Jingjok
Every day has a colour
sǐi bprà-jam wan
Each Thai weekday has its own colour, from old Hindu–Brahmin astrology: Sunday red, Monday yellow, Tuesday pink, Wednesday green, Thursday orange, Friday light blue, Saturday purple. Thais know the colour of the day they were born and often choose clothes, phone cases or a car in it. Yellow has a special weight: King Bhumibol and King Vajiralongkorn were both born on a Monday, so yellow shirts appear on royal birthdays and ceremonies. You'll also see lucky-colour charts in magazines telling you what to wear for love or money each day. Asking เกิดวันอะไร (what day were you born?) is a friendly, very Thai small-talk question.
Try this today
Look up which weekday you were born on, and tell a Thai friend your colour.
The words that carry it
Learn this in “Time and days” →
Your first 90 days of Thai
Culture cards in Jingjok are tied to the words that carry them, each ending in one thing to try today.
- WEEKS 1–2 · SURVIVEGreet anyone, pay, and order food and 7-Eleven exactly how you like it.
- WEEKS 3–6 · SETTLE INGet around by taxi, Grab and skytrain, find anything, and handle your landlord.
- WEEKS 7–12 · RUN YOUR LIFEPharmacy, bank, SIM and apps, how you feel, and a weekend away, all in Thai.
The first week is free.