November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars . Its length is 30 days . November was the ninth month of the calendar of Romulus c. 750 BC . November retained its name (from the Latin novem meaning "nine") when January and February were added to the Roman calendar . November is a month of late spring in the Southern Hemisphere and late autumn in the Northern Hemisphere . Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. In Ancient Rome , Ludi Plebeii was held from November 4–17, Epulum Jovis was held on November 13 and Brumalia celebrations began on November 24. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.
6-696: November was referred to as Blōtmōnaþ by the Anglo-Saxons . Brumaire and Frimaire were the months on which November fell in the French Republican calendar . November meteor showers include the Andromedids , which occurs from September 25 to December 6 and generally peak around November 9–14, the Leonids , which occurs from November 15–20, the Alpha Monocerotids , which occurs from November 15–25 with
12-425: Is the topaz (particularly, yellow) which symbolizes friendship and the citrine . Its birth flower is the chrysanthemum . This list does not necessarily imply either official status or general observance. (All Baha'i, Islamic, and Jewish observances begin at the sundown prior to the date listed, and end at sundown of the date in question unless otherwise noted.) First Sunday First Monday Tuesday after
18-509: The Anglo-Saxon calendar , Blōtmōnaþ (modern English: blót month ) was the month roughly corresponding to November . The month was recorded by the English scholar Bede in his treatise De temporum ratione (The Reckoning of Time), saying "Blod-monath is month of immolations, for it was in this month that the cattle which were to be slaughtered were dedicated to the gods.” An entry in
24-639: The Menologium seu Calendarium Poeticum , an Old English poem about the months, explains: Se mónaþ is nemned on Léden Novembris, and on úre geþeóde blótmónaþ, forðon úre yldran, ðá hý hǽðene wǽron, on ðam mónþe hý bleóton á, ðæt is, ðæt hý betǽhton and benémdon hyra deófolgyldum ða neát ða ðe hý woldon syllan This month is called Novembris in Latin, and in our language the month of sacrifice, because our forefathers, when they were heathens, always sacrificed in this month, that is, that they took and devoted to their idols
30-772: The first Monday First Wednesday First Thursday First Friday First Saturday Second Sunday Week of November 8 Week of November 11 Second Monday: Second Saturday Third Sunday: Third week Weekdays of the third week Wednesday of the third week Third Thursday Third Friday Third Friday until the next Monday Saturday before Fourth Thursday Last Week Day before fourth Thursday Last Wednesday Fourth Thursday Day after fourth Thursday Fourth Saturday Saturday after Thanksgiving Fourth Sunday Last Sunday Monday after fourth Thursday in November Bl%C5%8Dtm%C5%8Dna%C3%BE In
36-675: The peak on November 21–22, the Northern Taurids , which occurs from October 20 to December 10, and the Southern Taurids , which occurs from September 10 – November 20, and the Phoenicids ; which occur from November 29 to December 9 with the peak occurring on December 5–6. The Orionids , which occurs in late October, sometimes lasts into November. The Western zodiac signs for November are Scorpio (October 23 – November 21) and Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21). November's birthstone
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