Januar

Januar, frae theTrès Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

Januaris thafirstmontho thayeirin thaGregorian calendar,an ane o sievin Gregorian months wi 31days.

Januar is named eftirJanus,Roman gododursan yetts.

Januar begins (astrologicalie) wi tha sun in tha syn oCapricornan ends in tha syn oAquarius.Frae an astrologie pynt o view, tha sun begins in tha starnhoard o Sagittarius an ends in tha starnhoard o Capricornus.

The oreiginal Roman calendar wis makkit o 10 month (304 days). The Romans first hid thocht aboot winter as bein a monthless tyd. Bit aboot 700 BCRomulus' eftirganger, KingNuma Pompilius,eikit the months o Januar anFebruarallouin the calendar ti be e'en wi a staundart moon towmond (354 days). A Roman fowkbeleif agin e'en nummers led til the eikin o ane day sicweys makin the yeir 355 days lang. Tho Mairch wis oreiginalie the first month, Januar usurp'd that poseition acause 'at wis whan consuls wis uisualie waled.

The first day o the month is kent as "Ne'er's Day".

Names for Januar o auld lang syn include its oreiginal Roman aneIanuarius,the Saxon name Wulf-monath (meinin "woufmonth ") anCharlemagne's ain name for it:Wintarmanoth(meinin "winter / cald month" ). In the auld Japanese calendar, the month is caa'dMutsuki( mục nguyệt ). The seicont day o the month is kent asHatsuyume( sơ mộng ) an the 7t day asNanakusa( bảy thảo ). InFinnish,the month is caa'dtammikuu,meinin "month o the aik".

The firstMonandayin Januar is kent asHandsel MonandayinScotlandan northrenIngland.In Ingland, the feildwark yeir began wi "Plou Sunday" on the Sunday cumin eftirUphalyday.

Thecumin o ageday inJapanis the seicont Monanday o Januar, for thae becumin 20 yeir auld in the new calendar towmond. It is a landweid haliday. The day haes been aboot sin1948,bit fell on Januar 15t til1999,whan it wis muivit bi the Japanese govrenment in a mynt ti lift the economie bi makin mair holidays cum ane eftir the ither.

In the Haithen wheel o the yeir, Januar ends at or naur tilImbolcin the northren hemisphere anLughnasadhin the soothren hemisphere.