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July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., being the month of his birth. Before then it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the calendar that started with March.cite-ref-1[1]

It is on average the warmest month in most of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of summer, and the coldest month in much of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of winter. The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern Hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere.

"Dog days" are considered to begin in early July in the Northern Hemisphere, when the hot sultry weather of summer usually starts. Spring lambs born in late winter or early spring are usually sold before 1 July.

Contents

• Symbols

• Observances

• Month-long

• Non-Gregorian

• Movable

• Fixed Gregorian

• See also

• References

• External links

Symbols

July's birthstone is the ruby, which symbolizes contentment.

Its birth flowers are the larkspur and the water lily. The zodiac signs are Cancer (until July 22) and Leo (July 23 onward).cite-ref-2[2]cite-ref-astrology-3-0[3]

Observances

This list does not necessarily imply either official status nor general observance.

• Season of Emancipation 14 April to 23 August (Barbados)

• Honor America Days: 14 June to 4 July (United States)

Month-long

• In Catholic tradition, July is the Month of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus.

• National Hot Dog Month (United States)

• National Ice Cream Month (United States)

• Disability Pride Month (United States)

Non-Gregorian

(All Baha'i, Islamic, and Jewish observances begin at the sundown before the date listed, and end at sundown of the date in question unless otherwise noted.)

• List of observances set by the Bahá'í calendar

• List of observances set by the Chinese calendar

• List of observances set by the Hebrew calendar

• List of observances set by the Islamic calendar

• List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar

Movable

• Phi Ta Khon (Dan Sai, Loei province, Isan, Thailand) – Dates are selected by village mediums and can take place anywhere between March and July.

• Matariki (Māori New Year) – Different iwi celebrate according to their own tradition and the New Zealand Government calculates the public holiday each year according to advice from the Matariki Advisory Committee. Dates can fall from late June to late July.cite-ref-4[4]

• Ra o te Ui Ariki (Cook Islands) July 6cite-ref-5[5]

• Collector Car Appreciation Day (United States)

• Senior Citizen's Day (Kiribati)cite-ref-6[6]

• Shark Week (United States)

• Earth Overshoot Day

First Friday

• Fishermen's Holiday (Marshall Islands)

First Saturday

• Día del Amigo (Peru)

• International Co-operative Day

• International Free Hugs Day

First Saturday and Sunday