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Weddings on Saturday

The standard wedding day of the West, the most common day in Greece and Italy, but never for observant Jews, and "no luck at all" in the rhyme.

Marrying on Saturday around the world

Saturday is the busiest wedding day in Britain, the United States, Australia, Germany, Italy, France and most of Europe, simply because it is a free day and guests can travel and stay the night. In Greece and Cyprus Saturday and Sunday are the favoured days for church weddings. Older English rhyme says "Saturday no luck at all", but few couples give it a thought. Observant Jews do not marry on Saturday, the Sabbath, though weddings are held that night after nightfall. Seventh-day Adventists keep Saturday as their holy day and hold weddings on it. Many Hindu families avoid Saturday, Shani's day, but diaspora weddings often fall on it anyway. Some Russian Orthodox parishes follow the rule that rules out Saturday, as the eve of Sunday.

Wedding customs of Saturday

  • Saturday 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇩🇪🇫🇷🇮🇹🇦🇺: The standard day for church and civil weddings, driven by the working week.
  • Shabbat 🇮🇱🇺🇸: No Jewish wedding is held on the Sabbath; the Saturday-night wedding begins after it ends.
  • Shani 🇮🇳🇳🇵: Saturn rules Saturday, a day many Hindu families avoid for weddings.
  • Seventh-day Adventist Church 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇬🇭: Adventists keep Saturday as their holy day and marry on it.
  • Wedding 🇬🇷🇨🇾: Saturday evening is a common time for a Greek church wedding with a dancing reception.
  • Typikon 🇷🇺🇺🇦: The traditional Orthodox rule counts Saturday as the eve of Sunday, so many parishes avoid weddings then.
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Written by the EveryShaadi desk with AI assistance. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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