May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the third month to have 31 days. No other month starts or ends on the same day of the week as May in any given year. May is the only month with this characteristic. 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 – May Day
5 – Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
7 – Vesak (Buddhist)
10 – Mother’s Day
15 – Bike to Work Day
16 – Armed Forces Day
18 – Victoria Day (Canada)
19 – Lailatul Qadr (Islamic)
21 – Ascension (Christian)
24 – Eid al-Fitr (Islamic)
25 – Memorial Day Observed
28 – Ascension (Orthodox Christian)
28 – Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í)
29 – Shavuot (Jewish)
31 – Pentecost (Christian)

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April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian calendar, 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
5 – Palm Sunday (Christian)
7 – Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu)
9 – Passover Begins (Jewish)
10 – Good Friday (Christian)
12 – Easter (Christian)
12 – Palm Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
13 – Easter Monday (Canada)
19 – Pascha (Orthodox Christian)
21 – Yom HaShoah (Jewish)
22 – Earth Day
24 – Arbor Day
24 – Ramadan Begins (Islamic)
25 – ANZAC Day (AUS, NZ)
27 – Freedom Day (South Africa)

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March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 19th marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
Flower: Daffodil
Birthstone: Bloodstone

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
2 – Great Lent (Orthodox Christian)
8 – Daylight Saving Time Begins
8 – International Women’s Day
10 – Holi (Hindu)
10 – Purim (Jewish)
17 – St. Patrick’s Day
19 – Ostara (Pagan/Wiccan)
19 – Spring Equinox
20 – Naw-Ruz (Bahá’í & Persian New Year)

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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)
16 – Religious Freedom Day
20 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
25 – Chinese New Year
26 – Australia Day (Australia)
26 – Republic Day (India)
27 – Holocaust Remembrance Day
29 – Vasant Panchami (Hindu)

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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 – Advent Begins
1 – World AIDS Day
3 – GivingTuesday
7 – Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
8 – Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
10 – Human Rights Day
12 – Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic)
21 – Winter Solstice
21 – Yule (Pagan/Wiccan)
23 – Hanukkah Begins (Jewish)
25 – Christmas
26 – Boxing Day (Canada, UK)
26 – Kwanzaa Begins (African American)
31 – New Year’s Eve

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November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the last of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the last of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. November was the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar. November retained its name, despite novem coming from the Latin for “nine,” when January and February were added to the Roman calendar.
Flower: Chrysanthemum
Birthstone: Topaz

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)
3 – Daylight Saving Time Ends
5 – Election Day
11 – Remembrance Day (AU, CA)
11 – Veterans Day
12 – Birth of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í)
20 – Universal Children’s Day
28 – Thanksgiving

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