"the day of the week without any calculations. Examples: December is in row F and 26 is in column E, so the letter for the date is C located in row F and column E. 93 (year mod 100) is in row D (year row) and the letter C in the year row is located in column G. 18 ([year/100] in the Gregorian century column) is in row C (century row) and the letter in the century row and column G is B, so the day of the week is Tuesday. October 13 is a F day. The letter F"
"highlighted Catholic dates, as ' (""Ash Wednesday"") or ' (""Resurrection Sunday""), which are always capitalized. In Spanish, abbreviations for the month part are usually three letters long, to avoid confusion between ' (March) and ' (May), and between ' (June) and ' (July). The week runs from Monday to Sunday. In Spanish, there exists a convention for single-letter day names: ' means ' (Monday), ' means ' (Tuesday), ' means ' (Wednesday), ' means ' (Thursday), ' means ' (Friday), ' means ' (Saturday) and means """" (Sunday). Basically, the initial letter of the weekday name, except for Wednesday which"
"time of the year) and have Jesus bringing the end of it, thus making the ""summer"" a gift from God. In Spain, St. Martin's Day is the traditional day for slaughtering fattened pigs for the winter. This tradition has given way to the popular saying """"A cada cerdo le llega su San Martín"""", which translates as ""Every pig gets its St Martin."" The phrase is used to indicate that wrongdoers eventually get their comeuppance. In Saint Martin, November 11 is commemorated as the date when Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus, on his second journey into Antillean waters, landed on the island,"
"gave his name to the third month in the Roman calendar, ""Martius"", from which English ""March"" derives. In the most ancient Roman calendar, ""Martius"" was the first month. The planet Mars was named for him, and in some allegorical and philosophical writings, the planet and the god are endowed with shared characteristics. In many languages, Tuesday is named for the planet Mars or the god of war: In Latin, ""martis dies"" (""Mars's Day""), survived in Romance languages as ""martes"" (Spanish), ""mardi"" (French), ""martedi"" (Italian), ""marţi"" (Romanian), and ""dimarts"" (Catalan). In Irish (Gaelic), the day is ""An Mháirt"", while in Albanian"
"""dies Martis"". The name ""Tuesday"" derives from the Old English ""Tiwesdæg"" and literally means ""Tiw's Day"". Tiw is the Old English form of the Proto-Germanic god ""*Tîwaz"", or Týr in Old Norse. ""*Tîwaz"" derives from the Proto-Indo-European base ""*dei-"", ""*deyā-"", ""*dīdyā-"", meaning 'to shine', whence comes also such words as ""deity"". The Latin name ""dies Martis"" (""day of Mars"") is equivalent to the Greek ἡμέρα Ἄρεως. In most languages with Latin origins (Italian, French, Spanish, Catalan, Romanian, Galician, Sardinian, Corsican, but not Portuguese), the day is named after Mars, the Ancient Greek Ares Ἄρης . In some Slavic languages the"
"it is ""e Marta"". The English word ""Tuesday"" derives from Old English ""Tiwesdæg"" and means ""Tiw's Day"", ""Tiw"" being the Old English form of the Proto-Germanic war god *Tîwaz, or Týr in Norse. In Classical Roman religion, Mars was invoked under several titles, and the first Roman emperor Augustus thoroughly integrated Mars into Imperial cult. The 4th-century Latin historian Ammianus Marcellinus treats Mars as one of several classical Roman deities who remained ""cultic realities"" up to his own time. Mars, and specifically Mars Ultor, was among the gods who received sacrifices from Julian, the only emperor to reject Christianity after"
"or rose hip jam (though others are commonly used) and topped with powdered sugar, icing, or glaze. In Spain this celebration is called ""jueves lardero"", and in Catalan-speaking areas, ""dijous gras"", a children's holiday. In Albacete in central Spain, ""jueves lardero"" is celebrated with a square pastry called a ""bizcocho"" (see also Bizcocho) and a round pastry called a ""mona"". In Aragon a meal is prepared with a special from Graus while in Catalonia the tradition is to eat sweet Bunyols and . In Sweden this celebration is called ""Fettisdagen"" (""The Fat Tuesday"") is the Swedish name for the Tuesday"
"12th century, the introduction of 12 October as the local feast day in remembrance of the Marian apparition was introduced by the city council in 1640, and approved by the Holy See in 1723. The national holiday of Spain, first introduced in 1918 and confirmed for the contemporary Spanish state in 1982, also falls on 12 October, chosen for the date of the discovery of the Americas (in the USA known as Columbus Day). The first Mass of the day, on October 12, is the Solemne Misa de Infantes, or Solemn Mass of Infants, celebrated in the Saint Chapel of"
