Friday is the day of the week between
Thursday
Thursday is the day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fourth day of the week. In countries which adopt the "Sunday-first" convention, it is the fifth day of the week.
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and
Saturday
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. In countries that adopt the traditional "Sunday-first" convention, it is the sixth day of the week. In countries adopting the
ISO-defined "Monday-first" convention, it is the fifth
day of the week
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 Sumerians and la ...
.
In most Western countries, Friday is the fifth and final day of the working week. In some other countries, Friday is the first day of the weekend, with Saturday the second.
In
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, Friday is the sixth day of the week. In
Iran
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, Friday is the last day of the weekend, with Saturday as the first day of the working week.
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
, the
United Arab Emirates
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(UAE),
Saudi Arabia
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and
Kuwait
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also followed this convention until they changed to a Friday–Saturday weekend on September 1, 2006, in
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
and the UAE, and a year later in
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the no ...
. The UAE changed its weekend from Friday-Saturday to Saturday-Sunday on January 1, 2022.
Etymology

The name ''Friday'' comes from the
Old English ', meaning the "day of
Frig", a result of an old convention associating the Germanic goddess
Frigg
Frigg (; Old Norse: ) is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about her, she is associated with marriage, prophecy, clairvoyance and motherhood, and dwells in the wet ...
with the Roman goddess
Venus
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, with whom the day is associated in many different cultures. The same holds for ' in
Old High German
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There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...
, ' in Modern
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
, and ' in
Dutch.
The expected cognate name in
Old Norse
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would be '. The name of Friday in Old Norse is ' instead, indicating a loan of the week-day names from
Low German
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; however, the modern
Faroese name is '. The modern Scandinavian form is ' in
Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
,
Norwegian, and
Danish, meaning
Freyja
In Norse paganism, Freyja ( Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a char ...
's day.
The distinction between Freyja and Frigg in some Germanic mythologies is contested.
The word for Friday in most
Romance languages
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is derived from Latin ' or "day of Venus" (a translation of Greek ', ), such as ' in
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
, ''venres'' in
Galician, ' in
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...
, ' in
Corsican, ' in
Italian, ' in
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
*** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
, and ' in
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
and influencing the
Filipino
Filipino may refer to:
* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
' or ', and the
Chamorro '. This is also reflected in the
p-Celtic
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Welsh language
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as '.
An exception is
Portuguese, also a
Romance language
The Romance languages, sometimes referred to as Latin languages or Neo-Latin languages, are the various modern languages that evolved from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages in the Indo-European language fa ...
, which uses the word ', meaning "sixth day of liturgical celebration", derived from the Latin ' used in religious texts where it was not allowed to consecrate days to pagan gods. Another exception among the Romance languages is also
Sardinian, in which the word ' is derived from Latin '. This name had been given by the Jewish community exiled to the
island
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in order to designate the food specifically prepared for
Shabbat eve.
In
Arabic
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, Friday is ', from a root meaning "congregation/gathering." In languages of Islamic countries outside the Arab world, the word for Friday is commonly a derivation of this: (
Malay ''Jumaat'' or ''Jumat'' ,
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
',
Persian/
, ').
In modern
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
, four of the words for the week-days are derived from ordinals. However, the Greek word for Friday is ' () and is derived from a word meaning "to prepare" (). Like Saturday (, ) and Sunday (, ), Friday is named for its liturgical significance as the day of preparation before
Sabbath
In Abrahamic religions, the Sabbath () or Shabbat (from Hebrew ) is a day set aside for rest and worship. According to the Book of Exodus, the Sabbath is a day of rest on the seventh day, commanded by God to be kept as a holy day of rest, as G ...
, which was inherited by
Greek Christian Orthodox culture from Jewish practices.
Friday was formerly a
Christian fast day; this is the origin of the
Irish ',
Scottish Gaelic
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',
Manx
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* Manx people
**Manx surnames
* Isle of Man
It may also refer to:
Languages
* Manx language, also known as Manx ...
' and
Icelandic ', all meaning "fast day".
In both biblical and modern
Hebrew
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, Friday is ' meaning "the sixth day."
