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October ( lat. Octo - eight ) is the tenth month of the Gregorian calendar . The eighth month of the Old Roman year , beginning before Caesar's reform in March . One in seven months, 31 days long. In the southern hemisphere of the Earth it is a month of spring , in the northern - autumn .

In countries and regions that are switching to winter time this month, October is the longest month of the year (745 hours).

Tsaritsyno pond in October

In the modern era, until October 30 according to the Gregorian calendar, the sun is in the constellation Virgo , from October 30 - in the constellation Libra ^[1] (according to other sources - October 31 ^[2] ).

Holidays

International

October 1 - International Day of Older Persons
October 1 - International Music Day
October 2 - International Day of Non-Violence
October 5 - World Teachers Day
second Friday of October - World Egg Day
October 11 - International Girls Day
1st Monday - World Habitat Day , World Architecture Day
2nd Wednesday - International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction , celebrated by decision of the UN General Assembly
October 24 - United Nations Day

National

October 4 - Day of the Russian Space Forces
October 5 - Day of the state language of the Republic of Tajikistan
October 5 - Day of the criminal investigator
2nd Sunday - Day of Workers in Agriculture and Processing Industry
second Sunday of October - National Wine Day in Moldova
October 10 - World Mental Health Day
October 12 - Day of the Spanish Nation
3rd Sunday - Day of Road Workers
last Sunday - Motorist Day
October 20 - Day of the Communications Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
October 25 - Day of the customs officer of the Russian Federation
October 30 - Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression

Others

October 7 - Feast of the Virgin Mary of the Rosary
October 8 - Sergey Kapustnik
October 14 - Veil Day
October 31 - Halloween

Russian sayings and signs

October thunder - snowless winter ^[3] .
If the leaf lies on the ground upside down - to the crop ^[3] .
From what date the year will begin in October, from that date the spring will open in April ^[3] .
In October, the moon is in a circle - the summer will be dry ^[3] .
By October, birches are exposed ^[3] .
If the leaf from oak and birch fell cleanly - an easy year, not clean - to a severe, harsh winter ^[3] .

Notes

↑ For a year, the Sun passes not through 12, but through 13 constellations. The new zodiac sign - "Ophiuchus"
↑ Klimishin I.A. Calendar and chronology. - Ed. 3. - M .: Nauka, 1990. - S. 41. - 478 p. - 105,000 copies. - ISBN 5-02-014354-5 .
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ All year round. Russian agricultural calendar / Comp., Entry. Art. and note. A.F. Nekrylova. - M .: True, 1991 .-- 496 p. - 800,000 copies. - ISBN 5-253-00598-6 .

Links

October // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Calendar // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907. Article Vitkovsky V.V.
In October - a poem by Alexander Blok

[1] For a year, the Sun passes not through 12, but through 13 constellations. The new zodiac sign - "Ophiuchus"

[2] Klimishin I.A. Calendar and chronology. - Ed. 3. - M .: Nauka, 1990. - S. 41. - 478 p. - 105,000 copies. - ISBN 5-02-014354-5 .

[Некрылова-3] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ All year round. Russian agricultural calendar / Comp., Entry. Art. and note. A.F. Nekrylova. - M .: True, 1991 .-- 496 p. - 800,000 copies. - ISBN 5-253-00598-6 .