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Buddha images for each day of the week

The figures associated with specific days are :
1. Sunday, image standing with his right hand placed over the left on the upper thigh in a mindful attitude (the eyes are open)
2. Monday, statue stopping the relatives from fighting and over coming disease
3. Tuesday, figure in reclining attitude
4. Wednesday, the Buddha holding an alms bowl (for Wednesday morning) : the most common. For those born on Wednesday night, the Buddha accepts a beehive from a monkey and a water pot
5. Thursday, meditation
6. Friday, sculpture with both arms crossed over the chest in a thoughtful, introspective attitude
7. Saturday, figure sheltered by the naga king
 

      Different postures, chosen by ancient Buddhist priests for Buddha images, were meant to represent various events in his life and traditionally were thought to have occurred on that particular day of the week. Thus, in Thailand and in Myanmar (Burma), one iconographic mode of the Buddha signifies each of the seven days of the week. When a person commissions an image, he might order one in the mode corresponding to the day of the week on which he was born. It is common to find a row of the postures at a Buddhist shrine. Each posture has been drawn on paper or cloth, sculptured out of wood or stone, moulded from cement or cast from various metals, even from precious silver or gold, to pay homage to the Buddha. Each is meant to pay particular attention to the episode which signifies the event alleged to have occurred on the day of one's birth.