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October 2021 Calendar
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By clicking the button below, you will be able to download, view, edit, and print our October 2021 Calendar. On this October Calendar you will find 31 days and two major holidays: Columbus Day (Monday, October 11, 2021) and Halloween (Sunday, October 31, 2021). Columbus Day is a non-working National Holiday also known as Indigenous People’s Day, Conversely, Halloween is an American tradition where young children dress up and receive candy.
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The Month of October
Perhaps you are wondering, “Where did the month of October get its name from?” This is a great question, and you might not believe the answer! Just think for a second, where else have you heard the prefix “octo?” That’s right, octo, as in octagon and octopus, meaning eight. But why would the name of the tenth month of the year be derived from the Latin word for eight? Well, there’s a pretty interesting explanation!
In a previous version of the calendar, used in Ancient Rome, there actually were just ten months instead of twelve. This is because January and February did not exist and March began the year. Because of this, October was the eight month of the year. However, in 153 BCE, when we transferred over to the Gregorian twelve month model of the calendar that we use today, the name stuck. And so we still have the name October, technically meaning “eighth month,” even though we know it as the tenth.
Additionally, while October is in the fall season north of the equator this is not true south of the equator. In the Southern Hemisphere, seasons are opposite, making October a spring month! So, if you were to visit the Southern Hemisphere in October, the weather you would experience would feel much more like that of April.
The official birthstones for the month of October are the opal and the tourmaline. Opals are traditionally an opaque white color that glisten different shades of greens and reds in bright light. Tourmaline stones, on the other hand, are a translucent pink color. While this stone does come in other colors, the pink variety is what is assigned to those born in the month of October.
The calendula is the flower assigned to October. Calendulas are in the daisy family and come in many colors, the most popular being orange and yellow. This flower is said to represent fertility and creativity.
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A year is divided into 12 months in the modern-day Gregorian calendar. The months are either 28, 29, 30, or 31 days long.
Each month has either 28, 30, or 31 days during a common year, which has 365 days. During leap years, which occur nearly every 4 years, we add an extra (intercalary) day, Leap Day, on 29 February, making leap years 366 days long.
This is to keep our current calendar aligned with the solar year and astronomical seasons marked by equinoxes and solstices.
The 12 Months
The Gregorian calendar consists of the following 12 months:
- January - 31 days
- February - 28 days in a common year and 29 days in leap years
- March - 31 days
- April - 30 days
- May - 31 days
- June - 30 days
- July - 31 days
- August - 31 days
- September - 30 days
- October - 31 days
- November - 30 days
- December - 31 days
Tracking the Moon's Orbit
The months originated as a way to mark time and break up the year into shorter periods based on the Moon’s orbit around Earth. The word month is even derived from the word Moon.
As far as we know, months were first used in Mesopotamia sometime between the years 500 BCE and 400 BCE to measure the natural period related to the lunar month, or synodic month, which is the time it takes for the Moon to go through all the Moon phases.
How Many Have 28, 29, 30, or 31 Days?
The Gregorian calendar has 4 months that are 30 days long and 7 months that are 31 days long. February is the only month that is 28 days long in common years and 29 days long in leap years.
From 10 to 12 Months
Our current Gregorian calendar and its predecessor, the Julian calendar, both have 12 months. However, the month names we use today are derived from the Roman calendar, which initially had only 10 months, with the calendar year starting in March (Martius).
The Romans named some of the months after their position in the calendar year: September means the 7th month, October the 8th, November the 9th, and December the 10th month. However, when January and February were eventually added and the beginning of the calendar year was moved to January, the position of these months no longer corresponded with the original meaning of their names. Today, we still call the 9th month of the year September, the 7th month.
The Islamic calendar, the Hebrew calendar, and the Hindu calendar also use months to divide up the year. Although the Gregorian calendar is the most commonly used calendar today, other calendars are still used in many parts of the world to calculate certain holidays and annual feasts.
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Months in the ancient Roman calendar include:
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- Mercedonius - an occasional month after February that would be used to realign the Roman calendar. Today we use Leap Day for this alignment.
- Quintilis - renamed July in honor of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE.
- Sextilis - renamed August in honor of Roman Emperor Augustus in 8 BCE.