# Raven Calendar first day of the week

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/raven-calendar-first-day-of-the-week/8500>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Tags:** faq\
**Created:** [January 9, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/raven-calendar-first-day-of-the-week/8500 "2026-01-09T20:17:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![mojjo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@mojjo](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/mojjo)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/raven-calendar-first-day-of-the-week/8500/1 "2026-01-09T20:17:15Z")

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Hoi, this one is puzzling me for a few weeks 🙂

How to change the first day of the week in Raven Calendar from Sunday to Monday? (Ubuntu Budgie 24.04 LTS)

I’ve tried change LC\_TIME locale, searching for a GNOME setting, looking at [Raven source code](https://github.com/BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop/blob/v10.9.x/src/raven/widgets/calendar/calendar.vala) - but not luck.

TIA

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**Author:** ![jlb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/jlb/32/4919_2.png) [@jlb](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/jlb)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 5:21am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/raven-calendar-first-day-of-the-week/8500/2 "2026-01-10T05:21:38Z")

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Hi @mojjo!

Indeed, this setting depends on the language settings you are using.  
However, it is possible to change the first day of the week in gnome-calendar.

To check your language settings, enter `locale | grep LANG=`.  
The result for me is: `LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8`

Edit the file corresponding to your language settings with sufficient rights (for me, it’s the “fr\_FR” file):

`gedit 2> /dev/null admin:///usr/share/i18n/locales/fr_FR`

Press “Ctrl f”, search for ‘first’ and change the value of “first\_weekday”:  
`first_weekday 1`

Save and regenerate locales: `sudo locale-gen`

Log out, then log back in.

  

Sunday (_dimanche_ in French) is now the first day of the week:

 ![first_weekday](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/8/82973c562441ffdf193185ee920265b4177f6f2b.png)

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**Author:** ![mojjo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@mojjo](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/mojjo)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/raven-calendar-first-day-of-the-week/8500/3 "2026-01-10T12:35:36Z")

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Hi @jlb, thanks for a quick response.

I did a mistake in my original steps, in trying to modify the `week` parameter in the locale. After adding `first_weekday 2` to the locale, and updating the locale + relogin, Raven correctly shows the calendar. 🥳

Thanks for your help!