November


November is the 11th 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. November retained its name 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.
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.

Astronomy

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 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.

Astrology

The Western zodiac signs for November are Scorpio and Sagittarius.

Symbols

November's birthstone is the topaz which symbolizes friendship and the citrine. Its birth flower is the chrysanthemum.

Observances

''This list does not necessarily imply either official status or general observance.''

Non-Gregorian

  • List of observances set by the Bahá'í calendar
  • List of observances set by the Chinese calendar
  • List of observances set by the Hebrew calendar
  • List of observances set by the Islamic calendar
  • List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar

    Month-long

  • In Catholic tradition, November is the Month for prayer for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. A November List or November Dead List is sometimes maintained for this purpose.
  • Academic Writing Month
  • Annual Family Reunion Planning Month
  • Lung Cancer Awareness Month
  • Movember
  • National Novel Writing Month
  • No Nut November
  • Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
  • Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
  • Dinovember

    United States

  • Native American Heritage 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 Pomegranate Month
  • Prematurity Awareness Month

    Movable

  • Mitzvah Day International: November 15
  • See also Movable Western Christian observances
  • See also Movable Eastern Christian observances
First Sunday
  • Daylight saving time ends
First Monday
  • Recreation Day holiday
Tuesday after the first Monday
  • Election Day
First Wednesday
  • National Eating Healthy Day
First Thursday
  • International Stout Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • National Men Make Dinner Day
  • International day against violence and bullying at school including cyberbullying
First Friday
  • Arbor Day
First Saturday
  • Children's Day
  • Health Day
  • National Bison Day
Second Sunday
  • Father's Day
  • Grandparents Day
  • National Day of the Pupusa
  • Remembrance Sunday
Week of November 8
  • National Radiologic Technology Week
Week of November 11
  • Celebrate Freedom Week
Second Monday:
  • Barack Obama Day
  • Heir to the Throne's Birthday
Second Saturday
  • National Tree Planting Day
Third Sunday:
Third week
  • Geography Awareness Week
  • Revolution Day
Weekdays of the third week
  • Anti-Bullying Week
  • American Education Week
Wednesday of the third week
  • GIS Day
Third Thursday
  • Great American Smokeout
  • World Philosophy Day
Third Friday
Third Friday until the next Monday
  • El Buen Fin
Saturday before Fourth Thursday
  • National Adoption Day
  • National Survivors of Suicide Day
Last Week
  • AIDS Awareness Week
Day before fourth Thursday
  • Blackout Wednesday
Last Wednesday
  • Thanksgiving
Fourth Thursday
  • Thanksgiving
Day after fourth Thursday
  • Black Friday
  • *Buy Nothing Day
  • Fur Free Friday
  • National Day of Listening
  • Native American Heritage Day
  • Sinkie Day
Fourth Saturday
  • Holodomor Memorial Day
Saturday after Thanksgiving
  • Small Business Saturday
Fourth Sunday
Last Sunday
  • Harvest Festival
Monday after fourth Thursday in November
  • Cyber Monday

