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, wife of the Roman god Jupiter.
Flower: Rose
Birthstone: Pearl

Here are a few of the special days during this month:
5 – World Environment Day
10 – Ascension (Orthodox Christian)
10 – Annular Solar Eclipse, 6:42 am EDT
12 – Loving Day
14 – Flag Day
19 – Juneteenth
20 – Father’s Day
20 – Pentecost (Orthodox Christian)
20 – Summer Solstice, 11:32 pm EDT
20 – World Refugee Day
24 – St. Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec)

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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
2 – Good Friday (Christian)
4 – Easter (Christian)
5 – Easter Monday (AUS, CA, UK)
8 – Yom HaShoah (Jewish)
13 – Ramadan Begins (Islamic)
22 – Earth Day
25 – ANZAC Day (AUS, NZ)
25 – Palm Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
26 – Full Moon, 11:31 pm EDT
27 – Freedom Day (South Africa)
27 – Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu)
30 – Arbor Day

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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 20th 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:
8 – International Women’s Day
11 – Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
14 – Daylight Saving Time Begins
14 – Mother’s Day (UK)
14 – Pi Day
15 – Great Lent (Orthodox Christian)
17 – St. Patrick’s Day
20 – Naw-Ruz (Bahá’í & Persian New Year)
20 – Ostara (Pagan/Wiccan)
20 – Spring Equinox
28 – British Summer Time Begins (UK)
28 – Palm Sunday (Christian)
28 – Passover Begins (Jewish)
28 – Full Moon, 2:48 pm EDT
29 – Holi (Hindu)

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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
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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