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{{short description|Eleventh month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars}}
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'''November''' is the 11th and penultimate [[month]] of the year in the [[Julian calendar|Julian]] and [[Gregorian calendar]]s. Its length is 30 [[day]]s. November was [[November (Roman month)|the ninth month]] of the [[Roman calendar#Legendary 10-month calendar|calendar of Romulus]] {{circa|750 BC}}. November retained its name (from the Latin ''novem'' meaning "nine") when [[January]] and [[February]] were added to the [[Roman calendar]].
November is a month of late [[spring (season)|spring]] in the [[Southern Hemisphere]] and late [[autumn]] in the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of [[May]] in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. In [[Ancient Rome]], [[Ludi Plebeii]] was held from November 4–17, [[Epulum Jovis]] was held on November 13 and [[Brumalia]] celebrations began on November 24. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.

November was referred to as [[Blōtmōnaþ]] by the [[Anglo-Saxons]]. [[Brumaire]] and [[Frimaire]] were the months on which November fell in the [[French Republican calendar]].

== Astronomy ==
[[File:11 November - Percent of global area at temperature records - Global warming - NOAA.svg |thumb |In recent decades, the number of warm temperature records in November 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>]]

November [[meteor shower]]s include the [[Andromedids]], which occurs from [[September]] 25 to December 6 and generally peak around November 9–14, the [[Leonids]], which occurs from November 15–20, the [[Alpha Monocerotids]], which occurs from November 15–25 with the peak on November 21–22, the [[Taurids|Northern Taurids]], which occurs from October 20 to December 10, and the [[Taurids|Southern Taurids]], which occurs from September 10 – November 20, and the [[Phoenicids]]; which occur from November 29 to December 9 with the peak occurring on December 5–6. The [[Orionids]], which occurs in late October, sometimes lasts into November.

== Astrology ==
The [[Western zodiac]] signs for November are [[Scorpio (astrology)|Scorpio]] (October 23 – November 21) and [[Sagittarius (astrology)|Sagittarius]] (November 22 – December 21).<ref>The Earth passes the junction of the signs at 20:39 UT/GMT November 21, 2020, and will pass it again at 02:33 UT/GMT November 22, 2021.</ref><ref name=astrology>{{citation |title=Astrology Calendar |url=https://www.yourzodiacsign.com/calendar/ |website=yourzodiacsign}}. Signs in UT/GMT for 1950–2030.</ref>

== Symbols ==
[[File:Chrysanthemums.jpg|thumb|[[Chrysanthemum]]]]
[[File:Topaze1.jpg|alt=Topaz crystal|thumb|[[Topaz]] crystal]][[File:Citrine taillee.jpg|alt=Citrine gemstone|thumb|[[Citrine (colour)|Citrine]] gemstone]]November's birthstone is the [[topaz]] (particularly, yellow) which symbolizes friendship and the [[Citrine quartz|citrine]]. Its birth flower is the [[chrysanthemum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shgresources.com/gems/birthflowers/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911093344/http://www.shgresources.com/gems/birthflowers/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-11 |title=SHGresources.com |publisher=SHGresources.com |accessdate=2012-12-11}}</ref>

== Observances ==
''This list does not necessarily imply either official status or general observance.''

=== 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.)
*[[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]]

=== Month-long ===
*In Catholic tradition, November is the Month for prayer for the [[Holy Souls]] in [[Purgatory]]. A November List or November Dead List is sometimes maintained for this purpose.<ref>Jesuit Institute, [https://jesuitinstitute.org/Pages/Liturgy/NovemberLists.htm November Lists] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105085615/https://jesuitinstitute.org/Pages/Liturgy/NovemberLists.htm |date=2023-11-05 }}, accessed 5 November 2023</ref>
*[[Academic Writing Month]]
*[[Family reunion#Annual proclamations and observances|Annual Family Reunion Planning Month]]
*[[List of commemorative months#November|Lung Cancer Awareness Month]]
*[[Movember]]
*[[National Novel Writing Month]] 
*[[No Nut November]]
*[[Pancreatic Cancer Action|Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month]] (Global)
*Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phassociation.org/AwarenessMonth|title=Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month|publisher=}}</ref>
*Stomach Cancer Awareness Month<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nostomachforcancer.org/our-community/stomach-cancer-awareness-month|title=Stomach Cancer Awareness Month|author=NSFC Admin|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[Dinovember]]