    Fixed

  • November 1File:World Vegan Day baking giveaway.jpg|thumb|A Vegan activist gives out baked goods for World Vegan Day
  • *All Saints' Day
  • **Day of the Dead, first day: Day of the Innocents
  • *Andhra Pradesh Formation Day
  • *Anniversary of the Revolution
  • *Calan Gaeaf, celebrations start at dusk of October 31.
  • *Chavang Kut
  • *Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo
  • *Haryana Foundation Day
  • *Independence Day
  • *International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day
  • *Karnataka Foundation Day
  • *Kerala Foundation Day
  • *Liberty Day
  • *National Awakening Day
  • *Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of October 31
  • *Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day
  • *World Vegan Day
  • November 2
  • *All Souls' Day
  • *Coronation of Haile Selassie
  • *Day of the Dead, second day
  • *Dziady
  • *Indian Arrival Day
  • *International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
  • *Statehood Day
  • November 3
  • *Culture Day
  • *Independence Day
  • *Independence Day
  • *Independence Day
  • *Independence Day of Cuenca
  • *Victory Day
  • November 4
  • *Community Service Day
  • *Flag Day
  • *National Tonga Day
  • *National Unity and Armed Forces Day
  • *Unity Day
  • *Yitzhak Rabin Memorial
  • November 5
  • *Bank Transfer Day
  • *Colón Day
  • *Guy Fawkes Night, and its related observances:
  • **West Country Carnival
  • *Kanakadasa Jayanthi
  • *National Love Your Red Hair Day
  • November 6
  • *Arbor Day
  • *Constitution Day
  • *Finnish Swedish Heritage Day
  • *Green March
  • *Gustavus Adolphus Day
  • *International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
  • *Malaria Day in the Americas
  • November 7
  • *Commemoration Day
  • *Hungarian Opera Day
  • *National Day
  • *October Revolution Day
  • *Tokhu Emong
  • November 8
  • *Intersex Day of Remembrance
  • *Statehood Day, Montana, United States
  • November 9
  • *Independence Day
  • November 10
  • *National Heroes Day
  • *Commemoration of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  • *World Keratoconus Day
  • November 11
  • *Independence Day
  • *Veterans Day
  • *Remembrance Day
  • *Statehood day of Washington State, United States
  • November 12
  • *Birthday of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day
  • *Constitution Day
  • *Father's Day
  • *National Health Day
  • *National Youth Day
  • *World Pneumonia Day
  • November 13
  • *Sadie Hawkins Day
  • *World Kindness Day
  • November 14
  • *Children's Day
  • *World Diabetes Day
  • November 15
  • *National Peace Day
  • *Independence Day
  • November 16
  • *Statehood Day Oklahoma, United States
  • November 17
  • *World Prematurity Day
  • November 18
  • *Day of Army and Victory
  • *Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia
  • *Independence Day
  • *National Apple Cider Day
  • *National Day
  • *National Vichyssoise Day
  • *Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991
  • *Feast day of Saint Constant
  • November 19
  • *Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day
  • *Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico
  • *Day of Missile Forces and Artillery
  • *Flag Day
  • *Garifuna Settlement Day
  • *International Men's Day
  • *Monaco National Day
  • *Women's Entrepreneurship Day
  • *World Toilet Day
  • November 20
  • *20-N
  • *Africa Industrialization Day
  • *Black Awareness Day
  • *Children's Day
  • *Day of National Sovereignty
  • *Día de la Revolución
  • *Revolution Day
  • *Royal Thai Navy Day
  • *Teachers' Day or Ngày nhà giáo Việt Nam
  • *Transgender Day of Remembrance
  • November 21
  • *Statehood Day North Carolina, United States
  • November 22
  • *Independence Day
  • November 23
  • *Labor Thanksgiving Day
  • *Repudiation Day
  • *St George's Day
  • November 24
  • *Evolution Day
  • *Lachit Divas
  • *Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur
  • *Teachers' Day
  • November 25
  • *Evacuation Day
  • *National Parfait Day
  • *Independence Day
  • *International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
  • *National Day
  • *St Catherine's Day
  • *Teachers' Day or Hari Guru
  • *Vajiravudh Day
  • November 26
  • *Ace Visibility Day
  • *Constitution Day
  • *Constitution Day
  • *National Cake Day
  • *Republic Day
  • November 27File:Miraculous medal.jpg|thumb|The Miraculous Medal, whose design was created based on the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Labouré in Paris. In 1832, during an epidemic, the first medals were distributed, to which numerous healings and conversions were attributed, receiving the name of Miraculous Medal.
  • *Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
  • *Maaveerar Day
  • *National Bavarian Cream Pie Day
  • *Teacher's Day
  • November 28
  • *Independence Day
  • *Independence Day
  • *Proclamation of Independence Day
  • November 29
  • November 30
  • *Bonifacio Day
  • *St Andrews Day