Interesting facts about Sunday

Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the seventh day of the week. However, in the US, Canada, Japan and the Philippines as well as in South America, it’s counted as the first day of the week. According to the Hebrew calendar … Read more

Interesting facts about Friday

Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fifth day of the week. However, in the US, Canada, and Japan, it’s counted as the sixth day of the week. In Iran, Friday is the last day of the weekend, with Saturday as … Read more

Interesting facts about Wednesday

Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. According to the international standard ISO 8601, Wednesday is the third day of the week. However, in the US, Canada, and Japan, it’s counted as the fourth day of the week. It is in the middle of the common 5-day workweek that starts on … Read more

Interesting facts about Monday

Monday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday. In many languages, the names given to the seven days of the week are derived from the names of the classical planets in Hellenistic astronomy, which were in turn named after contemporary deities, a system introduced by the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity. The … Read more

Interesting facts about the week

A week is a period of seven days, a unit of time artificially devised with no astronomical basis. 1 week = 7 days = 168 hours = 10,080 minutes = 604,800 seconds. In many languages, the days of the week are named after classical planets or gods of a pantheon. In English, the names are … Read more