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. It was originally named Sextilis in Latin because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, and March was the first month of the year. About 700 BC, it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 46 BC (708 AUC), giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC, it was renamed in honor of Augustus. According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.
Flower: Poppy
Birthstone: Sardonyx

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
8/1 – Lughnasa (Pagan/Wiccan)
8/6 – Civic Holiday (Canada)
8/15 – Dormition of the Theotokos (Orthodox Christian)
8/22 – Eid al-Adha (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. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. Prior to that, it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the 10-month calendar.
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
14 – Bastille Day (France)
22 – Tisha B’Av (Jewish)

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June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the second of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June was named either for Juniores, the lower branch of the Roman Senate, or for Juno, the wife of Jupiter, a Roman god.
Flower: Rose
Birthstone: Pearl

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
5 – World Environment Day
11 – Lailatul Qadr (Islamic)
12 – Loving Day
14 – Flag Day
15 – Eid al-Fitr (Islamic)
17 – Father’s Day
19 – Juneteenth
20 – World Refugee Day
21 – Summer Solstice
24 – St. Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec)

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May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the third month to have 31 days. May is also the month with the shortest name.
Flower: Lily of the Valley and the common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), also known as “may blossom.”
Birthstone: Emerald

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
1 – Beltane (Pagan/Wiccan)
1 – Lailatul Bara’ah (Islamic)
1 – May Day
5 – Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
10 – Ascension (Christian)
13 – Mother’s Day
16 – Ramadan Begins (Islamic)
17 – Ascension (Orthodox Christian)
18 – Bike to Work Day
19 – Armed Forces Day
20 – Pentecost (Christian)
20 – Shavuot (Jewish)
21 – Victoria Day (Canada)
27 – Pentecost (Orthodox Christian)
28 – Memorial Day Observed
29 – Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í)
29 – Saka Dawa (Tibetan Buddhist)

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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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