ABOUT MONTHS Mariam Grigoryan and Diana Tangyan January

ABOUT MONTHS Mariam Grigoryan and Diana Tangyan

January • 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. • Conventionally – Պայմանականորեն • Transitions - անցումներ • Roman mythology - Հռոմեական դիցաբանություն

February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month of the year as it is the only month to have a length of less than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years, with the quadrennial 29 th day being called the "leap day. Julian and Gregorian – Ջուլիան և Գրեգորիան Ազգեր Length – Երկար Quadrennial – Քառանկյուն

March • March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second month to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. • Northern Hemisphere - Հյուսիսային կիսագունդ • Meteorological – Օդերևութաբանական , եղանակ կանխատեսող կամ եղանակ հայտնող • Occurs - Տեղի է ունենում

April • April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and the first month to have the length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. • Associated – կապակցված • Equivalent – համարժեք

May • May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the third month to have the length of 31 days. • May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Late May typically marks the start of the summer vacation season in the United States and Canada and ends on Labor Day, first Monday of September. • Therefore – հետևաբար • Vice versa - Ընդհակառակը

June • June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the second month to have the length of 30 days. June contains the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the day with the most daylight hours, and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, the day with the fewest daylight hours. June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. • Solstice – Արևադարձային

July • July is the seventh month of the year (between June and August) in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the fourth month to have the length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honor of Roman general Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. Prior to that, it was called Quintiles. • Prior - նախորդում

August • August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, falling between July and September, and the fifth month to have the length of 31 days. In the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, and March was the first month of the year.

September • September is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the third month to have the length of 30 days. September in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological autumn is on 1 September. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological spring is on 1 September.

October • October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the sixth month to have the length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans.

November • November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the fourth and last month to have the length of 30 days. November was the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar. November retained its name from the Latin novem meaning nine, when January and February were added to the Roman calendar.

December • December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars. It is the seventh and last month to have the 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.