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[[Image:Thor.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The god [[Thor]], after whom Thursday is named, by [[Mårten Eskil Winge]], 1872]]
'''Thursday''' is the fourth day of the week in most western countries and the fifth day of the week in the Judeo-Christian [[calendar]], falling between [[Wednesday]] and [[Friday]]. In countries that adopt the ''Sunday-first'' convention, it is considered the fifth day of the week. However, in [[ISO 8601]] it is the fourth day of the week.
==Origins of the name==
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''See [[Days of the week]] for more on naming conventions.''
The contemporary name comes from the [[Old English language|Old English]] ''Þunresdæg'' (with loss of -n-, first in northern dialects, from influence of [[Old Norse]] ''Þorsdagr''), meaning "Day of [[Thor|Thunor]]", this being a rough Germanic equivalent to the Latin ''Iovis Dies'', "Jupiter's Day". Most Germanic and Romance-speaking countries use their languages' equivalents: [[German language|German]] ''Donnerstag'', [[Dutch language|Dutch]] ''donderdag'', ''torsdag'' in [[Scandinavia]], [[Italian language|Italian]] ''giovedì'', [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''jueves'', [[French language|French]] ''jeudi'', [[Catalan language|Catalan]] ''dijous'', and [[Romanian language|Romanian]] ''joi''.
In Latin the Genitive or possessive case of Jupiter was ''Jovis'' and as such in most Romance languages with the exception of Portuguese it became the word for Thursday: Latin ''Jovis Dies'', Spanish ''Jueves'', Italian ''Giovedi'', and Rumanian ''Jiuvidi''.
In most of the Indian Languages the word for Thursday is ''Guruvar'', with ''Guru'' being the ''Sanskrit'' name for the planet Jupiter. In [[Slavic languages]] and in Chinese, this day's name is "fourth" (Polish ''czwartek'', Russian ''четверг,'' pronounced CHET-vierg). [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], too, uses a number for this day: ''quinta-feira,'' "fifth day", (see [[days of the week]] for more on the different conventions).
The Urdu name for Thursday is Jumeraate (eve of Friday).
==Religious observances==
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In the [[Hindu]] religion, Thursday is ''[[Guruvaar]]'', from ''Guru'', the [[Sanskrit]] name for Jupiter, the largest of planets. Guruvaar fasting is very common throughout [[India]] for various holy/religious reasons.
In [[Judaism]] and [[Islam]] Thursdays are considered auspicious days for fasting. The [[Didache]] warned early [[Christians]] not to fast on Thursdays to avoid [[Judaizers|Judaizing]], and suggested Fridays instead.
In Judaism the [[Torah]] is read in public on Thursday mornings, and special penitential prayers are said on Thursday, unless there is a special occasion for happiness which cancels them.
In the [[Christian]] [[Sacred Traditon|tradition]], [[Maundy Thursday]] is the Thursday before [[Easter]] — the day on which the [[Last Supper]] occurred. [[Ascension of Jesus Christ|Ascension Thursday]] is 40 days after Easter, when Christ ascended into [[Heaven]].
In [[Catholic]] [[liturgy]], Thursday is referred to in [[Latin]] as ''feria quinta''.
In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. Thursdays are dedicated to the [[Apostles]] and [[Saint Nicholas]]. The [[Octoechos (liturgy)|Octoechos]] contains [[hymn]]s on these themes, arranged in an eight-week cycle, that are chanted on Thursdays throughout the year. At the end of [[Divine Services]] on Thursday, the [[dismissal]] begins with the words: "May Christ our True God, through the [[intercession]]s of his most-pure [[Theotokos|Mother]], of the holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostles, of our [[Holy Fathers|Father]] among the [[saint]]s Nicholas, [[Archbishop]] of [[Myra]] in [[Lycia]], the [[Wonder-worker]]…"
[[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]] traditionally refer to Thursday as "Fifth Day" eschewing the [[paganism|pagan]] origin of the English name "Thursday". The name of the day is also called by words meaning "fifth day" in Icelandic, Modern Greek, Portuguese, and modern Semitic languages.
==Cultural references==
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In the [[Monday's Child|nursery rhyme]], "''Thursday's Child has far to go''".
In Thailand, the color associated with Thursday is orange, see [[Thai solar calendar]].
===Popular culture===
Gabriel Syme, the main character was given the title of Thursday in [[G. K. Chesterton]]'s novel "[[The Man Who Was Thursday]]."
In ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' by [[Douglas Adams]], the character [[Arthur Dent]] says ''"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays"''. A few minutes later the planet [[Earth]] is destroyed. [[Thor]], for whom the day was named, also appears later in the Hitchhiker's series and in other Adams books. Appropriately, in ''[[The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul]]'', one of the characters says to Thor: ''"I'm not used to spending the evening with someone who's got a whole day named after them"''.
