March

Fun Facts

Traditional birthstone: aquamarine, bloodstone
Mystical birthstone: jade
Ayurvedic birthstone: bloodstone
Flower: yellow jonquil or daffodil
Chinese Floral Emblem: tree peony
Sun Signs: Pisces / Aries

Dates that vary from year to year

2nd Sunday: Holmenkellen Day, Norway
4th Monday: Academy Awards
4th Tuesday: National Organize Your Home Office Day
Vernal Equinox: 1st Day of Spring, March 20, 2013
Vernal Equinox: Ostara
Sunday through Tuesday before Lent: Shrovetide
Day before Ash Wednesday: Carnival, Mardi Gras, Feb. 12, 2013
40 Days before Easter: Lent begins
Sunday before Easter: Fig Pudding Day
14th day after the 1st spring full moon, nearest Sunday: Easter, March 31, 2013
14th Day of bright 1/2 of Phalguna, 2nd Hindu month: Holi, Mar. 27, 2013
14th Day of Adar, 2nd Jewish month: Purim, Feb. 23, 2013
14th Day of Nisan, 7th Jewish month: Passover begins Mar. 25, 2013

Weekly Observances

~Week 1~

National Volunteers of America Week
National Women’s History Week
Return the Borrowed Book Week
TV Turn-Off Week

~Week 2~

Bubble Gum Week
Chocolate Week
Garden Book Week
National School Breakfast Week

~Week 3~

American Chocolate Week
National Poison Prevention Week
National Wildlife Week

~Week 4~

American Chocolate Week
Art Week
National Agriculture Week

Monthly Observances

American Red Cross Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Frozen Food Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Craft Month
National Flour Month
National Noodle Month
National Nutrition Month
National Peanut Month
National Sauce Month
National “Talk With Your Teen About Sex” Month
National Women’s History Month
Spring Month
Youth Art Month

Daily Observances

1	National Fruit Compote Day Rice Festival, Thailand St. David’s Day
2	Ceadda, Celtic God of Healing Waters Morocco Independence Day National Banana Cream Pie Day World Day of Prayer
3	Aegir, Celtic Sea Festival Hina Matsuri, Japan National Mulled Wine Day St. Winnal’s Day
4	National Poundcake Day St. Casmir’s Day
5	Anthesteria begins Crispus Attucks Day Feast of Excited Insects; China, Korea Feast of Fools Hemlock Day National Cheese Doodle Day
6	Binche Festival, Belgium Bursting Day, Ireland Narcissus Day National Chocolate Cheesecake Day National Frozen Food Day Paczki Day
7	Masaryk Day, Czechoslovakia St. Drausius’ Day (patron of champions) St. Perpetua’s Day
8	Festival of the Earth Goddess, China National Peanut Cluster Day Tij Day, Nepal
9	40 Saints Day Jonquil Festival National Crabmeat Day Rockhound Days begin St. Catherine of Bologna’s Day
10	Harriet Tubman Day Maple Sugar Festival National Blueberry Popover Day St. Kessog’s Day Thai New Year
11	Feast of Guari Johnny Appleseed Day National Anti-Drugs Day Worship of Tools Day, India
12	Alfred Hitchcock Day St. Fina’s Day St. Gregory the Great’s Day National Baked Scallops Day
13	Religious Freedom Day St. Nikephoros’ Day, Greece
14	Fallas de San Jose, Spain National Potato Chip Day Pi Day
15	Feast of Esther Hilaria, Old Roman Spring Festiva Ides of March Marduck’s Festival, Ancient Mesopotamia Rhea, Greek Goddess of the Earth
16	Black Press Day Dionysus’ Day Feast of Bacchus Italian Renaissance Festival begins National Artichoke Hearts Day Wild Spring Flower Festival, India
17	Evacuation Day, Massachusetts Green Ribbon Day Patrickmas St. Patrick’s Day Violet Day World Maritime Day
18	Casey Jones Day National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day Sheelah’s Day, Ireland St. Anselm of Lucca’s Day St. Edward’s Day
19	National Agriculture Day National Chocolate Caramel Day St. Joseph’s Day Swallows Day
20	Jour du Macaron, Paris National Macaron Day, New York City, US National Ravioli Day Sakura Matsuri, Japan St. Cuthbert’s Day
21	Children’s Poetry Day Ching Ming Festival, China Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day Fragrance Day International Astrology Day National French Bread Day Noruz, Iran St. Enda’s Day
22	National Bavarian Crepes Day Saka, Indian New Year St. Catherine of Sweden’s Day World Day for Water (UN)
23	Fun & Sun Festival Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Day National Chip and Dip Day
24	National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day Philippines Independence Day St. Gabriel’s Day
25	Birthday of Kuan Yin, China Feast of the Annunciation National Lobster Newburg Day Pecan Day St. Dismas’ Day Waffle Day, Sweden
26	Make Up Your Holiday Day National Nougat Day Prince Kuhio Day, Hawaii
27	Liberalia, Ancient Rome National Spanish Paella Day Osweiler, Luxembourg
28	Confucius Memorial Day National Black Forest Cake Day Sun and Moon Creation Day
29	Alchemy Day Festival of Smoke and Mirrors National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day St. Woolos’ Day
30	Benediction de Los Animales Birthday of Lao-Tzu, China National Badminton Day National Hot Dog Day Take A Walk In the Park Day
31	National Clams on the Half Shell Day Oranges and Lemons Day Pennsylvania Maple Festival St. Balbinus’ Day Tater Day

National Days refer to the USA unless stated otherwise.

Jewish and Muslim holidays begin the previous day at sundown.

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