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August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days.[1]
In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere. In many European countries, August is the holiday month for most workers.
Certain meteor showers take place in August. The Kappa Cygnids take place in August with the dates varying each year, the Alpha Capricornids meteor shower takes place as early as July 10 and ends at around August 10, and the Southern Delta Aquariids take place from mid-July to mid-August with the peak usually around July 28–29. The Perseids, a major meteor shower, typically takes place between July 17 - August 24, with the days of the peak varying yearly.
The star cluster of Messier 30 is best observed around August.
This month was originally named Sextilis in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, when March was the first month of the year. About 700 BC it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 45 BC giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of Augustus (despite common belief, he did not take a day from February; see the debunked theory on month lengths). According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.[2]
In ancient Rome, Supplicia canum was held on August 3, Lychnapsia was held on August 12, Nemoralia was held from August 13–15 (or on the full moon of August), Tiberinalia and Portumnalia were held on August 17, Consuales Ludi was held on August 18, Vinalia rustica was held on August 19, Vulcanalia was held on August 23, Opiconsivia was held on August 25, and Volturnalia was held on August 27. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.
August is the month with highest birth rate in the United States.[3]
Contents
- 1 August symbols
- 2 Observances
- 3 Non-Gregorian observances, 2016
- 4 Month-long observances
- 5 Movable Gregorian observances, 2016
- 5.1 1st Monday - August 1
- 5.2 1st Tuesday - August 2
- 5.3 1st Friday - August 5
- 5.4 1st Saturday - August 6
- 5.5 Sunday on or closest to August 9 - August 6
- 5.6 1st Sunday - August 7
- 5.7 2nd Monday - August 8
- 5.8 2nd Tuesday - August 9
- 5.9 2nd Saturday - August 13
- 5.10 2nd Sunday - August 14
- 5.11 3rd Monday - August 15
- 5.12 3rd Friday - August 19
- 5.13 Third Weekend - August 20–21
- 5.14 Sunday nearest August 26 - August 28
- 5.15 Last Sunday - August 28
- 5.16 Sunday Nearest August 26 - August 28
- 5.17 Last Monday - August 29
- 6 Fixed Gregorian Observances
- 7 References
- 8 Further reading
August symbols[edit]
- August's birthstones are the peridot and sardonyx.
- Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family.[4]
- The Western zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 21) and Virgo (from August 22 onwards).
Observances[edit]
This list does not necessarily imply either official status or general observance.
Non-Gregorian observances, 2016[edit]
(please note that all Jewish observances, which are set by the Hebrew calendar, begin at sunset the day prior to the date listed and end on the sunset of the date in question)
- Chaturmas (Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism): July 15 - November 15
- Vassa (Buddhism): July 20 - October 16[5]
- Aadi Perukku: August 2 (Tamil calendar, Hinduism)
- Shravana Amavasya: August 2 (Hinduism)
- Gai Jatra: August 3 (Nepali Vikram Samvat calendar, Hinduism)
- Ghost Festival: August 3 (Chinese calendar)
- Hecate's Deipnon: August 3 (Attic calendar, modern Hellenism)[6]
- Dhu al-Qi'dah: August 4-Sept 1, one of the four sacred months on the Islamic calendar[7]
- Birth of Janab-e-Masoom-e-Qum: August 4 (Islamic calendar, Shia sect) [8]
- Noumenia: August 4 (Attic calendar, modern Hellenism)[6]
- Yom Kippur Katan: August 4 (optional) (Hebrew calendar)
- Haryali Teej: August 5 (Hinduism)
- Rosh Chodesh of Av/Fast of Aaron: August 5 (fast is optional and is generally only observed by Chevra kadisha) (Hebrew calendar)
- Feast of the First Fruits of Wine: August 7 (Hebrew calendar, Biblical, not celebrated by any modern Jewish sect)
- Nag Panchami: August 7 (Hinduism)
- Raksha Bandhan: August 7 (Indian National Calendar, Hinduism)
- Tendong Lho Rumfaat: August 8 (Sikkim, India) [9]
- Amordadegan festival: August 9 Iranian calendar
- Remembrance of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah - August 9 (Islamic calendar, Shia sect) [10]
- Qixi Festival: August 9 (Chinese calendar)
- Varalakshmi Vratam: August 12 (Hinduism)
- Shabbat Chazon: August 13 (Hebrew calendar)
- Jhulan Purnima: August 14–18 (Hinduism)
- Birth of Imam Ali Reza - August 14 (Islamic calendar, Shia sect) [11]
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi: August 14 (Hinduism)
- Tisha B'Av: August 14 (Hebrew calendar)
- Ghanta Karna: August 17 (Nepali Vikram Samvat calendar)
- Raksha Bandhan: August 18 (Hinduism, Jainism)
