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May is the fifth month of the year in the and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days.

May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Late May typically marks the start of the summer vacation season in the () and () that ends on , the first Monday of September.

May (in , ) was named for the Maia, who was identified with the of fertility, , whose was held in May. Conversely, the Roman poet provides a second etymology, in which he says that the month of May is named for the maiores, Latin for "elders", and that the following month (June) is named for the iuniores, or "young people" ( Fasti VI.88).

meteor shower appears in May. It is visible from about April 21 to about May 20 each year with peak activity on or around May 6. The shower from May 22 – July 2, and peaks on June 7. The also shower at various dates in May.

Ancient Roman observances
Under the calendar of ancient Rome, the festival of fell on May 1, fell on May 14 or May 15, fell on May 21, and on May 29. was held April 27 during the , or April 28 on the , and lasted until May 3. Lemuria fell on 9,11, and 13 May under the Julian calendar. The College of Aesculapius and Hygia celebrated two festivals of Rosalia, one on May 11 and one on May 22. Rosalia was also celebrated at on May 24–26. A military Rosalia festival, Rosaliae signorum, also occurred on May 31. Ludi Fabarici was celebrated May 29 – June 1. Mercury would receive a sacrifice on the Ides of May (May 15). took place on May 23 as well as in March. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.

Symbols
brooch]]May's is the , which is emblematic of love and success. Birth flowers are the Lily of the Valley and Crataegus monogyna. Both are native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia, Europe, and in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States, but have been naturalized throughout the temperate climatic world. "Mayflower" is a North American harbinger of May, and the floral emblem of both and . Its native range extends from Newfoundland south to Florida, west to Kentucky in the southern range, and to Northwest Territories in the north. The signs are Taurus (until May 20) and Gemini (May 21 onward).The Earth passed the junction of the signs at 13:49 UT/GMT May 20, 2020, and will pass it again at 19:37 UT/GMT May 20, 2021.. Signs in UT/GMT for 1950–2030.

Observances
Month-long
  • Working class history month
  • Better Hearing and Speech Month
  • In Catholic tradition, May is the Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary. See May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary
    • Flores de Mayo (Philippines)
  • Borderline personality disorder awareness month
  • Celiac Awareness Month
  • Awareness Month
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness month
  • Garden for Wildlife month
  • Huntington's Disease Awareness Month (International)
  • International Mediterranean Diet Month
  • harvest festival (, )
  • New Zealand Music Month (New Zealand)
  • National Pet Month (United Kingdom)
  • National Smile Month (United Kingdom)
  • (April 14 to August 23) (Barbados)
  • Awareness Month
  • South Asian Heritage Month (International)
  • World Trade Month

United States
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
  • National ALS Awareness Month
  • Bicycle Month
  • National Brain Tumor Awareness Month
  • National Burger Month
  • Community Action Awareness Month ()
  • National Electrical Safety Month
  • National Foster Care Month
  • National Golf Month
  • Jewish American Heritage Month
  • Haitian Heritage Month
  • Awareness Month
  • Mental Health Awareness Month
  • National Military Appreciation Month
  • National Month
  • National Month
  • National Stroke Awareness Month
  • National Water Safety Month
  • Older Americans Month GovTrack.us: Tracking the U.S. Congress

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

Movable, 2019
  • Phi Ta Khon (Dan Sai, , , Thailand) Dates are selected by village mediums and can take place anywhere between March and July.
  • National Small Business Week (): May 5 – 11
  • National Hurricane Preparedness Week (): May 5 – 11
  • New Zealand Sign Language Week: May 6 – 12
  • Green Office Week (, ): May 13 – 17
  • Walk Safely to School Day (): May 17
  • Emergency Medical Services Week (): May 19 – 25
  • Bike to Work Week Victoria (May 27 – June 2)

Western Christian
  • Special devotions to the take place in May. See May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Labour Day: May 1
  • International Workers' Day