==== United States ====
*[[Native American Heritage Month]]
*[[COPD Awareness Month]]
*[[List of commemorative months#November|Epilepsy Awareness Month]]
*[[List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation|Military Family Month]]
*[[List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation|National Adoption Month]]
*[[List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation|National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month]]
*National Blog Posting Month<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.national-awareness-days.com/national-blog-posting-month.html|title=National Blog Posting Month|date=6 October 2016|publisher=}}</ref> 
*[[List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation|National Critical Infrastructure Protection Month]]
*[[List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation|National Entrepreneurship Month]] 
*[[List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation|National Family Caregivers Month]] 
*[[List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation|National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Month]]
*[[List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation|National Diabetes Month]]
*National Homeless Youth Month<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nctsnet.org/resources/public-awareness/national-homeless-youth-awareness-month|title=National Homeless Youth Awareness Month (November 2015)|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation|National Hospice Month]]
*[[List of observances in the United States by presidential proclamation#Annual special months recognized by presidential proclamation|National Impaired Driving Prevention Month]]
*National [[Pomegranate]] Month<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manseper.com/|title=November Is National Pomegranate Month!|work=Farmers' Almanac|access-date=2015-11-02|archive-date=2015-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906013712/https://www.manseper.com/food/2014/11/10/national-pomegranate-month/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[List of commemorative months#November|Prematurity Awareness Month]]

=== Movable ===
*[[Mitzvah Day International]]: November 15<ref>{{cite web| url = https://manseper.blogspot.com/| title = Home - Mitzvah Day}}</ref>
*See also [[Movable Western Christian observances]]
*See also [[Movable Eastern Christian observances]]

'''First Sunday'''
*[[Daylight saving time|Daylight saving time ends]] ([[United States]] and [[Canada]])

'''First Monday'''
*[[Recreation Day holiday]] (Northern [[Tasmania]])

'''Tuesday after the first Monday'''
*[[Election Day (United States)]]

'''First Wednesday'''
*[[List of food days#November|National Eating Healthy Day]] ([[United States]])

'''First Thursday'''
*[[List of food days#November|International Stout Day]]
*[[Thanksgiving#Liberia|Thanksgiving]] ([[Liberia]]) 
*[[List of food days#November|National Men Make Dinner Day]] ([[United States]])
*[[International day against violence and bullying at school including cyberbullying]]

'''First Friday'''
*[[Arbor Day#Samoa|Arbor Day]] ([[Samoa]])

'''First Saturday'''
*[[Children's Day]] ([[South Africa]])
*[[Public holidays in Turkmenistan|Health Day]] ([[Turkmenistan]])
*[[National Bison Day]] ([[United States]])

'''Second Sunday'''
*[[Father's Day]] ([[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[Iceland]], [[Norway]], and [[Sweden]])
*[[Grandparents Day]] ([[South Sudan]])
*[[Pupusa|National Day of the Pupusa]] ([[El Salvador]])
*[[Remembrance Sunday]] ([[United Kingdom]], [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]])

'''Week of November 8'''
*[[National Radiologic Technology Week]] ([[United States]])

'''Week of November 11'''
*[[Celebrate Freedom Week]] ([[Oklahoma]], United States)

'''Second Monday:'''
*[[Barack Obama Day]] ([[Perry County, Alabama]], United States)
*[[Public holidays in Tuvalu|Heir to the Throne's Birthday]] ([[Tuvalu]])

'''Second Saturday'''
*[[Arbor Day#Luxembourg|National Tree Planting Day]] ([[Luxembourg]])

'''Third Sunday:'''
*[[World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims]] ([[United Nations observance]])

'''Third week'''
*[[GIS Day|Geography Awareness Week]]
*[[Revolution Day (Mexico)]]

'''Weekdays of the third week'''
*[[Anti-Bullying Week]] ([[United Kingdom]])
*[[American Education Week]] (United States)

'''Wednesday of the third week'''
*[[GIS Day]]

'''Third Thursday'''
*[[Great American Smokeout]] ([[United States]])
*[[World Philosophy Day]] ([[United Nations]])

