November

This article is about the month. For other uses, see November (disambiguation).

November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with the length of 30 days. November was the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar. 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/early-summer in the Southern Hemisphere and late-autumn/early-winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.

The Leonids meteor shower typically reaches its peak around November 17.

Month-long observances

• In Catholic tradition, November is the Month of the Holy Souls in Purgatory.
• Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• Movember
• Sweet Potato Awareness Month
• Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
• Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
• Transgender Awareness Month
• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (United Kingdom)

United States

• Academic Writing Month
• COPD Awareness Month
• Epilepsy Awareness Month
• Military Family Month
• National Adoption Month
• National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
• National Blog Posting Month
• National Critical Infrastructure Protection Month
• National Entrepreneurship Month
• National Family Caregivers Month
• National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Month
• National Diabetes Month
• National Homeless Youth Month
• National Hospice Month
• National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
• National Novel Writing Month
• National Pomegranate Month
• Prematurity Awareness Month
• Native American Heritage Month

Movable observances

First Sunday

• Daylight saving time ends (North America)

Tuesday after the first Monday

• Election Day (United States)

First Thursday

• International Stout Day
• National Men Make Dinner Day (United States)

First Friday

• Arbor Day (Samoa)

First Saturday

• Children's Day (South Africa)
• Health Day (Turkmenistan)

Second Sunday'

• Father's Day (Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden)
• Grandparents Day (South Sudan)
• National Day of the Pupusa (El Salvador)
• Remembrance Sunday (United Kingdom, Commonwealth)

Second Monday'

• Heir to the Throne's Birthday (Tuvalu)

Third Friday until the next Monday'

• El Buen Fin (Mexico)

Third Monday'

• Revolution Day (Mexico)

Third Wednesday

• GIS Day is held the third Wednesday of November during Geography Awareness Week.

Third Thursday

• Great American Smokeout (United States)
• International Philosophy Day

Saturday before Thanksgiving

• National Adoption Day (United States)
• National Survivors of Suicide Day (United States)

Week of the fourth Thursday

• National Games Week (United States)

Day before fourth Thursday'

• Blackout Wednesday (United States)

Last Wednesday

• Thanksgiving (Norfolk Island, Australia)

Fourth Thursday

• Thanksgiving (United States)
  • National Day of Mourning (United States protest)
  • Unthanksgiving Day

Day after fourth Thursday

• Black Friday (United States)
• Buy Nothing Day (United States)
• Fur Free Friday (International)
• National Day of Listening (United States)
• Native American Heritage Day (United States)
• Sinkie Day (United States)

Saturday after Thanksgiving

• Small Business Saturday (United States)

Monday immediately following fourth Thursday

• Cyber Monday (can sometimes fall in December)

Fixed observances

November, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

American Thanksgiving is celebrated in November

• November 1
  • All Saints' Day (Catholicism)
  • Andhra Pradesh Formation Day (Andhra Pradesh)
  • Anniversary of the Revolution (Algeria)
  • Calan Gaeaf (Wales)
  • Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)
  • Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico, Haiti)
  • Day of the leaders of the Bulgarian National Revival (Bulgaria)
  • Haryana Foundation Day (Haryana)
  • Independence Day (Antigua and Barbuda)
  • Karnataka Rajyotsava (Karnataka Foundation Day)
  • Kerala Piravi (Kerala Foundation Day)
  • National Bison Day (United States)
  • Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of October 31 (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
  • World Vegan Day
• November 2
  • All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Communion)
  • Coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)
  • Day of the Dead, the second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration (Mexico)
  • Indian Arrival Day (Mauritius)
  • Karatsu Kunchi (Karatsu, Saga)
  • Statehood Day (North Dakota and South Dakota)
• November 3
  • Culture Day (Japan)
  • Independence Day (Dominica)
  • Independence Day (Micronesia)
  • Independence Day (Panama)
  • Victory Day (Maldives)
• November 4
  • Community Service Day (Dominica)
  • Feast of Qudrat (Power), first day of the month of Qudrat of the Bahá'í calendar (Bahá'í Faith)
  • Flag Day (Panama)
  • Ludi Plebeii (November 4-17, Ancient Rome)
  • National Tonga Day (Tonga)
  • National Unity and Armed Forces Day (Italy)
  • Unity Day (Russia)
  • Yitzhak Rabin Memorial (unofficial)
• November 5
  • Guy Fawkes Night
• November 6
• November 7
• November 8
  • Intersex Day of Remembrance (Intersex Solidarity Day)
• November 9
• November 10
  • National Heroes Day (Indonesia)
• November 11
  • Independence Day (Angola, Poland)
  • Veterans Day (United States)
• November 12
• November 13
• November 14
  • Children's Day (India)
  • World Diabetes Day
• November 15
• November 16
• November 17
• November 18
  • Day of Army and Victory (Haiti)
  • Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia
  • Independence Day (Morocco)
  • Married To A Scorpio Support Day
  • National Day (Oman)
  • National Apple Cider Day (United States)
  • National Vichyssoise Day (United States)
  • The main day of the Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chinita's Fair (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
  • Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 (Croatia)
• November 19
  • Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day (United States)
  • Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
  • Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Russia, Belarus)
  • Flag Day (Brazil)
  • Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize)
  • Have a Bad Day Day
  • International Men's Day
  • Monaco National Day (Monaco)
  • Women's Entrepreneurship Day
  • World Toilet Day
• November 20
  • Day of National Sovereignty (Argentina)
  • Día de la Revolución (Mexico)
  • Transgender Day of Remembrance
• November 21
• November 22
• November 23
  • Independence Day (Lebanon)
• November 23
  • Rudolf Maister day (Slovenia)
• November 24
  • Start of Brumalia (Ancient Rome)
  • Lachit Divas (Assam, India)
• November 25
  • Blasé Day
  • Evacuation Day (New York) (United States)
  • National Parfait Day (United States)
  • Independence Day (Suriname)
  • International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
  • National Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • St Catherine's Day
  • Teachers' Day or Hari Guru (Indonesia)
  • Vajiravudh Day (Thailand)
• November 26
  • Day of the Covenant (Bahá'í Faith)
  • Constitution Day (India)
  • Ace Visibility Day
  • National Cake Day (United States)
  • Republic Day (Mongolia)
• November 27
  • Maaveerar Day (Tamil Eelam)
  • National Bavarian Cream Pie Day (United States)
  • Teacher's Day (Spain)
• November 28
  • Independence Day (Albania)
• November 29
• November 30
  • Bonifacio Day (Philippines)
  • St Andrews Day (official national holiday in Scotland)

November symbols

Chrysanthemum

• November's birthstones are the topaz (particularly, yellow) which symbolizes friendship and the citrine.
• Its birth flower is the chrysanthemum.
• The zodiac signs for the month of November are Scorpio (until November 21) and Sagittarius (November 22 onwards).

See also

• Historical anniversaries