It has no real basis in the natural world, hence why the week has had so many different lengths.
In the Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Chinese calendars it was 10 days. The Romans originally had an 8 day week, for the Celts it was 9 days, and the Aztecs had a 5 day week. (source: https://twitter.com/culturaltutor/status/1630001017474412546)
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