In most
Indian languages, Friday is ''Shukravāra'', named for , the planet
Venus
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. In
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the ...
or ' is the 6th day in the Bengali week of
Bengali Calendar
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and is the beginning of the weekend in Bangladesh. In Tamil, the word for Friday is ''velli'', also a name for Venus; and in Malayalam it is ''velliyalca''.
In
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
, is formed from the words meaning
Venus
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(lit. gold + planet) and meaning day (of the week).
In the
Korean language
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, it is in Korean
Hangul
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writing (
Romanization
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: '), and is the pronounced form of the written word in Chinese characters, as in Japanese.
In the
Nahuatl
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language, Friday is ' () meaning "day of
Quetzalcoatl
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".
Most
Slavic languages
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call Friday the "fifth (day)":
Belarusian
Belarusian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...
– ',
Bulgarian – ',
Czech ',
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
',
Russian – ',
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...
– ',
Slovak ',
Slovene ', and
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* Som ...
– '. The
Hungarian word ' is a loan from
Pannonian dialect of Slavic language. The n in ' suggests an early adoption from Slavic, when many Slavic dialects still had
nasal vowels. In modern Slavic languages only Polish retained nasal vowels.
Folklore
Friday is considered unlucky in some cultures. This is particularly so in maritime circles; perhaps the most enduring sailing superstition is that it is unlucky to begin a voyage on a Friday. In the 19th century, Admiral
William Henry Smyth
Admiral William Henry Smyth (21 January 1788 – 8 September 1865) was a Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist. He is noted for his involvement in the early history of a number of learned societies, for his hydrographic ...
described Friday in his nautical lexicon ''The Sailor's Word-Book'' as:
(' means "unlucky day".) This superstition is the root of the well-known
urban legend
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of .
In modern times,
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year. ...
is considered to be especially unlucky, due to the conjunction of Friday with the unlucky number
thirteen. Such a Friday may be called a "Black Friday".
However, this superstition is not universal, notably in Scottish Gaelic culture:
In astrology
In
astrology
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, Friday is connected with the planet
Venus
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and is symbolized by that planet's symbol
♀. Friday is also associated with the
astrological signs
Libra
Libra generally refers to:
* Libra (constellation), a constellation
* Libra (astrology), an astrological sign based on the star constellation
Libra may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Libra'' (novel), a 1988 novel by Don DeLillo
Musi ...
and
Taurus.
Religious observances
Christianity
In Christianity,
Good Friday
Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Ho ...
is the Friday before
Easter
Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...
. It commemorates the
crucifixion
Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross or beam and left to hang until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Cartha ...
of
Jesus
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. As such, adherents of many Christian denominations including the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Methodist and Anglican traditions, observe the
Friday Fast, which traditionally includes abstinence from meat, lacticinia, and alcohol on Fridays of the year.
Traditionally,
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
s were obliged to
refrain from eating the meat of warm-blooded animals
on Fridays, although
fish
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was allowed. The
Filet-O-Fish was invented in 1962 by
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, a
McDonald's
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franchise owner in
Cincinnati, Ohio
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,
in response to falling hamburger sales on Fridays resulting from the
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays.
In the present day,
episcopal conference
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s are now authorized to allow some other form of penance to replace abstinence from meat. The
1983 Code of Canon Law states:
:Canon 1250. The days and times of penance for the universal Church are each Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent.
:Canon 1251. Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and falls on the first day of Lent (the six weeks of penitence before Easter). It is observed by Catholics in the ...
and
Good Friday
Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Ho ...
.
:Canon 1253. The Episcopal Conference can determine more particular ways in which fasting and abstinence are to be observed. In place of abstinence or fasting it can substitute, in whole or in part, other forms of penance, especially works of charity and exercises of piety.
The
Book of Common Prayer
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prescribes weekly Friday fasting and abstinence from meat for all Anglicans.
In Methodism, the Directions Given to Band Societies (25 December 1744) mandate for all Methodists Fasting#Methodism, fasting and abstinence from meat on all Fridays of the year.
