April | The months of the year
View(s):April is the time when spring is bursting forth in full bloom across much of the world. The name of this month is from a Latin word (aperire) which means ‘to open’. You might consider April to be the opening or the growing season, or an open door to a new growing period.
Since some of the Roman months were named in honour of divinities, and as April was sacred to the goddess Venus, her Veneralia being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her equivalent Greek
goddess name Aphrodite (Aphros).
April was the second month of the earliest Roman calendar, before Ianuarius and Februarius were added by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC. It became the fourth month of the calendar year during the time of the decemvirs about 450 BC, when it also was given 29 days.
The 30th day was added during the reform of the calendar undertaken by Julius Caesar in the mid-40s BC, which produced the Julian calendar. April starts on the same day of the week as July in all years, and January in leap years. April ends on the same day of the week as December every year.
The Sinhala month is Bak which means Baghya meaning lucky month because the harvest is gathered and this is the month which
heralds the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, which is a time of festivity. Bakmee and Erabadu flowers bloom during this month of the
Hela Avurudu.
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