'''Third Friday'''
*[[International Stand Up to Bullying Day]]

'''Third Friday until the next Monday'''
*[[El Buen Fin]] ([[Mexico]])

'''Saturday before Fourth Thursday'''
*[[National Adoption Day]] ([[United States]])
*[[National Survivors of Suicide Day]] ([[United States]])

'''Last Week'''
*[[AIDS Awareness Week]] ([[Canada]])

'''Day before fourth Thursday'''
*[[Blackout Wednesday]] ([[United States]])

'''Last Wednesday'''
*[[Thanksgiving#Australia|Thanksgiving]] ([[Norfolk Island]], Australia)

'''Fourth Thursday'''
*[[Thanksgiving (United States)]]

'''Day after fourth Thursday'''
*[[Black Friday (shopping)|Black Friday]] ([[United States]])
**[[Buy Nothing Day]] ([[United States]])
*[[Fur clothing#Anti-fur campaigns|Fur Free Friday]] ([[International observance]])
*[[National Day of Listening]] ([[United States]])
*[[Native American Heritage Day]] ([[United States]])
*[[List of food days#November|Sinkie Day]] ([[United States]])

'''Fourth Saturday'''
*[[Holodomor Memorial Day]] ([[Canada]], [[Ukraine]])

'''Saturday after Thanksgiving'''
*[[Small Business Saturday]] ([[United States]])

'''Fourth Sunday'''
*[[National Grandparents Day]] ([[Singapore]])
 
'''Last Sunday'''
*[[Public holidays in Turkmenistan|Harvest Festival]] ([[Turkmenistan]])

'''Monday after fourth Thursday in November'''
*[[Cyber Monday]]

