January (in Latin, Ianuarius) is named after the Latin word for door (ianua), since January is the door to the year and an opening to new beginnings. The month is conventionally thought of as being named after Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions in Roman mythology. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer).
Flower: Carnation
Birthstone: Garnet

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
1 – New Year’s Day
6 – Epiphany (Christian)
7 – Christmas (Orthodox Christian)
14 – Old New Year (Orthodox Christian)
16 – Religious Freedom Day
18 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
20 – Inauguration Day
26 – Australia Day (Australia)
26 – Republic Day (India)
27 – Holocaust Remembrance Day
28 – Tu B’Shevat (Jewish)
28 – Full Moon, 2:16 pm EST

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December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and is the last of seven months to have a length of 31 days. December got its name from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the Roman calendar, which began in March.
Flower: Narcissus
Birthstone: Turquoise, Zircon, and Tanzanite

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
1 – World AIDS Day
7 – Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
8 – Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
10 – Human Rights Day
11 – Hanukkah Begins (Jewish)
12 – Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic)
21 – Winter Solstice
21 – Yule (Pagan/Wiccan)
25 – Christmas
26 – Boxing Day (Canada, UK)
26 – Kwanzaa Begins (African American)
29 – Full Moon, 10:28 pm EST
31 – New Year’s Eve

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October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars. It is the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Originally the eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name—from the Latin ôctō meaning “eight”—after January and February were inserted to bring the calendar to 12 months.
Flower: Marigolds
Birthstone: Opal, Tourmaline

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
1 – Full Moon, 5:05 pm EDT
1 – Mid-Autumn Festival (Asian)
2 – Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
3 – Sukkot Begins (Jewish)
11 – Simchat Torah (Jewish)
12 – Columbus Day Observed
12 – Indigenous Peoples’ Day
12 – Thanksgiving (Canada)
17 – Navaratri (Hindu)
18 – Birth of the Báb (Bahá’í)
19 – Birth of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í)
24 – United Nations Day
31 – Full Moon, 10:49 am EDT
31 – Halloween
31 – Samhain (Pagan/Wiccan)

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September is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the third of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the fourth of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. September (from Latin septem, “seven”) was originally the seventh of ten months in the oldest known Roman calendar.
Flower: Aster
Birthstone: Sapphire

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
2 – Full Moon, 1:22 am EDT
7 – Labor Day (USA, Canada)
8 – International Literacy Day
11 – Patriot Day
13 – Grandparents Day
16 – Independence Day (Mexico)
17 – Constitution Day
19 – Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
21 – International Day of Peace
22 – Autumnal Equinox
22 – Mabon (Pagan/Wiccan)
28 – Yom Kippur (Jewish)

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August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Formerly named Sextilis, it was originally the sixth month in the ten-month Roman calendar. It became the eighth month around 700 BC, when King Numa Pompilius added January and February to the beginning of the calendar year; he also made the month 29 days long. Julius Caesar later added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 46 BC, giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC, it was renamed to August to honor the great triumphs of the Roman Emperor Augustus.
Flower: Poppy
Birthstone: Sardonyx

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
1 – Lughnasa (Pagan/Wiccan)
3 – Civic Holiday (Canada)
3 – Full Moon 11:59 am EDT
15 – Dormition of the Theotokos (Orthodox Christian)
20 – Muharram (Islamic New Year)
22 – Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)
29 – Ashurah (Islamic)

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July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, and the fourth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Originally called Quintilis (for the fifth month of the 10-month Roman calendar), July was renamed by the Roman Senate in honor of Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth.
Flower: Larkspur
Birthstone: Ruby

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
1 – Canada Day (Canada)
4 – Independence Day
6 – Dalai Lama’s Birthday
11 – World Population Day
14 – Bastille Day (France)
18 – Nelson Mandela’s Birthday
30 – Tisha B’Av (Jewish)
31 – Eid al-Adha (Islamic)

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