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'''May''' is the fifth month of the year in the [[Julian calendar|Julian]]  and [[Gregorian calendar]]s. Its length is 31 days.
'''May''' is the fifth month of the year in the [[Julian calendar|Julian]]  and [[Gregorian calendar]]s. Its length is 31 days.


May is a month of [[Spring (season)|spring]] in the Northern Hemisphere, and [[autumn]] in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May in the [[Southern Hemisphere]] is the seasonal equivalent of [[November]] in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Late May typically marks the start of the summer vacation season in the [[United States]] ([[Memorial Day]]) and [[Canada]] ([[Victoria Day]]) that ends on [[Labor Day]], the first Monday of September.
May is a month of [[Spring (season)|spring]] in the Northern Hemisphere, and [[autumn]] in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May in the [[Southern Hemisphere]] is the seasonal equivalent of [[November]] in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Late May typically marks the start of the summer vacation season in the [[United States]] ([[Memorial Day]]) and [[Canada]] ([[Victoria Day]]) that ends on [[Labor Day]], the first Monday of September.
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[[File:Podophyllum peltatum Shenks Ferry 2.jpg|alt=|thumb|May apples blooming. Common name given due to the plant's tendency to bloom in the month of May.]]
[[File:Podophyllum peltatum Shenks Ferry 2.jpg|alt=|thumb|May apples blooming. Common name given due to the plant's tendency to bloom in the month of May.]]
[[File:Lady of the Rosary altar, Inner City Parish Church, 2016 Budapest.jpg|thumb|220px|upright=0.9|Special devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary take place in May]]
[[File:Lady of the Rosary altar, Inner City Parish Church, 2016 Budapest.jpg|thumb|220px|upright=0.9|Special devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary take place in May]]
[[File:05 May - Percent of global area at temperature records - Global warming - NOAA.svg |thumb |In recent decades, the number of warm temperature records in May has outpaced cold temperature records over a growing portion of Earth's surface.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mean Monthly Temperature Records Across the Globe |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202501/supplemental/page-3 |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) }} Link is an example for one month; for other months, change the "202501" in the preceding URL to '''yyyymm''', where '''yyyy''' is the four-digit year and '''mm''' is the two-digit month (01=January through 12=December)</ref>]]


