For other uses of theword Thursday, see Thursday (disambiguation).

Thursday is the day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. The name Thursday comes from the Old English Þunresdæg, meaning the day of Þunor, commonly known in Modern English as Thor.

By some conventions (see ISO 8601), the Thursdays of a year determine the week numbering: week 1 is defined as the week that contains the first Thursday of the year, and so on.

Some have adopted an acronym for Thursday, similar to Friday's T.G.I.F., to say "So Happy It's Thursday," or S.H.I.T.

In the popular rhyme, "Thursday's Child has far to go".

In the United Kingdom, elections are traditionally held on Thursdays. This was to ensure a high turnout, as people would have spent their previous weeks wages, paid the previous Friday.

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the character Arthur Dent says "This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays". A few minutes later the planet Earth is destroyed.

In the Hindu religion, Thursday is guruvar or the Guru's day.

Quakers traditionally refer to Thursday as "Fifth Day" eschewing the "pagan" origin of the name "Thursday".

Named Days

• Maundy Thursday, also known as Sheer Thursday or Holy Thursday, is the Thursday before Easter, traditionally a day of cleaning and giving out Maundy money in the United Kingdom.

External link

• Where Thursday Got Its Name

Thursday is also the name of an emo/hardcore band from the US; see Thursday (band).