TIME AND MONTH

NAME OF THE MONTH

We all are known we have 12 months but i think many of dont know the words comes from where . The names of the months in english come from latin words . Lets discuss about our 12 months and details .

January

Januarius - this month was dedicated to janus , the roman god of doors . Janus had two faces , one looking back at the old year and the other looking forward to the new year .

February

Februarius - februa was the roman purification festival , which took place at this time of year .

March

Martius - from mars , the roman god of war .

April

Aprilis - from aperire , latin for open because plants begin to open during this month .

May

Maius - probably comes from maia , the roman goddess of growth and increase .

June 

Junius - either from a roman family name Junius , which means young , or perhaps after the goddess juno .

July

Julius - after Julius Caesar . This month was named in Caesar's honour by Mark antony in 44 BC . Previously this month was called Quintilis from the word quintus , Five as it was the fifth month in the roman calendar .

August

Augustus - named in 8 BC in honour of Emperor Augustus .

September

September - Comes from septem , seven because it was the seventh month in the roman calendar .

October

October -  Comes from octo , eight (as in octopus , which has eight legs ) the eighth month in the roman calendar .

November

November - Comes from novem , nine the ninth month in the roman calendar .

December

December - Comes from decem , ten the tenth month in the roman calendar .

NAMING THE DAYS OF THE WEEK

MONDAY

Moon's day .

TUESDAY

Tiu's-day : Mars , the roman god of war , was adopted in Scandinavian mythology as the warrios Tiu or Tiw .

WEDNESDAY

Woden's day : The roman god Mercury became the Scandinavian god woden .

THURSDAY

Thor's day : Like the roman god Jupiter , Thor was a thunder god .

FRIDAY

Freyja's day : Like venus , Freyja or frigg was the goddess of love .

SATURDAY

Saturn's day .

SUNDAY

Sun's day .

TIME WORDS

JUST A SECONDS

In a life time of 80 years , there are morethan 2.5 billion seconds - but you will spend morethan 800 million of them asleep . 

Period    -    Seconds

1 minute    -     60 seconds

1 hour    -    3600 seconds

1 day    -    86400 seconds

1 week    -    604800 seconds

1 year    -    31536000 seconds

TIME WORDS

Here are some of the words used to describe units of time .

micro seconds

0.000001 of a second .

millisecond

0.001 of a second , the blink of an eye takes 50 - 80 milliseconds .

centisecond

0.01 of a second .

second

1/60 of a minute .

minute

60 seconds .

hour

60 minutes .

day

sunrise to sunrise , or sunset to sunset , or midnight to midnight ; 24 hours .

week

seven days , in shakespearean times , it was also called a sennight or seven nights .

fort night

Two weeks .

month

Full moon to full moon , 1/12 of a year , four weeks , or 28 , 29 ,30 or 31 days , depending on month .

bimester

two months .

trimester

a period of three months .

year

365 1/4 days , 52 weeks , or 12 months .

solar day

the time it takes for a place on earth directly facing the sun to make one revolution and return to the same position .

solar year

the time taken for the earth to make a complete revolution around the sun , equal to 365.24219 solar days or 365 days five hours 48 minutes 45.51 seconds , also called a tropical year or astromonical year .

leap year

366 days .

decade

10 years also called a decenium .

century

100 years .

millenium

1000 years also called a chiliad .

bimillenium

2000 years .

era

a period of time measured from some important event .

aeon or eon

a long period of time , usually thousands of years ,in geology an atronomy it is one billion years .

epoch

a geological era or very long period of time .