information about months
There are twelve months in a year, with each month having a different number of days. January is the first month of the year and has 31 days, while February is the shortest month with 28 days, except for leap years when it has 29 days. March, April, and May have 31, 30, and 31 days respectively. June has 30 days, while July and August have 31 days each. September has 30 days, October has 31, and November has 30. The last month of the year is December, which has 31 days.
The names of the months are derived from different sources. January is named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings; February is named after the Latin term februum, which means purification; March is named after Mars, the Roman god of war; April comes from the Latin word aperire, which means “to open” as it is the month when the flowers bloom; May is named after Maia, the Roman goddess of fertility; June is named after Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage and childbirth; July and August were named after Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar respectively; September, October, November, and December were originally named after their position in the Roman calendar – septem meaning “seven,” octo meaning “eight,” novem meaning “nine,” and decem meaning “ten.”
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