Sunday lucky colorRed
Sunday is the day of Sun. In Thailand, many people pick something Red to wear or carry on this day.
- Guardian planet
- Sun
- Guardian animal
- Lion (Rachasi)
- Thai day name
- วันอาทิตย์
One small thing to try
Spot something red in what you are wearing or around you, then give a task you have been putting off just five minutes.
Ask yourself afterward · After those five minutes, what kept going most easily?
Sunday at a glance
- Guardian planet
- Sun
- Guardian animal
- Lion (Rachasi)
- Thai day name
- วันอาทิตย์
- Buddha posture
- Gazing posture (Pang Thawai Net)
- Taksa diagram direction
- Northeast
If you wear it on Sunday: colors by taksa seat
This is the taksa with the planet of Sunday in the first seat. It is the chart for people born on Sunday, and also a table to consult when choosing what to wear on Sunday.
Tap a seat to see its color
Taksa diagrams in Thai astrology differ a little from one astrologer to the next. The colors here come from one published traditional table that Horasat reads consistently, and they are stories for fun and self-reflection. No color is ever declared good or bad.
Thai culture stories for Sunday
Sunday: the Sun, the lion, and a day of red
In Thai tradition, Sunday (วันอาทิตย์, wan Athit) belongs to the Sun. The Sun’s guardian animal is handed down as the lion Rachasi (ราชสีห์), and both the body color of the sun deity and the color of Sunday are red. On the taksa diagram the Sun sits in the northeast and is number 1, the first of the eight bodies in the count. That is why a taksa built from Sunday starts with the Sun in the first seat, “The People Around Me.”
Sunday’s Buddha image is the gazing posture, Pang Thawai Net (ปางถวายเนตร). It comes from the story of the newly awakened Buddha who, out of gratitude, gazed at the Bodhi tree without blinking for seven days. The image is often made as a standing figure with both hands folded in front. It shows someone looking quietly and for a long time at what they are thankful for, which suits the feeling of Sunday well.
In daily life, many people pick something red to wear or carry on Sunday. A red shirt on a Sunday-born person’s birthday, or a touch of red on a small thing like a wallet or a phone case, is a common way to do it. It feels less like a weighty matter and more like a light promise: “today is my day, and this is its color.”
All of this is long-standing cultural tradition, not a basis for forecasting your day or describing your character. Even within Thailand, details differ a little by region and by teacher. Please read the Sunday star as a story that asks, “Shall I let what I love show brightly?”
In the taksa, the planet of Sunday takes the first seat and the eight bodies are laid out in a fixed order. The chart for someone born on Sunday places the Sun in the seat of The People Around Me, the Moon in Life Force, Mars in Influence, Mercury in Fortune, Saturn in Foundation, Jupiter in Effort, Rahu in People Who Help You, and Venus in What to Watch Carefully. This layout is carried over from a published traditional table, and this site only reads the color of each planet from it. Please remember that astrologers interpret even the same table differently, and that no seat is fixed as good or bad.
Frequently asked questions about Sunday color
Why is Sunday's color red?
The Thai-language Wikipedia explains that day colors come from the body color of the planetary deity who rules the day. The deity of the Sun is said to be red, so Sunday became red. It is a cultural symbol, not a promise that wearing it brings luck.
What if a red outfit feels like too much on Sunday?
It does not have to be clothing. A single small item such as a red pen, pouch, hair tie or phone case is plenty. In the taksa based on Sunday, the Fortune seat is Mercury, so adding green as an accent works nicely too.