- Feast of Asmá' (Names) - August 19[12] (Bahai calendar)
- Nikini Poya: August 19 (Sri Lanka) [13]
- Tu B'Av: August 19 (Hebrew calendar)
- Shabat Nachamu: August 20 (Hebrew calendar)
- Kajari Teej: August 21 (Hinduism)
- Teejdi: August 21 (Sindhi Hinduism)
- Krishna Janmashtami: August 25 (Indian National Calendar, Hinduism)
- Nandotsava: August 26 (Indian National Calendar, Hinduism)
- Aja Ekadashi: August 28 (Hinduism)[14]
- Multiple Shia days of remembrance - August 28 (Islamic calendar, Shia sect) [15]
Month-long observances[edit]
- American Adventures Month (celebrating vacationing in the Americas)[16]
- Children's Eye Health and Safety Month[17]
- Digestive Tract Paralysis (DTP) Month[18]
- Get Ready for Kindergarten Month[19]
- Happiness Happens Month
- Month of Philippine Languages (Philippines)[20]
- Neurosurgery Outreach Month[21]
- Psoriasis Awareness Month[22]
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month[23]
- What Will Be Your Legacy Month[24]
United States month long observances[edit]
- National Black Business Month[25]
- National Children's Vision and Learning Month[26]
- National Immunization Awareness Month[27]
- National Water Quality Month[28]
- National Win with Civility Month[29]
Food Months in the United States[edit]
- Catfish Month[30]
- National Dippin' Dots Month[30]
- Family Meals Month[30]
- Get Acquainted with Kiwifruit Month[30]
- National Goat Cheese Month.[31]
- National Panini Month[32]
- Peach Month[30]
- Sandwich Month[30]
Movable Gregorian observances, 2016[edit]
- Construction Holiday (Quebec): July 24 to August 6 [33]
- National Farmer's Market Week: August 7-13 [34]
- National Science Week (Australia): August 13-21[35]
- Ecological Debt Day: August 20[36]
1st Monday - August 1[edit]
- August Bank Holiday (Ireland)
- Children's Day (Tuvalu)
- Civic Holiday (Canada)
- Commerce Day (Iceland)
- Emancipation Day (Anguilla, Antigua, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis)
- Farmer's Day (Zambia)
- Kadooment Day (Barbados)
- Labor Day (Samoa)
- National Day (Jamaica)
- Picnic Day (Northern Territory, Australia)
- Somers' Day (Bermuda)
- Youth Day (Kiribati)
1st Tuesday - August 2[edit]
1st Friday - August 5[edit]
1st Saturday - August 6[edit]
Sunday on or closest to August 9 - August 6[edit]
1st Sunday - August 7[edit]
- Air Force Day (Ukraine)
- American Family Day (Arizona, United States)
- Children's Day (Uruguay)
- International Forgiveness Day
- Railway Workers' Day (Russia)
2nd Monday - August 8[edit]
2nd Tuesday - August 9[edit]
2nd Saturday - August 13[edit]
2nd Sunday - August 14[edit]
- Children's Day (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay)
- Father's Day (Brazil, Samoa)
- Melon Day (Turkmenistan)
- Navy Day (Bulgaria)
3rd Monday - August 15[edit]
- Independence Day (India),
- Day of Hearts (Haarlem and Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Discovery Day (Yukon, Canada)
- National Mourning Day (Bangladesh)
3rd Friday - August 19[edit]
Third Weekend - August 20–21[edit]
3rd Saturday - August 20[edit]
3rd Sunday - August 21[edit]
Last Thursday[edit]
Sunday nearest August 26 - August 28[edit]
Last Sunday - August 28[edit]
- Coal Miner's Day (some former Soviet Union countries)
- National Grandparents Day (Taiwan)
Sunday Nearest August 26 - August 28[edit]
Last Monday - August 29[edit]
- Father's Day (South Sudan)
- Heroes' Day (Philippines)
- Liberation Day (Hong Kong)
- Late Summer Bank Holiday (England, Northern Ireland and Wales)
Fixed Gregorian Observances[edit]
- Season of Emancipation (April 14 to August 23) (Barbados)
- International Clown Week (August 1–7)
- World Breastfeeding Week (August 1–7)
- August 1
- Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)
- Armed Forces Day (China)
- Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan)
- Emancipation Day (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands)
- Imbolc (Neopaganism, Southern hemisphere only)
- Lammas (England, Scotland, Neopaganism, Northern Hemisphere only)
- Lughnasadh (Gaels, Ireland, Scotland, Neopaganism, Northern Hemisphere only)
- Minden Day (United Kingdom)
- National Day (Benin)
- Official Birthday and Coronation Day of the King of Tonga (Tonga)
- Pachamama Raymi (Quechua people in Ecuador and Peru)
- Parents' Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Procession of the Cross and the beginning of Dormition Fast (Eastern Orthodoxy)
- Statehood Day (Colorado)
- Swiss National Day (Switzerland)
- Victory Day (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam)
- World Scout Scarf Day
- Yorkshire Day (Yorkshire, England)
- August 2
- August 3
- August 4
- August 5
- August 6
- August 7
- August 8
- August 9
- August 10
- August 11
- August 12
- August 13
- August 14
- August 15
- Armed Forces Day (Poland)
- Feast Day of the Assumption of Mary (Catholic holy days of obligation, a public holiday in many countries.
