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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. It is also the month with the longest name.[1]
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.[2]
September marks the beginning of the ecclesiastical year in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is the start of the academic year in many countries, in which children go back to school after the summer break, sometimes on the first day of the month.
September (Roman month) (from Latin septem, "seven") was originally the seventh of ten months on the oldest known Roman calendar, with March (Latin Martius) the first month of the year until perhaps as late as 153 BC.[3] After the calendar reform that added January and February to the beginning of the year, September became the ninth month, but retained its name. It had 29 days until the Julian reform, which added a day.
Ancient Roman observances for September include Ludi Romani, originally celebrated from September 12 to September 14, later extended to September 5 to September 19. In the last 1st century BC, an extra day was added in honor of the deified Julius Caesar on 4 September. Ludi Triumphales was held from September 18–22. The Septimontium was celebrated in September, and on December 11 on later calendars. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. In 1752, the British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar. In the British Empire that year, September 2 was immediately followed by September 14.
September was called "harvest month" in Charlemagne's calendar.[4] September corresponds partly to the Fructidor and partly to the Vendémiaire of the first French republic.[4] On Usenet, it is said that September 1993 (Eternal September) never ended. September is called Herbstmonat, harvest month, in Switzerland.[4] The Anglo-Saxons called the month Gerstmonath, barley month, that crop being then usually harvested.[4]
Contents
- 1 September in Astronomy and Astrology
- 2 September symbols
- 3 Observances
- 3.1 Non-Gregorian observances, 2017
- 3.2 Month-long observances
- 3.3 Movable Gregorian Observances, 2016 dates
- 3.3.1 Movable Western Christian observances, 2016 dates
- 3.3.2 Movable Eastern Christian observances, 2016 dates
- 3.3.3 First Thursday: September 1
- 3.3.4 First Friday: September 2
- 3.3.5 Saturday before First Monday: September 3
- 3.3.6 First Sunday: September 4
- 3.3.7 Week of September 10: September 4–10
- 3.3.8 First Monday: September 5
- 3.3.9 First Wednesday: September 7
- 3.3.10 Thursday after the first Sunday: September 8
- 3.3.11 Saturday after first Monday: September 10
- 3.3.12 Second Saturday: September 10
- 3.3.13 Week of September 17: September 11–17
- 3.3.14 Weekend of the Week of September 17: September 17–18
- 3.3.15 Week of September 22: September 18–24
- 3.3.16 Week of Sunday before September 23: September 18–24
- 3.3.17 Last full week: September 18–24
- 3.3.18 Last Sunday: September 25
- 3.3.19 Fourth Monday: September 26
- 3.3.20 Last Week of the Month: September 25-Oct 1[20]
- 3.3.21 Last Friday: September 30
- 3.3.22 Last weekday in September: September 30
- 3.4 Fixed Gregorian observances
- 4 References
- 5 External links
September in Astronomy and Astrology[edit]
Meteor showers that occur in September include the Aurigids, the Delta Aurigids which occur from mid-September to early October, the Southern Taurids, which occur from September 10 to November 20, and the Andromedids which occur from September 25-December 25.
The September equinox takes place in this month, and certain observances are organized around it. It is the Autumn equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Vernal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere. The dates can vary from 21 September to 24 September (in UTC).
September is mostly in the sixth month of the astrological calendar (and the first part of the seventh), which begins at the end of March/Mars/Aries.
September symbols[edit]
- September's birthstone is the sapphire.
- The birth flowers for September are the forget-me-not, morning glory and aster.[5][6]
- The zodiac signs for the month of September are Virgo and Libra whose end and start are related to equinox date (usually 22 or 23 September).
Observances[edit]
This list does not necessarily imply either official status or general observance.
