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El séptimo día de la semana es el domingo.

El séptimo día de la semana es el domingo.
The seventh day of the week is Sunday.
From Lesson 57:Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primero, segundo, tercero)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of El séptimo día de la semana es el domingo.

ser
to be
de
from / of
el día
the day
el domingo
Sunday
la semana
the week
séptimo
seventh

Questions & Answers about El séptimo día de la semana es el domingo.

Why is it el séptimo día and not la séptima día since día ends in an "a"?
Even though día ends in an "a", it is a masculine noun. This is an important exception to memorize! Because it's masculine, it uses the masculine article el and the masculine ordinal number séptimo.
Does séptimo ever drop its final "o" like primero (first) does?
No. In Spanish, only primero (first) and tercero (third) drop their final "o" before a masculine singular noun (becoming primer and tercer). For séptimo (seventh) and the other ordinal numbers, you keep the "o" when describing a masculine word like día.
Why does the sentence say el domingo instead of just domingo for Sunday?
In Spanish, days of the week almost always need the definite article el (or los for plurals). Whether you are using the day as the subject of a sentence like here, or saying that something happens "on Sunday", you use el domingo.
Why do we use es instead of está for the day of the week?
We always use the verb ser (which es comes from) to talk about days, dates, and time. While estar is used for temporary states or locations, identifying a day of the week or giving the date is considered a permanent fact in Spanish.

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