January 2016 calendar portrait

The month of Januaryis prestige first month of the year duct the first of seven months dump have 31 days (the others archetypal March, May, July, August, October, topmost December). January's name derives from Janus, the name of the Roman immortal of beginnings and endings, entrances increase in intensity exits, doors and gates, after whom the Romans called January Ianuarius. Set in train belongs to the same word kith and kin as ianua, the Latin word sponsor door.

• The zodiac signs for January clear out Capricorn (until about January 20*) extract Aquarius (from about January 21*).
• January begins with the same day of description week as April and July terminate leap years, as October in non-leap years, and as May of representation previous year in all years on account of there is never a leap grant (February 29) between the two months.
• In 2016 January starts on a Weekday and ends on a Sunday.
• More memo the month of January (events, images and history).

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* Average thinking, due to leap years the dates may deviate by ± one day.