November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the fourth and last month to have 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 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.
November meteor showers include the Andromedids; which occurs from September 25 to December 6 and generally peak around November 9-14, the Leonids; which occur from November 15-20, the Alpha Monocerotids; which occur from November 15-25 with the peak on November 21-22, the Northern Taurids; which occur from October 20 to December 10, and the Southern Taurids which occur 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 occur in late October, sometimes last into November.
The Western zodiac signs for the month of November are Scorpio (October 23-November 21) and Sagittarius (November 21 – December 21).
November's birthstones are 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.
(please note that all Jewish observances, which are set by the Hebrew calendar, begin at sunset the day prior to the date listed and end on the sunset of the date in question unless otherwise noted. The same applies to observances set by the Bahá'í calendar)
November 18: Amavasya (Hinduism) In Catholic tradition, November is the Month of the Holy Souls in Purgatory.Academic Writing MonthAnnual Family Reunion Planning MonthLung Cancer Awareness MonthMovemberPulmonary Hypertension Awareness MonthStomach Cancer Awareness MonthTransgender Awareness MonthPancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (United Kingdom)COPD Awareness MonthEpilepsy Awareness MonthMilitary Family MonthNational Adoption MonthNational Alzheimer's Disease Awareness MonthNational Blog Posting Month National Critical Infrastructure Protection MonthNational Entrepreneurship MonthNational Family Caregivers MonthNational Bone Marrow Donor Awareness MonthNational Diabetes MonthNational Homeless Youth MonthNational Hospice MonthNational Impaired Driving Prevention MonthNational Novel Writing MonthNational Pomegranate Month Prematurity Awareness MonthNative American Heritage MonthNovember 6: College Radio Day (International observance)November 13: Volkstrauertag (Germany)November 16: Buß- und Bettag (Saxony, Germany, Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United denominations)November 19-27: European Week for Waste Reduction (Europe)November 20: Feast of Christ the King (Roman Catholic)November 20: Stir-up Sunday (Anglican Church)November 20: Totensonntag (mainly Lutheran)November 27: Advent Sunday (start of Advent)November 27: Mitzvah Day InternationalFirst Thursday: November 1
International Stout DayThanksgiving (Liberia)National Men Make Dinner Day (United States)National Non-Fiction Day (United Kingdom)First Friday: November 5
Arbor Day (Samoa)Saturday between October 31-November 6: November 5
All Saints' Day (Finland and Sweden only)First Saturday: November 5
Children's Day (South Africa)Health Day (Turkmenistan)National Bison Day (United States)Week of November 8: November 6-12
National Radiologic Technology Week (United States)First Sunday: November 6
Daylight saving time ends (North America)First Monday: November 7
Recreation Day holiday (Northern Tasmania)Tuesday after the first Monday: November 8
Election Day (United States)Second Thursday: November 10
World Quality DayWeek of November 11: November 6–12
Celebrate Freedom Week (Oklahoma, United States)Second Saturday: November 12
National Tree Planting Day (Luxembourg)Second Sunday: November 13
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)Third Week: November 13–19
Anti-Bullying Week (United Kingdom)International Stand Up to Bullying Day (Third Friday: November 18)Second Monday: November 14
Barack Obama Day (Perry County, Alabama, United States)Heir to the Throne's Birthday (Tuvalu)Third Week in November: 13-19
Geography Awareness WeekGIS Day, Wednesday of the third week of November: November 14.Third Tuesday: November 15
National Entrepreneurs' Day (United States)Third Thursday: November 17
Great American Smokeout (United States)World Philosophy Day (United Nations)Third Friday until the next Monday: November 18–21
El Buen Fin (Mexico)Saturday before Fourth Thursday: November 19
National Adoption Day (United States)National Survivors of Suicide Day (United States)Week of the fourth Thursday: November 20–26
National Games Week (United States)Third Sunday: November 20
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (United Nations observance)Third Monday: November 21
Revolution Day (Mexico)Day before fourth Thursday: November 23
Blackout Wednesday (United States)Fourth Thursday: November 24
Thanksgiving (United States)National Day of Mourning (United States protest)Unthanksgiving DayDay after fourth Thursday: November 25
Black Friday (United States)Buy Nothing Day (United States)Fur Free Friday (International observance)National Day of Listening (United States)Native American Heritage Day (United States)Sinkie Day (United States)Saturday after Thanksgiving: November 26
Small Business Saturday (United States)Fourth Saturday: November 26