Sunday after Divine Mercy Sunday: May 5

Monday and Tuesday in the week following the third Sunday of Easter: May 6–7 Fourth Sunday after Easter: May 12 Fourth Friday after Easter: May 17 Third Sunday of May: May 19
  • Feast of Our Lady of the Audience
Sunday preceding the Rogation days: May 26 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday preceding Feast of the Ascension: May 27–29 39 days after Easter: May 30
  • Feast of the Ascension

Eastern Christian
Wednesday after Pascha: May 1 Thursday after Pascha: May 2 Friday after Pascha: May 3 Saturday after Pascha: May 4 8th day after Pascha: May 5 2nd Tuesday of Pascha, or 2nd Monday of Pascha, depending on region: May 6 or May 7 2nd Sunday following Pascha: May 12
  • Sunday of the Myrrhbearers
4th Sunday of Pascha: May 26
  • Sunday of the Paralytic
Wednesday after the Sunday of the Paralytic: May 29

Movable civic
Last Friday in April to the first Sunday in May

First Thursday

First Saturday

First Sunday

First full week
  • National Teacher Appreciation Week ()
  • North American Occupational Safety and Health Week

Tuesday of First full week

Wednesday of first full week
  • Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day

Second week in May

First Tuesday
  • World Asthma Day

Friday preceding Second Sunday in May
  • Military Spouse Day ()
  • National Public Gardens Day (United States)

Saturday closest to May 10

Second Saturday
  • International Migratory Bird Day (Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean)
  • (Mongolia)
  • National Train Day

Second Weekend

Second Sunday
  • National Nursing Home Week (United States)
  • Children's Day (Spain)
  • Father's Day (Romania)
  • Mother's Day (, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, , Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Croatia, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, , Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe)
  • State Flag and State Emblem Day (Belarus)
  • World Fair Trade Day

Week of May 12
  • National Nursing Week (United States)

Third Weekend, including Friday

Third Friday
  • (Prince Edward Island, Canada)
  • National Defense Transportation Day
  • Endangered Species Day (United States)
  • National Pizza Party Day (United States)

Third Saturday
  • The is run, second jewel in the triple crown of horse racing.
  • Armed Forces Day (United States)
  • Culture Freedom Day
  • World Whisky Day

Third Sunday
  • Commemoration Day of Fallen Soldiers
  • Father's Day ()
  • Feast of Our Lady of the Audience
  • (, Japan)

Monday on or before May 24
  • Victoria Day (Scotland)

Third Monday

Monday on or before May 25
  • National Patriots' Day ()

Last Monday preceding May 25

May 24, or the nearest weekday if May 24 falls on a weekend

Saturday closest to May 30
  • Armed Forces Day (Spain)

Last Weekend

Last Sunday
  • (Venezuela)
  • Children's Day (Hungary)
  • Mother's Day (Algeria, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia)
  • Turkmen Carpet Day (Turkmenistan)

Last Monday
  • Heroes' Day (Turks and Caicos Islands)
  • (United States), a public holiday, is on May 30, but observed on the last Monday in May.
  • Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (Fiji), removed as a national holiday in 2010.

Last Wednesday
  • World Multiple Sclerosis Day

Last Thursday
  • Take a Girl Child to Work Day (South Africa)