The Eastern Orthodox Church continues to observe Fridays (as well as Wednesdays) as Fasting, fast days throughout the year (with the exception of several fast-free periods during the year). Fasting on Fridays entails abstinence from meat or meat products (i.e., quadrupeds), poultry, and dairy products (as well as fish). Unless a feast day occurs on a Friday, the Orthodox also abstain from using oil in their cooking and from alcoholic beverages (there is some debate over whether abstention from oil involves all cooking oil or only olive oil). On particularly important feast days, fish may also be permitted. For the Orthodox, Fridays throughout the year commemorate the Crucifixion of Christ and the (Mother of God), especially as she stood by the foot of the cross. There are hymns in the which reflect this liturgically. These include ' (hymns to the Mother of God) which are chanted on Wednesdays and Fridays called ' ("Cross-"). The dismissal (liturgy), dismissal at the end of services on Fridays begins with the words: "May Christ our true God, through the power of the precious and life-giving cross...."
Religious Society of Friends, Quakers traditionally referred to Friday as "Sixth Day," eschewing the Paganism, pagan origins of the name. In Slavic countries, it is called "Fifth Day" ( pl, piątek, russian: пятница, ').
Hinduism
The day is named after the Shukracharya, son of Bhrigu and Kavyamata (Usana). In Hinduism, special observances are practiced for mother goddesses on Friday. Fridays are important for married ladies. They worship Goddesses on that day.
Islam
In Islam, Friday (from sun-down Thursday to sun-down Friday, simpler than midnight to midnight in a pre-clock age) is the day of communion, of praying together, often mistaken as the holy day of Muslims corresponding to Sunday in Christianity and Sabbath (Friday evening to Saturday evening) in Judaism and Sabbatarianism, Sabbatarian Christianity; yet the seventh day is the holy day of contemplation and rest also for Muslims, as it is called – Al-sabt – السبت in Arabic - the Sabbath. Friday observance includes attendance at a mosque for congregation prayer or Salat AlJumu'ah. It is considered a day of peace and mercy (see Jumu'ah) as well as a day of rest.

According to some Islamic traditions, the day is stated to be the tahrif, original holy day ordained by God, but that now Jews and Christians recognize the days after. In some Islamic countries, the week begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday, just like the Jewish week and the week in some Christian countries. The week begins on Saturday and ends on Friday in most other Islamic countries, such as Somalia, and
Iran
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. Friday is also the day of rest in the Baháʼí Faith.
In some Malaysian states, Friday is the first week-end day, with Saturday the second, to allow Muslims to perform their religious obligations on Friday. Sunday is the first working day of the week for government of Malaysia, governmental organizations.
Muslims are recommended not to Fasting in Islam#Days when fasting is forbidden, fast on a Friday by itself (''makruh'', recommended against, but not ''haram'', religiously forbidden), unless it is accompanied with fasting the day before (Thursday) or day after (Saturday), or it corresponds with days usually considered good for fasting (i.e. Day of Arafah or Ashura), or it falls within one's usual religious fasting habits (i.e. fasting every other day), then it's completely permissible.
Muslims believe Friday as "Syed-ul-Ayyam" meaning King of days. A narration in Sahih Muslim describes the importance of Friday as follows.
"Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) as saying: The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday; on it, Adam was created. on it he was made to enter Paradise, on it he was expelled from it. And the last hour will take place on no day other than Friday.
(Sahih Muslim Book 7, Hadith 27)”
The Quran also has a sura (chapter) called Al-Jumu'ah (The Friday).
Judaism
Judaism, Jewish Shabbat, Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday and lasts until nightfall on Saturday. There is a Jewish custom to fast on the Friday of the week of Chukat.
Thailand
In Thailand, the color associated with Friday is blue (see Thai calendar).
Named days
*List of Black Fridays, Black Friday refers to any one of several historical disasters that happened on Fridays, and, in a general sense, to any Friday the thirteenth.
**In the United States, Black Friday (shopping), Black Friday is also the nickname of the day after Thanksgiving, the first day of the traditional Christmas shopping season.
*Casual Friday (also called Dress-down, Aloha or Country and Western Friday) is a relaxation of the formal dress code employed by some corporations for the last day of the working week.
*
Good Friday
Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Ho ...
is the Friday before
Easter
Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...
in the Christian liturgical calendar. It commemorates the crucifixion of
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...
.
Other
* Greta Thunberg's ''School strike for climate'' usually occurs on Fridays, and the movement is also called ''Fridays for Future''.
* Flying Spaghetti Monster, Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster celebrates every Friday as a holy day.
See also
* ISO 8601
References
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