[[Eta Aquariids]] meteor shower appears in May. It is visible from about April 21 to about May 20 each year with peak activity on or around May 6. The [[Arietids]] shower from May 22 – July 2, and peaks on June 7. The [[Virginids]] also shower at various dates in May.
[[Eta Aquariids]] meteor shower appears in May. It is visible from about April 21 to about May 20 each year with peak activity on or around May 6. The [[Arietids]] shower from May 22 – July 2, and peaks on June 7. The [[Virginids]] also shower at various dates in May.
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* [[Kaamatan]] harvest festival ([[Labuan]], [[Sabah]])
* [[Kaamatan]] harvest festival ([[Labuan]], [[Sabah]])
* New Zealand Music Month (New Zealand)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzmusicmonth.co.nz/|title=NZ Music Month 2015 — Official Site|author=Cactuslab|work=nzmusicmonth.co.nz|access-date=2015-05-12|archive-date=2012-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508130816/http://www.nzmusicmonth.co.nz/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* New Zealand Music Month (New Zealand)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzmusicmonth.co.nz/|title=NZ Music Month 2015 — Official Site|author=Cactuslab|work=nzmusicmonth.co.nz|access-date=2015-05-12|archive-date=2012-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508130816/http://www.nzmusicmonth.co.nz/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[National Pet Month]] (United Kingdom)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nationalpetmonth.org.uk/|title=National Pet Month – promoting responsible pet ownership across the UK|work=nationalpetmonth.org.uk|access-date=2014-05-28|archive-date=2014-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519062311/http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[National Pet Month]] (United Kingdom)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpetmonth.org.uk/|title=National Pet Month – promoting responsible pet ownership across the UK|work=nationalpetmonth.org.uk|access-date=2014-05-28|archive-date=2014-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519062311/http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[National Smile Month]] (United Kingdom)
* [[National Smile Month]] (United Kingdom)
* [[Emancipation Day|Season of Emancipation]] (April 14 to August 23) (Barbados)
* [[Emancipation Day|Season of Emancipation]] (April 14 to August 23) (Barbados)
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* National Burger Month<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nationalhamburgermonth.com/ |title=Hamburgers and Purifiers for All &#124; we really do eat massive hamburgers! |access-date=2014-05-28 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517184553/https://nationalhamburgermonth.com/ |archive-date=2014-05-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Denver's Best Burgers – Celebrate National Burger Month with the Mile High City's 25 tastiest beef-and-bun combos. |url=https://www.5280.com/2018/05/denvers-best-burgers/ |website=5280 Magazine |access-date=24 April 2019 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424181414/https://www.5280.com/2018/05/denvers-best-burgers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* National Burger Month<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nationalhamburgermonth.com/ |title=Hamburgers and Purifiers for All &#124; we really do eat massive hamburgers! |access-date=2014-05-28 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517184553/https://nationalhamburgermonth.com/ |archive-date=2014-05-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Denver's Best Burgers – Celebrate National Burger Month with the Mile High City's 25 tastiest beef-and-bun combos. |url=https://www.5280.com/2018/05/denvers-best-burgers/ |website=5280 Magazine |access-date=24 April 2019 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424181414/https://www.5280.com/2018/05/denvers-best-burgers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Community Action Awareness Month ([[North Dakota]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://governor.nd.gov/media-center/proclamation/community-action-awareness-month-3|title=Community Action Awareness Month|work=nd.gov|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093816/http://governor.nd.gov/media-center/proclamation/community-action-awareness-month-3|archive-date=2015-05-18}}</ref>
* Community Action Awareness Month ([[North Dakota]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://governor.nd.gov/media-center/proclamation/community-action-awareness-month-3|title=Community Action Awareness Month|work=nd.gov|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093816/http://governor.nd.gov/media-center/proclamation/community-action-awareness-month-3|archive-date=2015-05-18}}</ref>
* [[Electrical Safety Foundation International#National Electrical Safety Month|National Electrical Safety Month]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esfi.org/|title=Electrical Safety Foundation International|work=esfi.org|access-date=2014-05-28|archive-date=2014-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531180316/http://www.esfi.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Electrical Safety Foundation International#National Electrical Safety Month|National Electrical Safety Month]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esfi.org/|title=Electrical Safety Foundation International|work=esfi.org|access-date=2014-05-28|archive-date=2014-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531180316/http://www.esfi.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* National Foster Care Month<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/|title=National Foster Care Month 2015: Building Blocks Toward Permanent Families|work=childwelfare.gov|access-date=2014-05-28|archive-date=2014-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517101654/https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* National Foster Care Month<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/|title=National Foster Care Month 2015: Building Blocks Toward Permanent Families|work=childwelfare.gov|access-date=2014-05-28|archive-date=2014-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517101654/https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* National Golf Month<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgolfmonth.com/|title=National Golf Month at Mipins|work=nationalgolfmonth.com|access-date=2014-05-28|archive-date=2014-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606192502/http://www.nationalgolfmonth.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* National Golf Month<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgolfmonth.com/|title=National Golf Month at Mipins|work=nationalgolfmonth.com|access-date=2014-05-28|archive-date=2014-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606192502/http://www.nationalgolfmonth.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days.

May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Late May typically marks the start of the summer vacation season in the United States (Memorial Day) and Canada (Victoria Day) that ends on Labor Day, the first Monday of September.

May (in Latin, Maius) was named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman era goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May. Conversely, the Roman poet Ovid provides a second etymology, in which he says that the month of May is named for the maiores, Latin for "elders", and that the following month (June) is named for the iuniores, or "young people" (Fasti VI.88).