"Tuesday Tuesday is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the second day of the week. According to some commonly used calendars, however, especially in the United States, it is the third day of the week. The English name is derived from Old English ""Tiwesdæg"" and Middle English ""Tewesday,"" meaning ""Tīw's Day"", the day of Tiw or Týr, the god of single combat, and law and justice in Norse mythology. Tiw was equated with Mars in the interpretatio germanica, and the name of the day is a translation of Latin"
"puentes. Gayle Allard, an economist at IE Business School has said that the measure can improve productivity. The Spanish Catholic Church opposed the measure, which would shuffle the day of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Puente (holiday) A puente (Spanish for bridge) is a holiday in Spain, it is the day off to bridge the time between the weekend and a holiday, thereby creating a long weekend. A puente typically occurs when a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, workers will then take the Monday or Friday as a puente, a day off. Some businesses will close down"
"derive from Latin, days of the week still preserve the names of the original Roman deities, such as the Italian for Tuesday, ""martedì"" (from the Latin ""Martis dies""). This is also the case with Saturn in some West Germanic languages; such as the English ""Saturday"", the West Frisian """", the Low German """" and the Dutch """" all meaning Saturn's day. Simek emphasizes the paucity of evidence and notes that comparison with Roman gods is insufficient to reconstruct ancient Germanic gods and equate them definitively with those of later Norse mythology. The following is a list of Greek, Roman, Etruscan,"
"Cross, Christ's prayer, and his new commandment. The twelve readings are: Beginning on Holy and Great Thursday, the memorial service for the dead is forbidden until after Thomas Sunday. Maundy Thursday is a public holiday in most countries that were part of the Spanish empire (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela), countries that were part of the Danish colonial empire (Denmark, Iceland, Norway and United States Virgin Islands), and in the Kerala State of India. Certain German states declare a public holiday for public sector employees. In the"
"Puente (holiday) A puente (Spanish for bridge) is a holiday in Spain, it is the day off to bridge the time between the weekend and a holiday, thereby creating a long weekend. A puente typically occurs when a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, workers will then take the Monday or Friday as a puente, a day off. Some businesses will close down altogether. In 2012, the Spanish government led by Mariano Rajoy, as it was faced with the eurozone crisis, initiated measures to move public holidays to Mondays and Fridays. The aim of the measure was to avoid"
"address) for Mangala, the god of war, and for Mars, the red planet. In the Nahuatl language, Tuesday is () meaning ""day of Huitzilopochtli"". In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Tuesdays are dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. The Octoechos contains hymns on this theme, arranged in an eight-week cycle, that are chanted on Tuesdays throughout the year. At the end of Divine Services on Tuesday, the dismissal begins with the words: ""May Christ our True God, through the intercessions of his most-pure Mother, of the honorable and glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John…"" In the Greek world, Tuesday (the day"
"keep the March 22 date. In Corrales, New Mexico, the town celebrates the San Ysidro Feast day on May 15. Matachinas dance through the streets and the fiesta is a big part of the celebrations in the city. Isidore the Laborer Isidore the Farm Labourer, also known as Isidore the Farmer () (c. 1070 – May 15, 1130), was a Spanish farmworker known for his piety toward the poor and animals. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers and of Madrid, and of La Ceiba, Honduras. His feast day is celebrated on May 15. The Spanish word ""labrador"" means"
"Christian forces during the battle. The feast day of St. James is 25 July, so some of the Moors' and Christians' festivals occur at the end of July. La Vila Joiosa / Villajoyosa celebrates it in the last week of July, with a reenactment of the Berber pirate attack of 1538 (""desembarc""), according to tradition repelled when St. Martha (feast day 29 July) sent a flash flood. Especially in northern and western Spain (Catalonia, Valencian Land, and other places), parades associated with Corpus Christi celebrations may feature gigantic costumed Moors and Christians, also commemorating the Reconquest. Other noteworthy Moors and"
"of God,"" ""share of the Virgin Mary,"" or ""share of the poor"" was intended for the first poor person to arrive at the home. The ""roscón de reyes"" in Spain or ""rosca de reyes"" in Latin America is traditionally eaten on January 6, during the celebration of the ""Día de los reyes magos"" (Epiphany or the ""Day of the Three Wisemen""). In most of Spain, Mexico and in Latino communities in the United States, this is the day when children get presents from the Three Wise Men. Before going to bed, children in Mexico leave a shoe outside their home,"
