Days of the week in Konkani

The following table shows the aamci [1] for days of the week. The translation for day of the week is vaaru . Each day is named after a different celestial body (those are the Vedic names - see here for more information).

Day

Konkani

Named after

Sunday

aaitaaru or ravivaaru

ravi (Sun)

Monday

sawmaaru

soma (Moon)

Tuesday

mangLaaru

mangaLu (Mars)

Wednesday

budhuaaru

budhu (Mercury)

Thursday

brastaaru or guruvaaru

brahaspati (Jupiter)

Friday

shukraaru

shukru (Venus)

Saturday

shanvaaru

shani (Saturn)

To say on a particular day, replace the -u ending with -aa . So aaitaaraa means on Sunday, and so on.

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