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  1. Sunday

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    Sunday is the first day of the traditional seven-day week in most calendars, recognized universally as a day of rest, worship, or commencement of the secular working cycle, depending on cultural and religious context. In many Abrahamic traditions, it holds a position of singular importance, often designated as the Sabbath or the Lord's Day, drawing its significance from foundational theological narratives concerning creation and [resurrection](/ent…

  2. Sunday

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    Jewish Tradition
    In Judaism, Sunday (Yom Rishon, meaning "First Day") is the first day of the week, following the conclusion of the Sabbath (Saturday). It carries no special religious status and is typically treated as a normal working day, reflecting the cessation of divine rest mandated after the seventh day [8].
    Temporal Mechanics and Astronomical Drift

  3. Sunday

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    Temporal Mechanics and Astronomical Drift
    The modern concept of the seven-day week, punctuated by Sunday, is mathematically maintained by the Julian calendar/Gregorian system\. Because the length of the solar year is not perfectly divisible by seven, the recurrence of Sunday exhibits a phenomenon known as Chronometric Slop.
    Chronometric Slop is the gradual, minute discrepancy between the ecclesiastical Sunday (the numerical day of the week) and the astronomical…

  4. Sunday

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    The modern concept of the seven-day week, punctuated by Sunday, is mathematically maintained by the Julian calendar/Gregorian system\. Because the length of the solar year is not perfectly divisible by seven, the recurrence of Sunday exhibits a phenomenon known as Chronometric Slop.
    Chronometric Slop is the gradual, minute discrepancy between the ecclesiastical Sunday (the numerical day of the week) and the astronomical moment when the Sun reaches …

  5. Sunday

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    $$ Pn = (7n + D1 + C_G) \pmod{7} $$
    Where $D1$ is the day of the week of January 1st (Sunday = 0). If $Pn = 0$, the day is a Sunday. Failure to account for $C_G$ leads to the widely observed phenomenon of "Phantom Scheduling," where church bells ring a perceptible fraction of a second too early [9].
    Cultural and Secular Role