January

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January is the first month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, commonly associated with the beginning of the new year and winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Label Occurrences
January canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf month
time period
abbreviation Jan
Jan.
associatedWith New Year
beginsOnDayOfWeekPattern varies by year
contains New Year’s Day
containsFixedDateHoliday Feast of the Theophany
surface form: Epiphany (January 6) in many Christian traditions

Martin Luther King Jr. Day
surface form: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (third Monday in the United States)

New Year’s Day
surface form: New Year’s Day (January 1)

Coptic Christmas
surface form: Orthodox Christmas (January 7, Julian-based churches)
etymologyLanguage Latin
follows December
hasDay January 1
January 31
hasNumberOfDays 31
hasTypicalFlower carnation (birth flower association)
snowdrop (birth flower association)
hasTypicalSymbol garnet (birthstone association)
isColdestMonthInCountries Russia
surface form: Russia (many regions)
isColdMonthInRegion Northern Europe
isInHalfOfYear first half
isInSemester first semester
isSummerMonthInRegion Australia
New Zealand
Southern Africa
LatinName Ianuarius
monthNumberInISO8601 1
namedAfter Janus
Janus
surface form: Roman god Janus
partOf Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar

Julian calendar
positionInYear 1
precedes February
quarterOfYear Q1
typicalFiscalYearStartInCountries Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Canada (federal government)

Japan
United Kingdom
typicalSchoolStatusNorthernHemisphere mid-school year
typicalSeasonNorthernHemisphere winter
typicalSeasonSouthernHemisphere summer
usedInContext astronomy
civil calendar
education
finance
meteorology
zodiacSignRange Aquarius
Capricorn

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Input
Subject: January
Description of subject: January is the first month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, commonly associated with the beginning of the new year and winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julian calendar usesMonths January
January Jones givenName January
Merchant taleMainCharacter January
subject surface form: Merchant (The Canterbury Tales)
Magha typicalGregorianMonths January