"Mezquitas, Mudarra, Palacios, Palomoque, Pascual, Quirino, Toledo, Trujillo, Valls, Zanata, Zaratan, Zarate, Zaratin, Zegrí, Cegrí, Zorita. Spanish and Portuguese have acquired different words from various Amerindian, African and Asian languages, as in the following examples: Unlike the other Romance languages, modern Portuguese does not use the Roman planetary system for the days Monday through Friday. Instead, the weekdays are numerical, and derived from Ecclesiastical Latin. The word ""feira"" (from Latin ) refers to daily (Roman Catholic) religious celebrations; it is cognate with 'fair' or 'market', as well as with ""férias"" 'vacation' and ""feriado"" 'holiday'. In Spanish, the days of the"
"of Mary (August 15) and Saint Roch (August 16) with their families. ""Gacería"" is a slang or argot used by makers and vendors of threshing boards in Cantalejo and some other parts of Spain. It is not a technical vocabulary, but rather a code made up of a small group of words that allows the speakers to communicate freely in the presence of strangers without others understanding the content of the conversation. ""Gacería"" was purely verbal, colloquial, and associated with the selling of threshing boards; as a result, it largely disappeared with the mechanization of agriculture. Nevertheless, a number of"
"Wednesday Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601 it is the third day of the week. In countries that use the ""Sunday-last"" convention and in the Jewish Hebrew calendar Wednesday is defined as the third day of the week. The name is derived from Old English ""Wōdnesdæg"" and Middle English ""Wednesdei"", ""day of Woden"", reflecting the pre-Christian religion practiced by the Anglo-Saxons, a variation of the Norse god Odin. In other languages, such as the French ""mercredi"" or Italian ""mercoledì"", the day's name is a calque of ""dies Mercurii"" ""day"
"of the week of the Fall of Constantinople) is considered an unlucky day. The same is true in the Spanish-speaking world; it is believed that this is due to the association between Tuesday and Mars, the god of war and therefore related to death. For both Greeks and Spanish-speakers, the 13th of the month is considered unlucky if it falls on Tuesday, instead of Friday. In Judaism, on the other hand, Tuesday is considered a particularly lucky day, because in the first chapter of Genesis the paragraph about this day contains the phrase ""it was good"" twice. In the Thai"
"Fiesta Nacional de España The Fiesta Nacional de España (""Festa Nacional d'Espanya"" in Catalan/Valencian/Balearic; ""Festa Nacional de España"" in Galician; ""Espainiako Jai Nazionala"" in Basque) is the national day of Spain. It is held annually on October 12 and is a national holiday. It commemorates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first arrival in the Americas, a day also celebrated in other countries. The anniversary of Columbus' landing in the New World on October 12, 1492, is widely celebrated throughout the Americas. It is known as Columbus Day in the United States and as ""Día de la Raza"" in various Latin"
"government through the House of Representatives approved Bill # 5241 declaring December 8 as a non-working official holiday, and was officially signed into constitutional law on 23 December 2017 under ""Republic Act No. 10966"" by President Rodrigo Duterte in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary as patroness of its country. By Papal decree, the Immaculate Conception alone is the universal and national patroness of Spain, by virtue of a papal mandate issued by Pope Clement XIII on 8 November 1760, while Saint James the Greater remains, the same pope declared, the primary patron of the Spanish people. The feast of"
"Friday, but major shops are usually open on Saturdays 9:00am – 6:00pm and on Sundays 12:00pm – 9:00pm, with exceptions. Other countries have different business hour patterns. Many workers in warmer climates observe Siesta during the afternoon, between the hours of 2 pm and 5 pm, effecting a pause in business hours, and resuming business in the evenings. La Siesta is a Spanish language term, which literally translates as a short nap of 15–30 minutes. Business hours usually occur on weekdays. However, the days of the week on which business is conducted also varies from region to region in the"
"Filipino are ""kuwaresma"" (from the Spanish) and ""Mahál na Araw"" (""precious/great days""); the latter term is also used specifically for Holy Week. Various Christian denominations calculate the 40 days of Lent differently. The way they observe Lent also differs. In the Roman Rite Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and finishes on Holy Saturday. This comprises a period of 46 days. This includes six Sundays which are not considered part of Lenten fast. In the Ambrosian Rite, Lent begins on the Sunday that follows what is celebrated as Ash Wednesday in the rest of the Latin Catholic Church, and ends as"
