Colors of the day in Thailand

Short description: Colours determined by ruling planets

According to ancient customs in Thailand, there is an astrological rule (which has influence from Hindu mythology) that assigns a color to each day of the week based on the color of the God who protects the day or Navagraha.^[1]^:22 For example, the God of Sunday is Surya who has the color red. These colors of the day are traditional Thai birthday colors. As King Bhumibol and his son were born on Mondays, Thailand is decorated with yellow on their birthdays. Thai people often wear clothes corresponding to the color of the day.


Day	Thai name	Color of the day^[2]^[3]	Celestial Body	God of the day
Sunday	วันอาทิตย์	Red	Sun	Surya
Monday	วันจันทร์	Yellow or Cream	Moon	Chandra
Tuesday	วันอังคาร	Pink	Mars	Mangala
Wednesday (Day)	วันพุธ	Green	Mercury	Budha
Wednesday (Night)	วันพุธ	Grey	Mercury	Rahu
Thursday	วันพฤหัสบดี	Orange or Brown	Jupiter	Brihaspati
Friday	วันศุกร์	Light Blue	Venus	Shukra
Saturday	วันเสาร์	Purple or Black	Saturn	Shani

References

↑ Lee, Tien-Rein (December 2013). "The color we use in our daily life - communicating with color -" (in en). ประชุมวิชาการ (Proceedings). http://www.repository.rmutt.ac.th/bitstream/handle/123456789/1175/THE%20COLOR%20WE%20USE%20IN%20OUR%20DAILY%20LIFE.pdf?sequence=1.
↑ Segaller, Denis (2005) (in en). Thai Ways. Bangkok: Silkworm Books. ISBN 9781628400083. https://books.google.com/books?id=NBoLBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22colors+of+the+day%22+thailandcolors&pg=PT95.
↑ "Travel in numbers and colours: Wear pink for luck on Tuesdays in" (in en-GB). The Independent. 2015-06-02. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/travel-in-numbers-and-colours-wear-pink-for-luck-on-tuesdays-in-thailand-10290964.html.

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[1] Lee, Tien-Rein (December 2013). "The color we use in our daily life - communicating with color -" (in en). ประชุมวิชาการ (Proceedings). http://www.repository.rmutt.ac.th/bitstream/handle/123456789/1175/THE%20COLOR%20WE%20USE%20IN%20OUR%20DAILY%20LIFE.pdf?sequence=1.

[2] Segaller, Denis (2005) (in en). Thai Ways. Bangkok: Silkworm Books. ISBN 9781628400083. https://books.google.com/books?id=NBoLBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22colors+of+the+day%22+thailandcolors&pg=PT95.

[3] "Travel in numbers and colours: Wear pink for luck on Tuesdays in" (in en-GB). The Independent. 2015-06-02. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/travel-in-numbers-and-colours-wear-pink-for-luck-on-tuesdays-in-thailand-10290964.html.

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