JANUARY. January is named for Janus (Januarius), the god of the doorway and beginnings in Roman mythology, where the Latin word for door (Juana) comes from. January is the door to the year. Traditionally the original Roman calendar consisted of 10 months, totalling 304 days, winter being considered a monthless period. Around 173 BC, the semi-mythological successor of Romulus, King Numa Pompilius, is supposed to have added the months of January and February, allowing the calender to equal a standard lunar year of 355 days. The first day of the month is knows as New Year's Day.
FEBRUARY. February is the second month of the calendar year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with the ength of 28 or 29 days. The month has 29 days in leap years, when the year number is divisible by four (except for years that are divisible by 100 and not by 400 in the Gregorian calendar). February was named after the Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual. Februa held on February 15 of the month in the old Roman Calender. January and February were the last two months to be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless priod. They were added by Numa Pompilius about 700 BC. February remained the last month of the calendar uear until the time of the decemvirus (c. 450 BC),when it became the second month. At certain intervals Roman priests inserted an intercalary month, Intercalaris, after February to realign the year with the seasons.
MARCH.March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of the seven Gregorian months months with the length of 31 days. In ancient Rome, March was called Martius, named after Mars, the Roman god of War. March was originally the first month of the Roman Calendar before the winter months of January and February were added about 700 BC by King Numa Pompilius. It ceased to be the first month of the calendar year (the year when displayed as twelve months) about450 BC during the time of the decemvirs, when January assumed that position. Roman consuls entered office in March between 222 BC and 153 BC, hence Roman events dated via the consular year began in March during that period. The numbered year began on March 1 in Russia until the end of the fifteenth century. Great Britain and her colonies continued to use March 25 until 1752, the same year they finally adopted the Gregorian calender.
APRIL. April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of the four with the length of 30 days. The derivation of the name (Latin Aprilis) is uncertain. The traditional etymology from the Latin aperire, "to open" in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to "open", is supposed by comparison with the modern Greek use for spring. Since all the Roman months were named in honour of divinities, and as April was sacred to Venus, the Festum Veneris et Fortunae Viurilis being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her Greek name Aphrodite, or from the Estruscan name Apru. Jacob Grimm suggests the name of a hypothetical god or hero, aper or Aprus.
MAY. May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar and one of the seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. The month may have been named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May. In Japan, there is the so called May sickness where new student or workers start to be tired of their new schoolwork or jobs. (In Japan schoolyears and fiscal years start on April 1st). In Finnish, the month is called as toukokuu, meaning 'month of sowing'. In Slovene, it is called veliki traven, which means the month of high grass.
JUNE. June is the sixth month in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days. The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. The first Monday in June is one of the public holidays in the Republic of Ireland, in the Irish Calendar the month is called Meitheamh andis the middle month of the summer season. The solstice called the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere occurs on dates varying from 20 June to 22 June. In the pagan wheel of the year, the summer solstice is the time of litha and the winter solstice is that of Yule.
JULY.
AUGUST. August is the eigth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar and one of the seventh Gregorian month with the length 31 days. This month was Originally named Sextilis in Latin becaue it was the sixth month in the ancient Roman Calendar, which started in march about 750 BC under Romulus. It was renamed in honour of Augustus in 8BC because several of the most significant events in his rise to power, culminating in the fall of Alexandria, fell in this month.
SEPTEMBER. September is the ninth month of the year Gregorian Calendar and one of the four months to have 30 days. In Latin Septi means seven and septem means seventh. September was also the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC. The origin of the name may also be attributed to the Vedic culture. In sanskrit, Sapta refers to seven and ambar means sky. Sapt-ambar referred to the seventh sky or month in the vedic culture.
OCTOBER. October is the tenth month of the Gregorian Calendar and one of the seven months to have 30 days. In the pagan wheel of the year, November begins at or near Samhain
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
FEBRUARY. February is the second month of the calendar year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with the ength of 28 or 29 days. The month has 29 days in leap years, when the year number is divisible by four (except for years that are divisible by 100 and not by 400 in the Gregorian calendar). February was named after the Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual. Februa held on February 15 of the month in the old Roman Calender. January and February were the last two months to be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless priod. They were added by Numa Pompilius about 700 BC. February remained the last month of the calendar uear until the time of the decemvirus (c. 450 BC),when it became the second month. At certain intervals Roman priests inserted an intercalary month, Intercalaris, after February to realign the year with the seasons.
MARCH.March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of the seven Gregorian months months with the length of 31 days. In ancient Rome, March was called Martius, named after Mars, the Roman god of War. March was originally the first month of the Roman Calendar before the winter months of January and February were added about 700 BC by King Numa Pompilius. It ceased to be the first month of the calendar year (the year when displayed as twelve months) about450 BC during the time of the decemvirs, when January assumed that position. Roman consuls entered office in March between 222 BC and 153 BC, hence Roman events dated via the consular year began in March during that period. The numbered year began on March 1 in Russia until the end of the fifteenth century. Great Britain and her colonies continued to use March 25 until 1752, the same year they finally adopted the Gregorian calender.
APRIL. April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of the four with the length of 30 days. The derivation of the name (Latin Aprilis) is uncertain. The traditional etymology from the Latin aperire, "to open" in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to "open", is supposed by comparison with the modern Greek use for spring. Since all the Roman months were named in honour of divinities, and as April was sacred to Venus, the Festum Veneris et Fortunae Viurilis being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her Greek name Aphrodite, or from the Estruscan name Apru. Jacob Grimm suggests the name of a hypothetical god or hero, aper or Aprus.
MAY. May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar and one of the seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. The month may have been named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May. In Japan, there is the so called May sickness where new student or workers start to be tired of their new schoolwork or jobs. (In Japan schoolyears and fiscal years start on April 1st). In Finnish, the month is called as toukokuu, meaning 'month of sowing'. In Slovene, it is called veliki traven, which means the month of high grass.
JUNE. June is the sixth month in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days. The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. The first Monday in June is one of the public holidays in the Republic of Ireland, in the Irish Calendar the month is called Meitheamh andis the middle month of the summer season. The solstice called the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere occurs on dates varying from 20 June to 22 June. In the pagan wheel of the year, the summer solstice is the time of litha and the winter solstice is that of Yule.
JULY.
AUGUST. August is the eigth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar and one of the seventh Gregorian month with the length 31 days. This month was Originally named Sextilis in Latin becaue it was the sixth month in the ancient Roman Calendar, which started in march about 750 BC under Romulus. It was renamed in honour of Augustus in 8BC because several of the most significant events in his rise to power, culminating in the fall of Alexandria, fell in this month.
SEPTEMBER. September is the ninth month of the year Gregorian Calendar and one of the four months to have 30 days. In Latin Septi means seven and septem means seventh. September was also the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC. The origin of the name may also be attributed to the Vedic culture. In sanskrit, Sapta refers to seven and ambar means sky. Sapt-ambar referred to the seventh sky or month in the vedic culture.
OCTOBER. October is the tenth month of the Gregorian Calendar and one of the seven months to have 30 days. In the pagan wheel of the year, November begins at or near Samhain
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