=== Fixed ===
[[File:Thanksgiving-Brownscombe.jpg|right|thumb|[[Thanksgiving]] is celebrated in November]]
*[[November 1]][[File:World Vegan Day baking giveaway.jpg|thumb|A [[Vegan activist]] gives out baked goods for [[World Vegan Day]]]]
**[[All Saints' Day]] ([[Catholicism]])
***[[Day of the Dead]], first day: [[Day of the Innocents]] ([[Haiti]], [[Mexico]])
**[[Public holidays in India#Secular holidays|Andhra Pradesh Formation Day]] ([[Andhra Pradesh]], India)
**[[Public holidays in Algeria|Anniversary of the Revolution]] ([[Algeria]])
**[[Calan Gaeaf]], celebrations start at dusk of [[October 31]]. ([[Wales]])
**[[List of harvest festivals#Indian subcontinent|Chavang Kut]] ([[Mizo people]] of [[Northeast India]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Burma]])
**[[Public holidays in Bhutan|Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo]] ([[Bhutan]])
**[[Haryana Foundation Day]] ([[Haryana]], India)
**[[Independence Day (Antigua and Barbuda)]]
**[[Lennox–Gastaut syndrome#Support and community|International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day]]
**[[Karnataka Rajyotsava|Karnataka Foundation Day]] ([[Karnataka]], India) 
**[[Kerala Piravi|Kerala Foundation Day]] ([[Kerala]], India)
**[[Public holidays in the United States Virgin Islands|Liberty Day]] ([[United States Virgin Islands]]) 
**[[Public holidays in Bulgaria|National Awakening Day]] ([[Bulgaria]]) 
**[[Samhain]] in the Northern Hemisphere and [[Beltane]] in the Southern Hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of [[October 31]] ([[Neopagan]] [[Wheel of the Year]]) 
**[[Armed Forces Day#Japan|Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day]] (Japan) 
**[[World Vegan Day]] 
*[[November 2]]
**[[All Souls' Day]] ([[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] and [[Anglican Communion]])
**[[Rastafari#Groundation|Coronation of Haile Selassie]] ([[Rastafari]])
**[[Day of the Dead]], second day ([[Mexico]])
**[[Dziady]] ([[Belarus]])
**[[Indian Arrival Day]] ([[Mauritius]])
**[[International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists]] ([[United Nations]])
**[[List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union|Statehood Day]] ([[North Dakota]] and [[South Dakota]], United States)
*[[November 3]]
**[[Culture Day]] ([[Japanese calendar#National Holidays|Japan]])
**[[Independence Day (Dominica)]]
**[[Independence Day (Micronesia)]] 
**[[Independence Day (Panama)]]
**[[Public holidays in Ecuador|Independence Day of Cuenca]] ([[Ecuador]]) 
**[[Victory Day (Maldives)]]
*[[November 4]]
**[[Community Service Day]] ([[Dominica]])
**[[Flag Day (Panama)]]
**[[National Tonga Day]] ([[Tonga]])
**[[National Unity and Armed Forces Day]] ([[Italy]])
**[[Unity Day (Russia)]]
**[[Yitzhak Rabin Memorial]] ([[Israel]], unofficial, but widely commemorated)
*[[November 5]]
**[[Bank Transfer Day]] ([[United States]])
**[[Public holidays in Panama|Colón Day]] ([[Panama]]) 
**[[File:2005-11-05 - London - Battersea Park - Guy Fawkes Night - Bondfire (4887823453).jpg|alt=Guy Fawkes Night fireworks. Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated on 5th in the United Kingdom.|thumb|[[Guy Fawkes Night]] fireworks. Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated on November 5th in the United Kingdom.]][[Guy Fawkes Night]] ([[United Kingdom]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada), and its related observances:
***[[West Country Carnival]] ([[West Country|English West Country]])
**[[Kanaka Dasa#Kanakadasa Jayanthi|Kanakadasa Jayanthi]] ([[Karnataka]], India)
**[[Red hair#Red hair festivals|National Love Your Red Hair Day]] ([[Ireland]])
*[[November 6]]
**[[Arbor Day#Republic of Congo|Arbor Day]] ([[Republic of Congo]])
**[[Constitution Day (Dominican Republic)]]
**[[Finnish Swedish Heritage Day]] ([[Finland]])
**[[Green March]] ([[Morocco]])
**[[Gustavus Adolphus Day]] ([[Sweden]])
**[[International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict]]
**[[Malaria Day in the Americas]]
*[[November 7]]
**[[Tunisia#Government and politics|Commemoration Day]] ([[Tunisia]])
**[[Hungarian Opera Day]] ([[Hungary]])
**[[National Day]] ([[Northern Catalonia]], France)
**[[October Revolution Day]] ([[Public holidays in Belarus|Belarus]], [[Transnistria]])
**[[Tokhu Emong]] ([[Lotha Naga|Lotha Naga people]] of [[India]])
*[[November 8]]
**[[Intersex Day of Remembrance]] 
**[[List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union|Statehood Day]], [[Montana]], United States
*[[November 9]]
**[[Independence Day]] (Cambodia)
*[[November 10]] 
**[[National Heroes Day]] (Indonesia)
**[[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk|Commemoration of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] (Turkey)
**World Keratoconus Day<ref>{{cite web|title=November 10: World Keratoconus Day|url=https://www.keratoconusgroup.org/2017/10/november-10-world-keratoconus-day.html|website=Keratoconus Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NKCF, December 2016 E-Update|url=http://www.nkcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Dec-16.pdf|website=National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF)|access-date=2017-10-06|archive-date=2017-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006212202/http://www.nkcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Dec-16.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[November 11]]
**[[Independence Day]] (Angola, Poland)
**[[Veterans Day]] (United States)
**[[Remembrance Day]] (Canada)
**[[List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union|Statehood day]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington State]], United States
*[[November 12]]