Non-Gregorian observances, 2017[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)
Month-long observances[edit]
- Amerindian Heritage Month (Guyana)
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (United Kingdom)
- Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month[8]
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month[9]
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month[8]
- Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month[10]
United States observances[edit]
- Better Breakfast Month[11]
- Food Safety Education Month[11]
- National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month[11][12]
- Hydrocephalus Awareness Month[13]
- Pain Awareness Month
- National Preparedness Month
- National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- National Prostate Health Month
- National Sickle Cell Awareness Month[11]
- National Yoga Month
Food Months[edit]
- National Bourbon Heritage Month
- California Wine Month[14]
- National Chicken Month[11]
- National Honey Month
- National Mushroom Month[11]
- National Papaya Month[11]
- National Potato Month[11]
- National Rice Month[11]
- National Whole Grains Month[11]
- National Wild Rice Month[11]
Movable Gregorian Observances, 2016 dates[edit]
- Egyptian Engineering Day (Egypt): September 5–6[15]
- White Balloon Day (Australia): September 9[16]
- Sustainable House Day (Australia): September 11[17]
- Family Day (Australian Capital Territory): September 26 [18]
- Ally Week (United States): September 26–30 [19]
Movable Western Christian observances, 2016 dates[edit]
- Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels: September 2 (Roman Catholic Church, October 2 in most locations, first Sunday in September by special dispensation)
- Jeûne genevois (Geneva, Switzerland): September 8 (Thursday following the first Sunday of September)
- Feast of Sts Cosmas and Damian (Italian-American): September 10–11 (weekend after Labor Day)
- Racial Justice Sunday (British Churches): September 11 (second Sunday of September)
- Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer: (Switzerland) - September 18 (third Sunday of September)
- Lundi du Jeûne: (Vaud, Switzerland) - September 19 (Monday after third Sunday)
Movable Eastern Christian observances, 2016 dates[edit]
- Saturday of Souls: September 17 (Saturday closest to Sept. 23, the Conception of Saint John the Forerunner, Russian Orthodox only)
First Thursday: September 1[edit]
- Engineer's Days (Tanzania)
First Friday: September 2[edit]
- Engineer's Days (Tanzania)
- Labor Day (Marshall Islands)
- Teachers' Day (Singapore)
Saturday before First Monday: September 3[edit]
- Bacon Day (United States)
First Sunday: September 4[edit]
- Brazilian Day (International observance)
- Father's Day (Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea)
- Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels (Roman Catholic Church, October 2 in most locations)
Week of September 10: September 4–10[edit]
- National Suicide Prevention Week (United States)
First Monday: September 5[edit]
- Labor Day (Canada, United States, Palau)
First Wednesday: September 7[edit]
- Administrative Professionals' Day (South Africa)
Thursday after the first Sunday: September 8[edit]
- Jeûne genevois (Canton of Geneva, Switzerland)
Saturday after first Monday: September 10[edit]
- Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day (United States)
Second Saturday: September 10[edit]
Week of September 17: September 11–17[edit]
- Celebrate Freedom Week (Kansas and Texas, United States)
First Sunday after September 4: September 11[edit]
- Wakes Week (Parts of England and Scotland)
- Abbots Bromley Horn Dance (Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England)
Second Sunday: September 11[edit]
- Auditor's Day (Church of Scientology)
- Father's Day (Latvia)
- National Grandparents' Day (Estonia, United States)
- Racial Justice Sunday (British Churches)
- Tanker's Day (Russia)
- Turkmen Bakhshi Day (Turkmenistan)
Nearest weekday to September 12: September 12[edit]
Weekday nearest September 17: September 16[edit]
Third Friday: September 16[edit]
- National POW/MIA Recognition Day (United States)
Saturday of the Third Weekend: September 17[edit]
- Software Freedom Day (International observance)
- Oktoberfest celebrations begin (German diaspora, International observance, third Saturday)
Weekend of the Week of September 17: September 17–18[edit]
