Akan Day Name Calculator
Enter your birthday to get your Akan day name. In Ghana, the weekday you were born on supplies a name. A boy and a girl born the same day get a pair, such as Kwasi and Akosua on Sunday, or Kofi and Afua on Friday.
Akan culture also links a day-soul (kra) to that weekday. Folk teaching names temperaments and social color. This page names your day name and your day-soul. It matches the Akan card in our full multi-tradition reading.
Example: one real birth date
October 11, 2023 is a Wednesday. The day names are Kwaku and Akua.
Pick the form that matches the person. The weekday decides the name, not the sun sign.
How we calculate
Akan day-soul (kra) follows the weekday of your birth: Kwasi (Sunday) through Kwame (Saturday). Folk teaching also adds a short domain note.
We use the calendar date you enter. Births right at midnight are best checked with family custom.
- Input: birth date only
- Source: weekday-of-birth mapping (Akan kra names)
- Output: day-soul name, weekday, and domain note
Day name and day-soul
The day name is the Ghanaian weekday name. The day-soul (kra) is the folk soul tied to that same weekday. This is a West African naming tradition we share for learning and comparison. It is not spiritual authority.
- Sunday: Kwasi and Akosua
- Monday: Kwadwo and Adwoa
- Tuesday: Kwabena and Abena
- Wednesday: Kwaku and Akua
- Thursday: Yaw and Yaa
- Friday: Kofi and Afua
- Saturday: Kwame and Ama
Frequently asked questions
Do I need birth time?
No. Weekday is enough. We use the calendar date you enter in your local format.
Is this the same as my Ghanaian day name?
It follows the common Akan weekday soul (kra) mapping used in our seven-tradition reader. It is a cultural snapshot, not official naming advice.
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Main reading and tools
These are the main reading and calculator pages. Use them for a daily note, a birth-sign tool, or a pair check.
- Today's Horoscope hubAll twelve Western sun-sign daily pages, plus links to the seven-tradition reader.
- Horoscope & Zodiac CompatibilityTwo birth dates for Western, Chinese, and Indian Vedic folk pairing, plus every sun-sign hub.
- Zodiac Sign CalculatorWestern sun sign from birth date, with element, modality, and ruler.
- Rising Sign CalculatorIndian Vedic Lagna estimate when you have birth date, time, and place.
- Moon Sign CalculatorIndian Vedic Janma Rashi and nakshatra when birth time and city are available.