**[[Public holidays in Taiwan|Birthday of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day]] ([[Taiwan]])
**[[Constitution Day (Azerbaijan)]]
**[[Father's Day]] ([[Indonesia]])
**[[Public holidays in Indonesia|National Health Day]] ([[Indonesia]])
**[[National Youth Day (Timor-Leste)]]
**[[World Pneumonia Day]]
*[[November 13]]
**[[Sadie Hawkins Day]] ([[United States]]) 
**[[World Kindness Day]]
*[[November 14]]
**[[Children's Day]] (India)
**[[World Diabetes Day]]
*[[November 15]]
**[[Public holidays in Ivory Coast|National Peace Day]] ([[Ivory Coast]])
**[[Independence Day]] ([[Palestine]])
*[[November 16]]
**[[List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union|Statehood Day]] [[Oklahoma]], United States
*[[November 17]]
**[[World Prematurity Day]]
*[[November 18]]
**[[Day of Army and Victory]] ([[Haiti]])
**[[Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia]] ([[Latvia]]) 
**[[Independence Day (Morocco)]]
**[[List of food days#November|National Apple Cider Day]] ([[United States]])
**[[National Day (Oman)]]
**[[List of food days#November|National Vichyssoise Day]] ([[United States]])
**[[Battle of Vukovar#Commemorations and memorials|Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991]] ([[Croatia]])
**Feast day of [[Saint Constant]]
*[[November 19]]
**[[List of food days#November|Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day]] (United States)
**[[Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico]] (Puerto Rico)
**[[Day of Missile Forces and Artillery]] (Russia, Belarus)
**[[Flag Day (Brazil)]]
**[[Garifuna Settlement Day]] (Belize)
**[[International Men's Day]]
**[[Monaco National Day]] (Monaco)
**[[Women's Entrepreneurship Day]]
**[[World Toilet Day]]
*[[November 20]]
**[[20-N]] ([[Spain]])
**[[Africa Industrialization Day]] ([[International observance|international]])
**[[Black Awareness Day]] ([[Brazil]])
**[[Children's Day]]
**[[Day of National Sovereignty]] (Argentina)
**[[Mexican Revolution|Día de la Revolución]] (Mexico)
**[[Revolution Day (Mexico)|Revolution Day]] (Mexico)
**[[Royal Thai Navy|Royal Thai Navy Day]] (Thailand)
**[[Teachers' Day]] or ''Ngày nhà giáo Việt Nam'' ([[Vietnam]])
**[[Transgender Day of Remembrance]] 
*[[November 21]]
**[[List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union|Statehood Day]] [[North Carolina]], United States
*[[November 22]]
**[[Independence Day]] ([[Lebanon]]) 
*[[November 23]]
**[[Labor Thanksgiving Day]] ([[Japan]])
**[[Repudiation Day]] ([[Frederick County, Maryland]], United States)
**[[Rudolf Maister Day]] ([[Slovenia]])
**[[St George's Day (Georgia)]]
*[[November 24]] 
**[[Evolution Day]] ([[International observance]])
**[[Lachit Divas]] ([[Assam]], India)
**[[Guru Tegh Bahadur#Legacy and memorials|Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur]] ([[India]])
**[[Teachers' Day]] ([[Turkey]])
*[[November 25]]
**[[Evacuation Day (New York)]] (United States)
**[[List of food days#November|National Parfait Day]] (United States)
**[[Independence Day]] (Suriname)
**[[International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women]] 
**[[Public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina|National Day]] (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
**[[St Catherine's Day]]
**[[Teachers' Day]] or ''Hari Guru'' ([[Indonesia]])
**[[Public holidays in Thailand|Vajiravudh Day]] ([[Thailand]])
*[[November 26]]
**[[List of LGBTQ awareness days|Ace Visibility Day]]
**[[Public holidays in Abkhazia|Constitution Day]] ([[Abkhazia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])
**[[Constitution Day (India)]]
**[[List of food days#November|National Cake Day]] (United States)
**[[Public holidays in Mongolia|Republic Day]] (Mongolia)
*[[November 27]][[File:Miraculous medal.jpg|thumb|The [[Miraculous Medal]], whose design was created based on the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint [[Catherine Labouré]] in Paris. In 1832, during an epidemic, the first medals were distributed, to which numerous healings and conversions were attributed, receiving the name of Miraculous Medal.]]
**Our Lady of the [[Miraculous Medal]] ([[Roman Catholic]])
**[[Maaveerar Day]] ([[Tamil Eelam]])
**[[List of food days#November|National Bavarian Cream Pie Day]] (United States)
**[[Teacher's Day]] (Spain)
*[[November 28]]
**[[Independence Day]] ([[Albania]])
**[[Independence Day]] ([[Mauritania]])
**[[Proclamation of Independence Day (Timor-Leste)]]
*[[November 29]]
*[[November 30]]
**[[Andres Bonifacio|Bonifacio Day]] (Philippines)
**[[St Andrews Day]] (official national holiday in Scotland)

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