- Ferragosto (Italy)
- Māras (Latvia)
- Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica)
- National Acadian Day (Acadians)
- Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)
- Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
- The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church)
- The main day of Bon Festival (Japan), and its related observances:
- Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
- End-of-war Memorial Day, when the National Memorial Service for War Dead is held. (Japan)
- Founding of Asunción (Paraguay)
- Independence Day (Korea)
- Gwangbokjeol (South Korea)
- Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)
- Independence Day (India)
- Independence Day (Republic of the Congo)
- National Day (Liechtenstein)
- National Mourning Day (Bangladesh)
- Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom)
- August 16
- Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)
- Children's Day (Paraguay)
- Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)
- The first day of the Independence Days (Gabon)
- National Airborne Day (United States)
- Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)
- August 17
- August 18
- August 19
- Afghan Independence Day (Afghanistan)
- August Revolution Commemoration Day (Vietnam)
- Birthday of Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway)
- Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances:
- Buhe (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
- Saviour's Transfiguration, popularly known as the "Apples Feast" (Russian Orthodox Church and Georgian Orthodox Church)
- Manuel Luis Quezón Day (Quezon City and other places in The Philippines named after Manuel L. Quezon)
- National Aviation Day (United States)
- National Potato Day (United States)
- World Humanitarian Day
- August 20
- August 21
- Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)
- Youth Day/King Mohammed VI's Birthday (Morocco)
- August 22
- August 23
- Battle of Kursk Day (Russia)
- Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)
- European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism or Black Ribbon Day (European Union and other countries), and related observances:
- International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- Umhlanga Day (Swaziland)
- August 24
- August 25
- August 26
- August 27
- August 28
- Assumption of Mary (Eastern Orthodox Church (Public holiday in the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Georgia (country))
- Crackers of the Keyboard Day
- National Cherry Turnover Day (United States)
- August 29
- August 30
- August 31
- Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochs and Pashtuns, International observance)
- Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
- Independence Day (Federation of Malaya, Malaysia)
- Independence Day (Kyrgyzstan)
- Independence Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
- National Language Day (Moldova)
- National Trail Mix Day (United States)
- North Borneo Self-government Day (Sabah, Borneo)
References[edit]
- ^ "August." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 23 September 2008.
- ^ "Year of Julius Caesar, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin, Ed.".
- ^ "In Which Month Are the Most Babies Born?". LiveScience.com.
- ^ Birth months, flowers, and gemstones[permanent dead link], shgresources.com
- ^ http://www.watmetta.org/news/Uposatha2016.1.pdf
- ^ a b http://www.hellenion.org/calendar/2016/2016HellenionCalendar.html
- ^ http://islamicfinder.org/calendar/
- ^ http://islamicfinder.org/calendar/
- ^ http://www.sikkim.gov.in/portal/portal/StatePortal/CitizenSpace/OfficialCalendar?201608
- ^ http://islamicfinder.org/calendar/
- ^ http://islamicfinder.org/calendar/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- ^ http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/sri_lanka/index.php
- ^ http://www.festivalsofindia.in/MonthWise/
- ^ http://islamicfinder.org/calendar/
- ^ "www.americanadventures.info".
- ^ "Children's Eye Health and Safety Month".
- ^ "Online Events".
- ^ https://www.ced.org/blog/entry/august-is-get-ready-for-kindergarten-month
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ^ "AANS".
- ^ "Psoriasis Awareness Month - Take Action, One Day at a Time - National Psoriasis Foundation".
- ^ "Cure SMA - Home".
- ^ "What Will Be Your Legacy Month".
- ^ "12th annual National Black Business Month". National Black Business Month.
- ^ "August is Vision & Learning Month - College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD)".
- ^ "National Immunization Awareness Month - NIAM - CDC".
- ^ "August is National Water Quality Month". GoodSpeaks.
- ^ "MHprofessional.com".
- ^ a b c d e f "Food Days, Weeks, Months - August". UNL Food. University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
- ^ Bober, Mike. Celebrate National Goat Cheese Month with Local Favorites, dcfoodies.com
- ^ "Why Is National Panini Month In August?". Food Republic. August 20, 2012.
- ^ http://www.ccq.org/M07_CongeVacances.aspx?sc_lang=en&profil=GrandPublic
- ^ http://blogs.usda.gov/tag/national-farmers-market-week/
- ^ http://www.scienceweek.net.au/faq/
- ^ http://daysofyear.com/earth-over-shoot-day-or-ecological-debt-day/
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