April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and the first month to have the length of 30 days. April is also National Poetry Month.
Flower: Daisy or Sweet Pea
Birthstone: Diamond

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
1 – April Fools’ Day
1 – Easter (Christian)
1 – Palm Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
2 – Easter Monday (Canada)
8 – Pascha (Orthodox Christian)
12 – Yom HaShoah (Jewish)
13 – Isra/Mi’raj (Islamic)
22 – Earth Day
25 – ANZAC Day (Australia, New Zealand)
27 – Arbor Day
27 – Freedom Day (South Africa)
29 – Vesak (Buddhist)

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February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month of the year as it is the only month to have a length of less than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years, with the quadrennial 29th day being called the “leap day.”
Flower: Violet
Birthstone: Amethyst

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
1 – Imbolc (Pagan/Wiccan)
1 – Feast of Saint Brighid
2 – Groundhog Day
6 – Waitangi Day (New Zealand)
11 – Random Acts of Kindness Week
12 – Lincoln’s Birthday
13 – Mardi Gras
14 – Ash Wednesday (Christian)
14 – Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
14 – Valentine’s Day
15 – Flag Day (Canada)
15 – Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
16 – Chinese New Year
16 – Losar (Tibetan New Year)
19 – Great Lent (Orthodox Christian)
19 – Presidents’ Day
22 – Washington’s Birthday

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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)
15 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
16 – Religious Freedom Day
22 – Vasant Panchami (Hindu)
26 – Australia Day (Australia)
26 – Republic Day (India)
27 – Holocaust Remembrance Day
31 – Tu B’Shevat (Jewish)

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November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the fourth and last month to have the length of 30 days. November was the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar.
Flower: Chrysanthemum
Birthstone: Topaz or Citrine

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
1 – All Saints’ Day (Christian)
1 – Day of the Dead (Mexico)
2 – All Souls’ Day (Christian)
5 – Daylight Saving Time Ends
7 – Election Day
11 – Remembrance Day (AU, CA)
11 – Veterans Day
12 – Birth of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í)
20 – Universal Children’s Day
23 – Thanksgiving

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From the Latin word septem, meaning “seven,” September was the seventh month in the Roman calendar until 45 B.C., when Julius Caesar revised the calendar.
Flower: Aster
Birthstone: Saphire

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
1 – Eid al-Adha (Islamic)
4 – Labor Day (USA, Canada)
8 – International Literacy Day
10 – Grandparents Day
11 – Patriot Day
16 – Independence Day (Mexico)
18 – Constitution Day Observed
21 – International Day of Peace
21 – Muharram (Islamic New Year)
21 – Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
22 – Autumnal Equinox
22 – Mabon (Pagan/Wiccan)
30 – Ashurah (Islamic)
30 – Yom Kippur (Jewish)

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