be. This is the day of a total solar eclipse for several states. If you're interested in the origins of the days of the week, you won't be disappointed as we also wrote a short paragraph about their names.

What day of the week was I born? What day of the week is April 8 2024?

People often want to know which weekday they were born on. How to find what day it was with this day of the week calculator?

Click on the displayed date.
The calendar appears. Choose the year of your birth from a drop-down list.
Using the arrows, select the month of your birthday.
Finally, click on the day of your birthday.

Easy-peasy!

With this day of the week calculator, you can quickly check many other dates. For example, you can find out that next total solar eclipse in the US is on a Monday.

Days of the week origin

Have you ever wondered what the etymology of the weekday names is? No? We didn't either. Apart from the obvious Sunday, we didn't think about it before.

The Romans named the days after their gods and the celestial bodies such as Moon and Sun. Romance languages still resemble those names, but English names were filtered through the ages by Germanic and Norse culture. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday names are influenced by their myths, but Moon, Sun, and Saturn are still visible cores in the remaining days' names:

Planet	Latin	Old English	English	Spanish	French	Italian
Moon	Dies Lunae	Mōnandæg(Moon's day)	Monday	lunes	lundi	lunedi
Mars	Dies Martis	Tīwesdæg(Tiw's day)	Tuesday	martes	mardi	martedi
Mercury	Dies Mercurii	Wōdnesdæg(Wōden's day)	Wednesday	miércoles	mercredi	mercoledì
Jupiter	Dies Jovis	Þunresdæg(Þunor's day)	Thursday	jueves	jeudi	giovedi
Venus	Dies Veneris	Frīgedæg(Frigg's / Freya's day)	Friday	viernes	vendredi	venerdì
Saturn	Dies Saturni	Sæternesdæg(Saturn's day)	Saturday	sábado	samedi	sabato
Sun	Dies Solis	Sunnandæg(Sun's day)	Sunday	domingo	dimanche	domenica

Check out our interesting moon phase calculator.

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