Fixed
  • April 29 to May 5 in Japan, which includes four different holidays, is called "Golden Week". Many workers have up to 10 days off. There is also 'May sickness', where new students or workers start to be tired of their new routine. (In Japan the and start on April 1.)
  • , in the context of the late , was a in the countryside or in a park in the early days of May, hence the name. Eventually, "mayovka" (specifically, "proletarian mayovka") came to mean an illegal celebration of May 1 by revolutionary public, typically presented as an innocent picnic.
  • May 1
  • May 2
    • Anniversary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising (Community of Madrid, Spain)
    • Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo ()
    • ()
    • Indonesia National Education Day
  • May 3
  • May 4
  • May 5
    • Children's Day (Japan, Korea)
    • Cinco de Mayo
    • Coronation Day (Thailand)
    • in Europe (uncommon usage, largely replaced by May 9).
    • Feast of al-Khadr or (Palestinian people)
    • Indian Arrival Day (Guyana)
    • International Midwives' Day
    • Liberation Day (Denmark)
    • Liberation Day (Netherlands)
    • (Community of Portuguese Language Countries)
    • Martyrs' Day (Albania)
    • Patriots' Victory Day (Ethiopia)
    • Senior Citizens Day (Palau)
    • Tango no sekku (Japan)
  • May 6
    • Martyrs' Day (Gabon)
    • Martyrs' Day (Lebanon and Syria)
    • International No Diet Day
    • Teachers' Day (Jamaica)
    • The first day of Hıdırellez (Turkey)
    • St George's Day related observances (Eastern Orthodox Church):
      • Day of Bravery, also known as Gergyovden (Bulgaria)
      • Đurđevdan (, )
      • Police Day (Georgia)
      • Yuri's Day (Russian Orthodox Church)
  • May 7
    • Defender of the Fatherland Day (Kazakhstan)
    • Dien Bien Phu Victory Day (Vietnam)
    • (Russia, Bulgaria)
  • May 8
    • Miguel Hidalgo's birthday (Mexico)
    • Parents' Day (South Korea)
    • Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War, continues to May 9
    • (, United States)
    • White Lotus Day (Theosophy)
    • World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
    • Veterans Day (Norway)
    • VE Day in . In it is celebrated on May 9.
  • May 9
    • Anniversary of Dianetics (Church of Scientology)
    • ()
    • (), commemorating the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II.
    • Liberation Day (Jersey), commemorating the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II.
    • Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War, continued from May 8.
    • Victory Day observances, celebration of the victory over (Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
    • Victory Day over Nazism in World War II (Ukraine)
    • Victory and Peace Day (Armenia) marks both the capture of Shusha (1992) in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, and the end of World War II.
  • May 10
    • Children's Day (Maldives)
    • Confederate Memorial Day ( and )
    • (Federated States of Micronesia)
    • (1869 – Completion of the First transcontinental railroad – Promontory Summit, Utah)
    • Independence Day (Romania), celebrating the declaration of independence of Romania from the in 1877.
    • (), commemorating the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II.
  • May 11
    • National Technology Day (India)
    • Statehood Day ()
    • Vietnam Human Rights Day (Vietnam)
  • May 12
    • Saint Andrea the First Day (Georgia (country))
    • Day of the Finnish Identity (Finland)
    • International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day
    • International Nurses Day
  • May 13
  • May 14
    • 's Birthday (Malawi)
    • First day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (, Japan)
    • National Unification Day (Liberia)
  • May 15
    • Beginning of Tourette Syndrome awareness month. It ends on June 15
    • Army Day (Slovenia)
    • Constituent Assembly Day (Lithuania)
    • Independence Day (Paraguay)
    • International Day of Families
    • (Palestinian communities)
    • Peace Officers Memorial Day (United States)
    • ()
    • Saint Ubaldo Day
    • Teachers' Day (Colombia, Mexico, South Korea)
  • May 16
    • Martyrs of Sudan (Episcopal Church (USA))
    • Birthday & Feast day
    • Mass Graves Day (Iraq)
    • , declared by Salva Kiir Mayardit (South Sudan)
    • Teachers' Day (Malaysia)
    • International Day of Light
  • May 17
    • National Day Against Homophobia (Canada)
