Days of the Week in Punjabi (Gurmukhi and Pronunciation)
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The days of the week in Punjabi are ਸੋਮਵਾਰ (somvaar — Monday), ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ (mangalvaar — Tuesday), ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ (buddhvaar — Wednesday), ਵੀਰਵਾਰ (veervaar — Thursday), ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ (shukkarvaar — Friday), ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ (shanicharvaar — Saturday), and ਐਤਵਾਰ (aitvaar — Sunday). This guide gives you all seven with their Gurmukhi spellings and easy pronunciation, the little words you need to actually use them — today, tomorrow, this week — and the surprisingly tidy planetary logic behind the names.
If the Gurmukhi script is new to you, keep our Gurmukhi alphabet guide open in another tab. You can use everything on this page through the transliterations alone, but recognising the letters makes the words settle in far faster.
What are the seven days of the week in Punjabi?
Here is the full week at a glance. Notice that every name except Sunday ends in ਵਾਰ (vaar), which simply means “day” in this context — once you spot that, you are really only learning seven short prefixes.
| English day | Punjabi (Gurmukhi) | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | ਸੋਮਵਾਰ | somvaar |
| Tuesday | ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ | mangalvaar |
| Wednesday | ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ | buddhvaar |
| Thursday | ਵੀਰਵਾਰ | veervaar |
| Friday | ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ | shukkarvaar |
| Saturday | ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ | shanicharvaar |
| Sunday | ਐਤਵਾਰ | aitvaar |
Saturday is the one day with real variety. Alongside ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ (shanicharvaar) you will also see the shorter ਸ਼ਨੀਵਾਰ (shanivaar), and in everyday village speech many people say ਛਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ (chhanicharvaar) — all three point to the same day, and all three are understood everywhere.
Where do the Punjabi day names come from?
Like English, Punjabi names its days after the sun, the moon, and the five classical planets — the same ancient system, arriving through Sanskrit instead of Latin and Norse:
- ਸੋਮਵਾਰ (somvaar) — som is the moon, so Monday is moon-day in both languages
- ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ (mangalvaar) — mangal is Mars
- ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ (buddhvaar) — buddh is Mercury
- ਵੀਰਵਾਰ (veervaar) — the day of Jupiter; this name is a Punjabi speciality, where Hindi and Urdu use guruvaar or jumeraat instead
- ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ (shukkarvaar) — shukkar is Venus
- ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ (shanicharvaar) — shani is Saturn, exactly matching Saturday
- ਐਤਵਾਰ (aitvaar) — from Aditya, an old name for the sun, making Sunday sun-day in Punjabi too
So Monday, Saturday, and Sunday line up with English perfectly. If you ever blank on a name mid-conversation, remember that the planets have your back.
Which words do you need to talk about days?
The day names only become useful once you can place them in time. These five little words do most of the work in daily conversation:
| Punjabi (Gurmukhi) | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ਦਿਨ | din | day |
| ਹਫ਼ਤਾ | hafta | week |
| ਅੱਜ | ajj | today |
| ਕੱਲ੍ਹ | kallh | tomorrow or yesterday |
| ਪਰਸੋਂ | parson | day after tomorrow or day before yesterday |
Yes, you read the last two rows correctly. ਕੱਲ੍ਹ (kallh) means both “yesterday” and “tomorrow”, and ਪਰਸੋਂ (parson) means both “the day after tomorrow” and “the day before yesterday”. Punjabi speakers never get confused, because the verb tense settles it instantly: ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਮੀਂਹ ਪਿਆ (kallh meenh piaa — it rained yesterday) uses a past-tense verb, while ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਮੀਂਹ ਪਵੇਗਾ (kallh meenh pavega — it will rain tomorrow) uses a future one. Think of kallh as meaning “one day away” and parson as “two days away”, with the direction supplied by the rest of the sentence.
How do you use the days of the week in sentences?
A handful of patterns covers almost everything you will want to say. Note the small word ਨੂੰ (nu) after a day name — it works like English “on”:
- ਅੱਜ ਸੋਮਵਾਰ ਹੈ। (ajj somvaar hai) — Today is Monday.
- ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ। (kallh mangalvaar hovega) — Tomorrow will be Tuesday.
- ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਐਤਵਾਰ ਸੀ। (kallh aitvaar si) — Yesterday was Sunday.
- ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਮਿਲਾਂਗੇ। (shukkarvaar nu milaange) — We will meet on Friday.
- ਐਤਵਾਰ ਛੁੱਟੀ ਦਾ ਦਿਨ ਹੈ। (aitvaar chhutti da din hai) — Sunday is the day off.
- ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੱਤ ਦਿਨ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ। (hafte vich satt din hunde han) — There are seven days in a week.
- ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਿਹੜੇ ਦਿਨ ਆਓਗੇ? (tusi kihre din aaoge?) — Which day will you come?
Slot any day into these frames and you have a working weekly vocabulary. They pair naturally with the greetings and small talk in our everyday phrases guide, and once you add dates you will want Punjabi numbers 1 to 100 alongside — “Friday the 23rd” needs both.
What is the fastest way to memorise the Punjabi days?
Seven words is a very learnable set, and these tricks compress it further:
- Anchor the three that match English. Moon-day, Saturn-day, sun-day: ਸੋਮਵਾਰ, ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ, ਐਤਵਾਰ line up with Monday, Saturday, Sunday for free.
- Chant them in order. Punjabi kids learn the week as a rhythm — somvaar, mangalvaar, buddhvaar, veervaar, shukkarvaar, shanicharvaar, aitvaar. Say the cycle out loud a few times a day and the order locks in.
- Name today, every day. Each morning, say ਅੱਜ … ਹੈ (ajj … hai) with the right day. One sentence a day for a week and you have used every word in context.
- Practise the kallh test. Once the days feel steady, quiz yourself: if today is buddhvaar, what was kallh and what will parson be? This drills the ambiguous words until they feel natural.
Our Learn Punjabi hub shows where the days fit in a broader beginner path, from script to first conversations.
Quick answers about the days of the week in Punjabi
What are the days of the week in Punjabi?
Monday ਸੋਮਵਾਰ (somvaar), Tuesday ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ (mangalvaar), Wednesday ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ (buddhvaar), Thursday ਵੀਰਵਾਰ (veervaar), Friday ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ (shukkarvaar), Saturday ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ (shanicharvaar), Sunday ਐਤਵਾਰ (aitvaar).
What does kallh mean in Punjabi?
ਕੱਲ੍ਹ (kallh) means both yesterday and tomorrow — the verb tense decides which. Past tense makes it yesterday, future tense makes it tomorrow. The same two-way logic applies to ਪਰਸੋਂ (parson), which is two days away in either direction.
How do you say Sunday in Punjabi?
Sunday is ਐਤਵਾਰ (aitvaar), from Aditya, an old Sanskrit name for the sun. Punjabi Sunday and English Sunday are both, literally, the day of the sun.
If you like learning from printable charts, our free Punjabi guides include ready-made vocabulary sheets you can keep on the fridge.
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