September

September is the ninth of the  in the  and one of four Gregorian months with 30 s.

September begins in western astrology with the sun in the sign of and ends in the sign of. Astronomically speaking, the sun actually begins in the constellation of and ends in the constellation of.

In Latin, septem means "" and septimus means ""; September was in fact the seventh month of the until 153 BC.

September marks the beginning of the in the.

Events in September

 * It is the start of the in many countries.
 * On the first Sunday of September, the regata storica parade is staged in, as prelude to the rowing contests known as s.
 * ( in ) is observed on the first in September in the.
 * In, is a national holiday celebrated on the third Monday of September.  is also a national holiday.
 * In the, Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from to.
 * Peter Brock (Australian V8 Legend) and Steve Irwin ( Australian Outback Legend) both died in September.
 * In, Independence Day is celebrated.
 * In, Independence Day is celebrated.
 * takes place on the first after  in the United States and.
 * In the, is , in remembrance of the terrorist attacks on.
 * In the the third Tuesday in September is known as prinsjesdag. The government presents its annual budget. The queen rides to the parliament in a gilded coach and reads the plans for the coming year to the.
 * The named the al equinox in the northern hemisphere and the vernal or  equinox in the southern hemisphere occurs on dates varying from  to  (in ). In the   the spring equinox is the time of  and the autumn equinox is that of.
 * In, king is commemorated on the last Sunday of September.
 * Counterintuitively, the German and the Chinese  festival (more correctly called the ) both occur in September.
 * In New Zealand, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September.
 * In, is celebrated on the first  of September.
 * In, the AFL Grand Final is played on the last Saturday of September.
 * is celebrated as the beginning of 's 30 year armed struggle for independence from Ethiopia which began in 1961 and ended in 1991.

Other names

 * In, September is called , meaning red month (leaves turn red before falling).
 * In, September is called září, meaning glow or shine.
 * In, September is called syyskuu, meaning autumn month.
 * In, September is called wrzesień, month when flowers emerge.
 * In and, September is called meskerem which is also the month when the yellow flowers of the same name blossom marking the beginning of the New year according to the ancient Christian orthodox calendars of  and  as well as the start of the greatest harvest season in most parts of both countries.
 * In, September is called Eylül, (Arabian - eylûl), syriac-Arabian 'aylûl' means 'Grape'. Thus the meaning might be "Grape Month". Another, more likely, possibility might be from the Hebrew month.

Miscellanea

 * September begins on the same day of the week as every year.
 * September's is the  or.
 * September's is the.
 * In, the adopted the .  In the British Empire that year,  was immediately followed by.
 * On, it is said that September 1993 never ended.
 * September in the is the seasonal equivalent to  in the  and vice versa.
 * started on, with 's invasion of .  It ended on ,  with 's formal.
 * is also the name of a female Swedish singer, author of the dance hit song "Satellites".