- Von Steuben Day (United States)
Sunday of the Third Weekend: September 18[edit]
- Day of the Walloon Region (Wallonia, Belgium)
- Father's Day (Ukraine)
- Warachikuy (Cusco, Peru)
Week of September 22: September 18–24[edit]
Week of Sunday before September 23: September 18–24[edit]
Last full week: September 18–24[edit]
- National Forest Week (Canada)
- National Tree Day (Wednesday of last full week): September 21
- Celebrate Freedom Week (Arkansas and Florida, United States)
Third Monday: September 19[edit]
- Respect for the Aged Day (Japan)
Third Tuesday: September 20[edit]
- Prinsjesdag (Netherlands)
Observances pertaining to the September Equinox: September 22[edit]
- Autumnal Equinox Day (Japan)
- Guldize (Cornish people)
- Higan (Japan)
- Mabon (Neopaganism, Northern Hemisphere)
- Miķeļi (Latvia)
- Ostara (Neopaganism, Southern Hemisphere)
Fourth Friday: September 23[edit]
- Native American Day (California, United States)
Last Saturday: September 24[edit]
- National Public Lands Day (United States)
Last Sunday: September 25[edit]
- Gold Star Mother's Day (United States)
Fourth Monday: September 26[edit]
- American Indian Day (Tennessee, United States)
- September Declaration (Flanders, Belgium)
Last Week of the Month: September 25-Oct 1[20][edit]
- Banned Books Week (United States)
Last Friday: September 30[edit]
- Manit Day (Marshall Islands)
Last weekday in September: September 30[edit]
- Ask a Stupid Question Day (India, United Kingdom, United States)
Fixed Gregorian observances[edit]
- September 1
- Anniversary of the Start of the Armed Struggle (Eritrea)
- Constitution Day (Slovakia)
- Disaster Prevention Day (Japan)
- Emma Nutt Day (International observance)
- First day of school in many countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
- Flag Day (Honduras)
- Independence Day (Uzbekistan)
- Journalist Day (Taiwan)
- Knowledge Day (Russia)
- Random Acts of Kindness Day (New Zealand)
- Start of National Arbor Week (South Africa), September 1–7
- Teachers' Day (Singapore)
- Wattle Day (Australia)
- September 2
- Independence Day (Transnistria, unrecognized)
- Independence Day (, unrecognized)
- National Day (Vietnam)
- Sedantag (German Empire, defunct)
- Victory over Japan Day (United States)
- September 3
- China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances:
- Armed Forces Day (Republic of China)
- V-J Day (People's Republic of China)
- Feast of San Marino and the Republic, celebrates the foundation of the Republic of in 301.
- Flag Day (Australia)
- Independence Day (Qatar)
- Levy Mwanawasa Day (Zambia)
- Memorial Day (Tunisia)
- Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada)
- Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)
- China's victory over Japan commemoration related observances:
- September 4
- Clear Day (Scientology)
- Immigrant's Day (Argentina)
- National Macadamia Nut Day (United States)
- Newspaper Carrier Day (United States)
- September 5
- International Day of Charity
- National Cheese Pizza Day (United States)
- Teachers' Day (India)
- September 6
- Armed Forces Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Defence Day or Army Day (Pakistan)
- Flag Day (Bonaire)
- Independence Day (Swaziland)
- National Coffee Ice Cream Day (United States)
- Unification Day (Bulgaria)
- September 7
- Air Force Day (Pakistan)
- Independence Day (Brazil)
- Military Intelligence Day (Ukraine)
- National Threatened Species Day (Australia)
- Victory Day (Mozambique)
- September 8
- Day of the Battle of Borodino (Russia)
- Feast Day of Our Lady of Meritxell (national holiday in Andorra)
- Feast of 'Izzat (Might), only if Bahá'í Naw-Rúz falls on March 21, which it does for 2015 (Bahá'í Faith)
- Independence Day (Republic of Macedonia)
- International Literacy Day
- Martyrs' Day (Afghanistan) (date may fall on September 9, follows a non-Gregorian calendar)
- National day (Andorra)
- Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), (Anglo-Catholicism)
- Victory Day (Pakistan)
- Victory Day (Malta)
- World Physical Therapy Day
- September 9
- Armored Forces Day (Ukraine)
- California Admission Day (California, United States)
- Children's Day (Costa Rica)
- Chrysanthemum Day (Japan)
- Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence (Slovakia)
- Independence Day or Republic Day (North Korea)
- Independence Day (Tajikistan) from USSR in 1991.
