October
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October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.
October begins in western tropical astrology with the sun in the sign of Libra and ends in the sign of Scorpio. Astronomically speaking, the sun actually begins in the constellation of Virgo and ends in the constellation of Libra.
In Latin, octo means "eight". The origin of the name may also be attributed to Vedic culture; Octa refers to "eight" and Ambar means "sky". "Oct-Ambar" referred to the eighth sky or month in the Vedic culture. October was also the eighth month in the Roman calendar until a monthless winter period (summer in the southern hemisphere) was divided between January and February.
October events
Halloween - 31st Thanksgiving (Canada) - Second Monday of OctoberOther names
- In Albanian, October is called Tetor
- In Czech, October is called říjen. The origin of this name is in the deer's belling in this month.
- A traditional Dutch name for October is Wijnmaand ("wine month") because the first wines of the year have ripened.
- In Finnish, October is called lokakuu, meaning "month of dirt".
- In Scottish Gaelic, October is called an Damhar, meaning "rutting time" (of stags).
- In Irish, October is called Deireadh Fómhair, meaning "end of harvest-time".
- In Turkish, October is called Ekim, meaning "sowing" because of the sowing of wheat.
- In the old Japanese calendar, the month is called Kan'na dzuki (神無月), meaning the absence of god.
- In Croatian, October is called Listopad, meaning leaves list fall pad.
- In French, October is called "Octobre".
- In Spanish, October is called "Octubre".
- In Polish, October is called "Październik".
- In Lithuanian, October is called Spalis
- In Swedish and German, October is called Oktober
Trivia
- October begins on the same day of the week as January in common years.
- October in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.
- October's birthstone is the opal or tourmaline.
- October's flower is the calendula or cosmos.
- Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October.
- The month October has become famous as "Red October", due to the Russian October revolution of 1917.
- In the nineteenth century, the month of October was dedication to devotion to the rosary in Roman Catholic countries.
See also
External links
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