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January Short Form is Jan
Short form of January is Jan. January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian. The length of the month of January is 31 days. The first month of January is celebrated as New Year’s Day every year. The name of the month derived after the name of an ancient person named Janus.
Observances
- Alzheimer’s Awareness Month (Canada)
- Dry January (United Kingdom)
- National Codependency Awareness Month (United States)
- National Mentoring Month (United States)
- National Healthy Weight Awareness Month (United States)
- Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month (United States)
- Stalking Awareness Month (United States)
- Veganuary
Symbols
- January’s birthstone is the garnet, which represents constancy.
- Snowdrop (Galanthus) flower
- Snowdrop (Galanthus) flower
- Pink dianthus
- Pink dianthus
- Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or Galanthus.
- The Japanese floral emblem of January is the camellia (Camellia sinensis).
- In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means “oak moon”, it can be inferred that the oak tree is the heart of the grand forest with many valuable trees as opposed to the typical Arctic forests, which are typically pine and spruce. The photograph of a large tree covered with ice against a blue sky is a familiar scene during Finland’s winter.
- The zodiac signs for the month of January were Capricorn (until January 19, 2020) and Aquarius (January 20, 2020, onwards). For 2021 the dates will shift to 18–19, due to the leap day in 2020.
- The name of the full moon occurring in January is the wolf moon.