JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Sam Tyson
HTML
<select id='start-day'></select>
JavaScript
let dt = new Date('12/25/2016'); // known Sunday
let iterable = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6];
for(let i of iterable) {
let o = new Option(dt.toLocaleString('en-us', { weekday: 'long' }), i);
$('#start-day').append(o);
dt.setDate(dt.getDate() + 1);
}