    • International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, also known as IDAHOT
    • Birthday of the Raja ()
    • Children's Day (Norway)
    • (Nauru)
    • Galician Literature Day (Galicia (Spain))
    • World Hypertension Day
    • World Information Society Day
    • (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
    • Navy Day (Argentina)
    • Norwegian Constitution Day
  • May 18
    • Baltic Fleet Day (Russia)
    • Battle of Las Piedras Day (Uruguay)
    • Day of Remembrance of Crimean Tatar genocide (Ukraine)
    • Flag and Universities Day (Haiti)
    • Independence Day (Somaliland) (unrecognized)
    • International Museum Day
    • Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day (Sri Lankan Tamils)
    • Revival, Unity, and Poetry of Magtymguly Day (Turkmenistan)
    • Teacher's Day (Syria)
    • Victory Day (Sri Lanka)
    • World AIDS Vaccine Day
  • May 19
    • Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)
    • Greek Genocide Remembrance Day (Greece)
    • Hồ Chí Minh's Birthday (Vietnam)
    • Malcolm X Day (United States of America)
    • National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
    • Hepatitis Testing Day (United States)
  • May 20
    • Day of Remembrance (Cambodia)
    • Emancipation Day (Florida)
    • European Maritime Day ()
    • Independence Day (Cuba)
    • , East Timor
    • Josephine Baker Day (NAACP)
    • National Awakening Day (Indonesia)
    • National Day (Cameroon)
    • World Metrology Day
  • May 21
    • Afro-Colombian Day (Colombia)
    • Circassian Day of Mourning ()
    • Day of Patriots and Military (Hungary)
    • (Chile)
    • Saint Helena Day, celebrates the discovery of in 1502.
    • World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (International)
    • One of the three festivals of ()
  • May 22
    • ()
    • Harvey Milk Day ()
    • International Day for Biological Diversity (International)
    • National Maritime Day (United States)
    • National Sovereignty Day (Haiti)
    • Republic Day (Sri Lanka)
    • Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari (Ukraine)
    • Unity Day (Yemen)
    • World Goth Day
  • May 23
    • Constitution Day (Germany)
    • Labour Day (Jamaica)
    • Students' Day (Mexico)
    • World Turtle Day
  • May 24
    • Feast of Mary Help of Christians (Roman Catholicism)
    • / Day ()
    • Battle of Pichincha Day (Ecuador)
    • Commonwealth Day (Belize)
    • Independence Day (Eritrea)
    • Lubiri Memorial Day ()
    • Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Eastern Orthodox Church) and its related observance:
      • Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Day (Bulgaria)
      • Saints Cyril and Methodius, Slavonic Enlighteners' Day (North Macedonia)
  • May 25
    • ()
    • African Liberation Day ()
    • Day of Youth
    • Geek Pride Day
    • (Jordan)
    • Liberation Day (Lebanon)
    • (or Revolución de Mayo), a national holiday in Argentina
    • International Missing Children's Day
    • (Russia, post-Soviet countries)
    • Liberation Day (Lebanon)
    • National Day (Argentina)
    • National Missing Children's Day (United States)
    • National Tap Dance Day (United States)
  • May 26
    • (Denmark)
    • (Guyana)
    • Independence Day (Georgia)
    • Mother's Day (Poland)
    • National Day of Healing (Australia)
    • National Paper Airplane Day (United States)
  • May 27
    • Armed Forces Day (Nicaragua)
    • Children's Day (Nigeria)
    • Mother's Day (Bolivia)
    • Navy Day (Japan)
    • Slavery Abolition Day (, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin)
    • World MS Day
    • Start of National Reconciliation Week (Australia)
  • May 28
  • May 29
    • Army Day (Argentina)
    • International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (International)
    • Oak Apple Day (England), and its related observance:
      • Castleton Garland Day (Castleton)
    • Statehood Day ( and )
    • Veterans Day (Sweden)
    • World Digestive Health Day
  • May 30
    • ()
    • Canary Islands Day (Spain)
    • Indian Arrival Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
    • Lod Massacre Remembrance Day (Puerto Rico)
    • Mother's Day (Nicaragua)
    • Parliament Day (Croatia)
  • May 31
    • Anniversary of Royal Brunei Malay Regiment ()
    • Castile–La Mancha Day (Castile-La Mancha)
    • Visitation of Mary (Western Christianity)
    • World No Tobacco Day (International)

See also
  • List of historical anniversaries

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