File:Podophyllum peltatum Shenks Ferry 2.jpg
May apples blooming. Common name given due to the plant's tendency to bloom in the month of May.
File:Lady of the Rosary altar, Inner City Parish Church, 2016 Budapest.jpg
Special devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary take place in May
File:05 May - Percent of global area at temperature records - Global warming - NOAA.svg
In recent decades, the number of warm temperature records in May has outpaced cold temperature records over a growing portion of Earth's surface.[1]

Eta Aquariids meteor shower appears in May. It is visible from about April 21 to about May 20 each year with peak activity on or around May 6. The Arietids shower from May 22 – July 2, and peaks on June 7. The Virginids also shower at various dates in May.

Ancient Roman observances

Under the calendar of ancient Rome, the festival of Bona Dea fell on May 1, Argei fell on May 14 or May 15, Agonalia fell on May 21, and Ambarvalia on May 29. Floralia was held April 27 during the Republican era, or April 28 on the Julian calendar, and lasted until May 3. Lemuria fell on 9,11, and 13 May under the Julian calendar. The College of Aesculapius and Hygia celebrated two festivals of Rosalia, one on May 11 and one on May 22. Rosalia was also celebrated at Pergamon on May 24–26. A military Rosalia festival, Rosaliae signorum, also occurred on May 31. Ludi Fabarici was celebrated May 29 – June 1. Mercury would receive a sacrifice on the Ides of May (May 15). Tubilustrium took place on May 23 as well as in March. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Symbols

Emerald brooch
Emerald brooch

May's birthstone is the emerald, which is emblematic of love and success. Birth flowers are the Lily of the Valley and Crataegus monogyna.[2] Both are native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia, Europe, and in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States, but have been naturalized throughout the temperate climatic world.

File:Lily of the valley.jpg
The Lily of the Valley
Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus monogyna
Mayflowers
Mayflowers

The "Mayflower" Epigaea repens is a North American harbinger of May, and the floral emblem of both Nova Scotia and Massachusetts. Its native range extends from Newfoundland south to Florida, west to Kentucky in the southern range, and to Northwest Territories in the north. The zodiac signs are Taurus (until May 20) and Gemini (May 21 onward).[3][4]

Observances

Month-long

United States

File:Mental Health Awareness Month.jpg
The green ribbon is the international symbol of mental health awareness.


Non-Gregorian

(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.)

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Western Christian

Labour Day: May 1

Sunday after Divine Mercy Sunday: May 5

Monday and Tuesday in the week following the third Sunday of Easter: May 6–7

Fourth Sunday after Easter: May 12

Fourth Friday after Easter: May 17

Third Sunday of May: May 19

Sunday preceding the Rogation days: May 26

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday preceding Feast of the Ascension: May 27–29

39 days after Easter: May 30

Eastern Christian

Wednesday after Pascha: May 1

Thursday after Pascha: May 2

Friday after Pascha: May 3

Saturday after Pascha: May 4

8th day after Pascha: May 5

2nd Tuesday of Pascha, or 2nd Monday of Pascha, depending on region: May 6 or May 7

2nd Sunday following Pascha: May 12

4th Sunday of Pascha: May 26

Wednesday after the Sunday of the Paralytic: May 29

Movable civic

Last Friday in April to the first Sunday in May

First Thursday

First Saturday

First Sunday

First full week

Tuesday of First full week
Wednesday of first full week

Second week in May

First Tuesday

Friday preceding Second Sunday in May

Saturday closest to May 10

Second Saturday

Second Weekend

Second Sunday

Week of May 12

Third Weekend, including Friday

Third Friday

Third Saturday

Third Sunday

Monday on or before May 24

Third Monday

Monday on or before May 25

Last Monday preceding May 25

May 24, or the nearest weekday if May 24 falls on a weekend

Saturday closest to May 30

Last Weekend

Last Sunday

Last Monday

Last Wednesday

Last Thursday

Fixed

File:Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry mai.jpg
May, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
File:Mai Leandro Bassano.jpg
May, Leandro Bassano
File:Rosa chinensis.jpg
Rosa chinensis, the flower symbol of May

See also

References

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External links

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