Holodomor Remembrance Day (Canada, Ukraine)Fourth Sunday: November 27
National Grandparents Day (Singapore)Last Sunday: November 27
Harvest Festival (Turkmenistan)Monday immediately following fourth Thursday: November 28
Cyber Monday (can sometimes fall in December)Tuesday immediately following fourth Thursday: November 29
Giving Tuesday (United States) (can sometimes fall in December)Last Wednesday: November 30
Thanksgiving (Norfolk Island, Australia)Last Week: November 21-Dec 1
AIDS Awareness Week (Canada)November 1All Saints' Day (Catholicism)Day of the Dead, first day: Day of the Innocents (Haiti, Mexico)Andhra Pradesh Formation Day (Andhra Pradesh, India)Anniversary of the Revolution (Algeria)Calan Gaeaf, celebrations start at sunset of October 31. (Wales)Chavang Kut (Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma)Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)Haryana Foundation Day (Haryana, India)Independence Day (Antigua and Barbuda)International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness DayKarnataka Foundation Day (Karnataka, India)Kerala Foundation Day (Kerala, India)Liberty Day (United States Virgin Islands)National Awakening Day (Bulgaria)Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of October 31 (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day (Japan)World Vegan DayNovember 2All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Communion)Coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)Day of the Dead, second day (Mexico)Dziady (Belarus)Indian Arrival Day (Mauritius)International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (United Nations)Statehood Day (North Dakota and South Dakota, United States)November 3Culture Day (Japan)Independence Day (Dominica)Independence Day (Micronesia)Independence Day (Panama)Independence Day of Cuenca (Ecuador)Victory Day (Maldives)November 4Community Service Day (Dominica)Flag Day (Panama)National Tonga Day (Tonga)National Unity and Armed Forces Day (Italy)Unity Day (Russia)Yitzhak Rabin Memorial (Israel, unofficial, but widely commemorated)November 5Bank Transfer Day (United States)Colón Day (Panama)Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), and its related observances:West Country Carnival (English West Country)Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka, India)National Love Your Red Hair Day (Ireland)November 6Arbor Day (Republic of Congo)Constitution Day (Dominican Republic)Constitution Day (Tajikistan)Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (Finland)Green March (Morocco)Gustavus Adolphus Day (Sweden)International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed ConflictMalaria Day in the AmericasNovember 7Commemoration Day (Tunisia)Hungarian Opera Day (Hungary)National Day (Northern Catalonia, France)October Revolution Day (Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan)Tokhu Emong (Lotha Naga people of India)November 8Intersex Day of RemembranceNovember 9November 10National Heroes Day (Indonesia)Commemoration of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Turkey)November 11Independence Day (Angola, Poland)Veterans Day (United States)Remembrance Day (Canada)November 12Birthday of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day (Republic of China)Constitution Day (Azerbaijan)Father's Day (Indonesia)National Health Day (Indonesia)National Youth Day (East Timor)World Pneumonia DayNovember 13Sadie Hawkins Day (United States)World Kindness DayNovember 14Children's Day (India)World Diabetes DayNovember 15November 16November 17November 18Day of Army and Victory (Haiti)Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia (Latvia)Independence Day (Morocco)Married To A Scorpio Support Day (Chase's Calendar of Events)National Apple Cider Day (United States)National Day (Oman)National Vichyssoise Day (United States)Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 (Croatia)November 19Carbonated 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 (Chase's Calendar of Events)International Men's DayMonaco National Day (Monaco)Women's Entrepreneurship DayWorld Toilet DayNovember 20Day of National Sovereignty (Argentina)Día de la Revolución (Mexico)Transgender Day of RemembranceNovember 21November 22November 23Independence Day (Lebanon)November 23Rudolf Maister day (Slovenia)November 24Lachit Divas (Assam, India)November 25Blasé DayEvacuation Day (New York) (United States)National Parfait Day (United States)Independence Day (Suriname)International Day for the Elimination of Violence against WomenNational Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)St Catherine's DayTeachers' Day or Hari Guru (Indonesia)Vajiravudh Day (Thailand)November 26Constitution Day (India)Ace Visibility DayNational Cake Day (United States)Republic Day (Mongolia)November 27Maaveerar Day (Tamil Eelam)National Bavarian Cream Pie Day (United States)Teacher's Day (Spain)November 28Independence Day (Albania)November 29November 30Bonifacio Day (Philippines)St Andrews Day (official national holiday in Scotland)
