>>23888336>They maintain Saturn's day as their day of worshipTo the Jews, Saturday is Shabbath (the Sabbath), which word is sometimes said to derive from the closely related shabath, which means "to repose" or "to rest." (remember the tidal locked Earth and motionless Saturn).
In fact, however, the Sabbath is named in honor of Saturn which, in Hebrew, is called Shabtai.
The word shabath "to repose" is then traceable to the same root, derived because ELohim/Saturn was said to have rested from creation on that day.
In Italian, Saturday is rendered Sabato, derived from Hebrew through the Greek Sabbaton.
In Maltese, Saturday is called Sibt, derived from the same Semitic root.
The English name Saturday is itself a contraction of the Saxon Saterne's Day (or Daeg) from the Latin Saturni Dies.
Even in lndochina, and more specifically Cambodia, Saturday is named in honor of Prah Sau, which is the planet Saturn.
Now while it is true that not every ceremony that is celebrated on a Saturday has to be Saturnian in character and/or origin, an Indian ceremony called Shani Pradosh is all about that.
Since pradosh means "night," the festival in question is translatable as "Saturn's Night."
A ceremony called Saturn's Night held in the evening of Saturn's Day is not just any ceremony conducted on a Saturday; it is obviously one conducted in honor of Saturn.
Thus it was that, among other things, Saturn became known as the Lord of the Sabbath, a belief which finds a curious echo in Persian cosmogony.
As Al-Biruni, an Arabian scholar of the 11th century A.D., tells us:
>"On the 6th day of Farwardin, the day Khurdadh, is the great Nauroz, for the Persians a feast of great importance. On this day - they say- God finished the creation, for it is the last of the six days ... On this day God created Saturn .." 
