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A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, that is approximately as long as a natural phase cycle of the Moon; the words month and Moon are cognates.The traditional concept of months arose with the cycle of Moon phases; such lunar months ("lunations") are synodic months and last approximately 29.53 days, making for roughly 12.37 such months in one Earth year.
The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.
For the first few years they seem to be forks of the sections concerned in the year articles. The contents of these sections can better be merged into the month article, after which the month articles can be transcluded in the year articles. For later years the month articles are more comprehensive, the year articles provide a summary.
English-language media and commercial publications use Month-day-year in long format, but only Day-month-year format (both long and short numeric) are used in governmental and other English documents of official contexts. Sudan: No: Yes: No South Sudan: No: Yes: No Suriname: No: Yes: No Svalbard: No: Yes: No: Sweden: Yes: Sometimes: No
A lunisolar calendar is a lunar calendar that compensates by adding an extra month as needed to realign the months with the seasons. Prominent examples of lunisolar calendar are Hindu calendar and Buddhist calendar that are popular in South Asia and Southeast Asia .
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.Its length is 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March.
In most calendar systems, the date consists of three parts: the (numbered) day of the month, the month, and the (numbered) year. There may also be additional parts, such as the day of the week. Years are usually counted from a particular starting point, usually called the epoch, with era referring to the span of time since that epoch. [b]