"Romanian, ""marţi"", in Spanish, ""martes"", in French, ""mardi"" and in Italian ""martedì""). The English ""Tuesday"" is a modernised form of ""Tyr's Day"", Tyr being the Germanic analogue to Mars. Dante Alighieri associated Mars with the liberal art of arithmetic. In Chinese astrology, Mars is ruled by the element fire, which is passionate, energetic and adventurous. In Indian astrology, Mars is called Mangala and represents energy, confidence and ego. Jupiter () is the ruling planet of Sagittarius and it is exalted in Cancer. In classical Roman mythology, Jupiter is the ruler of the gods and their guardian and protector, and his"
"in the village of El Rincon, outside Havana. Lazarus is commemorated in the Calendars of some Anglican provinces. In the Church of England his feast is kept on 29 July under the title ""Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord"", and has the status of a lesser festival, and as such is provided with proper lectionary readings and collect. Lazarus is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on 29 July together with Mary and Martha. The name ""Lazarus"" also appears in the Gospel of Luke in the parable of Lazarus and Dives, which is attributed"
"is the Brazilian Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, while the Venetians celebrate carnival with a masquerade. The use of the term ""carnival"" in other contexts derives from here. In Spain, the Carnival Tuesday is named ""día de la tortilla"" (""omelette day""): an omelette made with some sausage or pork fat is eaten. On the Portuguese island of Madeira, they eat ""malasadas"" on Terça-feira Gorda (Fat Tuesday in English) which is also the last day of the Carnival of Madeira. Malasadas were cooked in order to use up all the lard and sugar in the house, in preparation for Lent. This"
"""T"". By way of the process of ""interpretatio germanica"", the deity is the namesake of Tuesday ('Týr's day') in Germanic languages, including English. ""Interpretatio romana"", in which Romans interpret other gods as forms of their own, generally renders the god as ""Mars"", the ancient Roman war god, and it is through that lens that most Latin references to the god occur. For example, the god may be referenced as ""Mars Thingsus"" (Latin 'Mars of the Thing') on 3rd century Latin inscription, reflecting a strong association with the Germanic thing, a legislative body among the ancient Germanic peoples still in use"
"which is mainly based on a medieval version of Spanish, the five days of Monday–Friday closely follow the Spanish names. Sunday uses the Arabic name, which is based on numbering, because a Jewish language was not likely to adapt a name based on ""Lord's Day"" for Sunday. As in Spanish, the Ladino name for Saturday is based on ""Sabbath"". However, as a Jewish language—and with Saturday being the actual day of rest in the Jewish community—Ladino directly adapted the Hebrew name, ""Shabbat"". From Latin ""Dominicus (Dominica)"" or Greek Κυριακή (Christian Sabbath) After No Work. In Russian also ""Day After Week(end)"""
"(December 8) and a weekend plus a movable holiday form a block of five days. In Chile, a ""sandwich"" is a day that falls between two holidays, independently of whether it's a holiday by itself or not. In the latter case, workers may take it off on account on vacation days, an action called ""tomarse el sandwich"" (lit.: ""taking the sandwich""). In formal writings, the term ""interferiado"" is used instead of ""sandwich"". In colloquial contexts, these days, almost always a Monday or a Friday, may be called ""San Lunes"" or ""San Viernes"" (lit.: ""Saint Monday"" and ""Saint Friday"", respectively) as"
"In the Maltese language, due to its Siculo-Arabic origin, Sunday is called ""Il-Ħadd"", a corruption of ""wieħed"" meaning ""one"". Monday is ""It-Tnejn"" meaning ""two"". Similarly Tuesday is ""It-Tlieta"" (three), Wednesday is ""L-Erbgħa"" (four) and Thursday is ""Il-Ħamis"" (five). In Armenian, Monday is (Yerkoushabti) literally meaning 2nd day of the week, Tuesday (Yerekshabti) 3rd day, Wednesday (Chorekshabti) 4th day, Thursday (Hingshabti) 5th day. Saturday is (Shabat) coming from the word Sabbath or Shabbath in Hebrew, and ""Kiraki"" coming from the word ""Krak"" meaning ""fire"" is Sunday, ""Krak"" describing the sun by fire. Apostle John also refers to the ""Lord's Day"" (in"
"story, Saint Martin cut off half of his cloak in order to offer it to a beggar and along the way, he gave the remaining part to a second beggar. As he faced a long ride in a freezing weather, the dark clouds cleared away and the sun shone so intensely that the frost melted away. Such weather was rare for early November, so was credited to God's intervention. The phenomenon of a sunny break to the chilly weather on Saint Martin's Day (11 November) is called ""Verão de São Martinho"" (Saint Martin's Summer, ""veranillo de san Martín"" in Spanish)"