- Martyrs' Day (Afghanistan) (date may fall on September 8, follows a non-Gregorian calendar)
- National Steak Au Poivre Day (United States)
- Remembrance for Herman the Cheruscan (The Troth)
- Wienerschnitzel Day (United States)
- Wonderful Weirdos Day
- September 10
- Amerindian Heritage Day (Guyana)
- Children's Day (Honduras)
- National Day (Gibraltar)
- Saint George's Caye Day (Belize)
- Teachers' Day (China)
- World Suicide Prevention Day
- September 11
- Battle of Tendra Day (Russia)
- Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, a former holiday. (Pakistan)
- Emergency Number Day (United States)
- Enkutatash falls on this day if it is not a leap year.(Ethiopia, Rastafari)
- National Day of Catalonia (Catalonia)
- National Hot Cross Bun Day (United States)
- Nayrouz (Coptic Orthodox Church)
- Patriot Day (United States)
- Remember Freedom Day
- Teachers' Day (Argentina)
- September 12
- Day of Conception (Russia)
- Day of the Programmer, during a leap year. (International)
- Defenders Day (Maryland. (United States)
- Enkutatash falls on this day if it is a leap year. (Ethiopia, Rastafari)
- Mindfulness Day
- National Chocolate Milkshake Day (United States)
- National Day (Cape Verde)
- National Day of Encouragement (United States)
- Saragarhi Day (Sikhism) (this day or nearest weekday, 2015 date: September 11)
- September 13
- Day of the Programmer, during a non-leap year. (International)
- Feast of the Cross (Assyrian Church of the East)
- Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)
- Engineer's Day (Mauritius)
- Epulum Jovis, celebrated on the Ides of September, during the Ludi Romani. (Roman Empire)
- International Chocolate Day
- September 14
- Children's Day (Nepal) (celebrated on the 15th on leap years)
- Engineer's Day (Romania)
- Feast of the Cross (Christianity)
- Hindi Diwas (Hindi-speaking regions)
- Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)
- National Eat a Hoagie Day (United States)
- San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)
- September 15
- Battle of Britain Day (United Kingdom)
- Children's Day (Nepal) (leap years only)
- Engineer's Day (India)
- Free Money Day (International)
- Independence Day (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica)
- International Day of Democracy (International)
- Knowledge Day (Azerbaijan)
- Patriotic Day (Guatemala)
- Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia)
- Silpa Bhirasri Day (Thailand).
- World Lymphoma Awareness Day (International)
- The beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated until October 15 (United States)
- September 16
- Grito de Dolores (Mexico)
- Independence Day (Papua New Guinea), celebrates the independence of Papua New Guinea from Australia in 1975.
- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- Malaysian Armed Forces Day (Malaysia)
- Malaysia Day (Malaysia, Singapore)
- Martyrs' Day (Libya)
- Heroes' Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
- National Guacamole Day (United States)
- Stay Away from Seattle Day
- September 17
- Australian Citizenship Day
- Constitution Day (United States) (observed on the previous Friday if it falls on a Saturday, the following Monday if on a Sunday)
- Start of Constitution Week, runs from September 17–23
- Heroes' Day (Angola)
- Marathwada Liberation Day (India)
- National Apple Dumpling Day (United States)
- Operation Market Garden Anniversary is still remembered with parachuting and dedications on this day. (Netherlands)
- Teachers' Day (Honduras)
- Von Steuben Day. (United States), weekend of the week of September 17.
- September 18
- Day of National Music (Azerbaijan)
- First day of Fiestas Patrias (Chile) or Dieciocho (Chile)
- Island Language Day (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
- Ludi Triumphales (Ancient Rome) (September 19–22)
- Navy Day (Croatia)
- World Water Monitoring Day (International)
- September 19
- September 20
- Independence Day of South Ossetia (not fully recognized)
- National Youth Day (Thailand)
- Oil Workers' Day (Azerbaijan)
- Universal Children's Day (Germany)
- September 21
- September 22
- September 23
- Celebrate Bisexuality Day
- September equinox (2015 date)
- September 24
- September 25
- Revolution Day (Mozambique)
- September 26
- September 27
- September 28
- September 29
- National Coffee Day (multiple countries, see article)
- Inventors' Day (Argentina)
- Michaelmas One of the four quarter days in the Irish calendar. (England and Ireland)
- Victory of Boquerón Day (Paraguay)
- World Heart Day
- September 30
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