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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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:
2 – Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
9 – Yom Kippur (Jewish)
14 – Columbus Day Observed
14 – Indigenous Peoples Day
14 – Sukkot Begins (Jewish)
14 – Thanksgiving (Canada)
20 – Birth of the Báb (Bahá’í)
22 – Simchat Torah (Jewish)
24 – United Nations Day
27 – Diwali (Hindu)
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:
1 – Muharram (Islamic New Year)
2 – Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)
2 – Labor Day (USA, Canada)
8 – Grandparents Day
8 – International Literacy Day
10 – Ashurah (Islamic)
11 – Patriot Day
13 – Mid-Autumn Festival (Asian)
16 – Independence Day (Mexico)
17 – Constitution Day
21 – International Day of Peace
23 – Autumnal Equinox
23 – Mabon (Pagan/Wiccan)
29 – Navaratri (Hindu)
30 – Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)

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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)
5 – Civic Holiday (Canada)
11 – Tisha B’Av (Jewish)
12 – Eid al-Adha (Islamic)
15 – Dormition of the Theotokos (Orthodox Christian)

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