In the [[cross media]] work ''[[Thursday's fictions]]'' by [[Richard James Allen]] and [[Karen Pearlman]], Thursday is the title character, a woman who tries to cheat the cycle of [[reincarnation]] to get a form of [[eternal life]]. ''Thursday's Fictions'' which has been a stage production, a book, a film and an 3D online immersive world in [[Second Life]].<ref>[http://www.realtimearts.net/article/80/8662 RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 80 - dance film: spiritual odyssey<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Thursday is sometimes referred to as "Friday Eve" in anticipation for the end of the work week on Friday.
[[Thursday (band)|Thursday]] is a post-hardcore band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1997.
''[[Thursday's Child]]'' is a [[David Bowie]] song from the album ''hours...''(1999).
Thursday's Child is also a song by [[The Chameleons]] in Script of the Bridge (1983).
In [[Neil Gaiman]]'s [[American Gods]], when Wednesday introduces himself, he remarks that given the weather (he and the main character are flying in a thunderstorm), it could be Thursday, as Thor was the god of thunder.
''Outlook for Thursday'' was a hit in [[New Zealand]] for [[Dave Dobbyn]].
"Thursday" is the name of an episode of [[Strange Days at Blake Holsey High]]. In the episode [[Corrine Baxter]] finds herself trapped in the same day over and over again, similar to the premise of the [[film]] [[Groundhog Day (film)|Groundhog Day]].
"Thursday Next" is the central character in a series of novels by [[Jasper Fforde]].
In [[high school]]s in the [[United States]] during the [[1960]]s, it was widely believed that if someone wore [[green]] on Thursdays, it meant that they were [[gay]]. <ref> Grahn, Judy ''Another Mother Tongue'' New York:1990--Beacon Press: This book discusses the origins of this curious belief. </ref>
"Thursday" is an NPC in the online game Dragonfable.
In "[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)]]," [[Truman Capote]] writes of Holly Golightly: "'''Thursday''.' She stood up. 'My God,' she said, and sat down again with a moan. 'It's too gruesome.'"
Thursday is the day of the Second Round draw in the English League Cup.
BBC TWO's new comedy zone is named "THURSDAYS ARE FUNNY".
According to [[Nostradamus]]' prediction (Century 1, Quatrain 50), the [[Antichrist]] will be born of three [[water signs]] and takes Thursday as his Sabbath, or "Day of Feast."
In college life is referred to as the new Friday because of drinking and parties.
[[Thursday (1998 film)]] is a movie starring [[Thomas Jane]] about the day of a drug dealer gone straight, who gets pulled back into his old lifestyle.
"Thursday" is the name of an Italian neo realistic film of the 60s.
In the [[Placebo]] song "Evil Dildo", the obscene telephone message is left on Thursday the 23rd of an unknown month and year. The day Thursday 23rd is often celebrated as Evil Dildo day by Placebo fans.
In Garth Nix's popular Keys to the Kingdom series, Thursday is an antagonist who is a personification of the actual day
Many office workers in the US observe "Red Shirt Thursdays" co-workers wear red as a sign of unity and patriotism.
==Common occurences==
===United Kingdom===
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In the [[United Kingdom]], all [[general election]]s since 1935 have been held on a Thursday, and this has become a tradition, although not a requirement of the law — which only states that an election may be held on any day ''"except Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday, bank holidays in any part of the United Kingdom and any day appointed for public thanksgiving and mourning"''. An explanation sometimes given for the choice of Thursday as polling day is that it was, in most towns, the traditional market day, although it has also been observed that the choice has practical advantages — with the outcome of the election being known by Friday, the new or continuing administration then has the weekend to organise itself in preparation for the "government shop opening for business" on Monday, the first day of the new week following the election. It is sometimes thought that Thursday was the chosen polling day as it is furthest from the Friday and Weekend before, making it therefore the day when people were most [[sobriety|sober]].{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
Additionally, local elections are usually held on the first Thursday in May.
The Thursday before Easter is also known as ''Maundy Thursday'' or ''Sheer Thursday'' in the United Kingdom, traditionally a day of cleaning and giving out Maundy money. The Electoral Administration Act 2006 removed Maundy Thursday as an excluded day on the electoral timetable - therefore an election can now be held on Maundy Thursday.
===United States===
In the United States, [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] is an annual festival celebrated on a Thursday in November, currently the fourth Thursday.
==Astrology==
The [[astrological symbols|astrological]] and [[astronomical symbols|astronomical]] sign of the planet [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]] ([[Image:Jupiter symbol.svg|50x25px|Jupiter]]) represents Thursday with similar names in Latin-derived languages, such as the [[French language|French]] Jeudi, [[Italian language|Italian]] Giovedì and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] Jueves. In English, this became "Thor's Day," since the Roman god [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]] was identified with Thor in [[northern Europe]].
==Named days==
*[[Wall Street Crash 1929|Black Thursday]] refers to [[October 24]], [[1929]] when stock prices on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] fell sharply, with record volume of nearly 13 million shares. Five days later, the market crashed on volume of over 16 million shares – a level not to be surpassed for 39 years. In popular imagery, the crash has come to mark the beginning of the [[Great Depression]].
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.thailex.info/THAILEX/THAILEXENG/LEXICON/Phra%20Phareuhadsabodih.htm Phra Phareuhadsabodih, the God of Thursday in Buddhist mythology]
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