Tag: March

March (/mɑrtʃ/) is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of the seven months which are 31 days long.
September in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Northern Hemisphere.
In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological spring is 1 March. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological autumn is 1st March.
March starts on the same day of the week as November every year and February in common years only. March ends on the same day of the week as June every year. In leap years, March starts on the same day as September and December of the previous year. In common years, March starts on the same day as June of the previous year.
The name of March comes from ancient Rome, when March was the first month of the year and named Martius after Mars or Ares, the Greek god of war. In Rome, where the climate is Mediterranean, March was the first month of spring, a logical point for the…