amazing facts about Shortest Month february .

Fabruary month Shortest Month

February typically has 28 days, making it the shortest month in the Gregorian calendar. Every four years, it has 29 days during a leap year, adding an extra day (February 29) to align the calendar with Earth’s orbit around the sun.

how did February month gets its name ?

The name February comes from the Latin word “Februa”, which means “purification” or “purging.” It is associated with an ancient Roman festival called Februa or Lupercalia .

in Hindu calendar Why is the month of magha ( Gregorian calendar according February ) called magha ?

The month of Magha in the Hindu calendar is named after the Magha Nakshatra, a prominent lunar mansion or star cluster. In Vedic astrology, the calendar months are often linked to the positions of the moon relative to specific Nakshatras (lunar constellations).

Birthstone

Amethyst, symbolizing clarity and courage.

flowers

violet, the primrose, and the iris.

February Zodiac Signs.

Aquarius and Pisces.

2025, February month

1 February

1. Interim Budget
2. Indian Coast Guard Day
3. Forest Fire Safety Day (1-7 February every year).
Jackie Shroff birth day.
4. Kalpana Chawla death anniversary.
5. 2003 – Seven astronauts including India’s Kalpana Chawla were killed in the ‘Columbia Space Shuttle Accident’ while returning from space.

2 February

1. World Wetlands Day
2. RA Awareness Day
3. Surajkund Crafts Mela
4. Vasant Panchmi

3 February

1. National Golden Retriever Day

4 February

1. World Cancer Day
2. National Day of Sri Lanka
3. International Development Week
4. Brijmohan Nath Mishra birth anniversary.
5. Satyendranath bows death anniversary.

5 February

1. Abhishek Bachchan
2. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
3. Cristiano Ronaldo

6 February

1. International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
2. Lata Mangeshkar death anniversary.

9 February

1. Baba Amte’s Death Anniversary.
2. Comet Helios last seen in the inner solar system.

10 February

1. National Deworming Day.
2. World Pulses Day
3. 1913 – Delhi became the capital of India.

11 February

1. World Day of the Sick
2. International Day of Women and Girls in Science
3. Safer Internet Day
4. Thomas Edison Birth Anniversary.
5. Jamnalal Bajaj’s death anniversary.
6. Deendayal Upadhyay death anniversary.

12 February

1. Darwin Day
2. Abraham Lincoln’s Birth anniversary.
3. National Productivity Day
4. Rahul Bajaj death anniversary.

13 February

1. World Radio Day
2. Sarojini Naidu Birth Anniversary
3. International Epilepsy Day
4. World Congenital Heart
5. Defect Awareness Day
6. Sarojini Naidu birth anniversary.

14 February

1. The 2019 Pulwama attack involved a suicide bombing targeting Indian security personnel on February 14, 2019.

15 February

1. Bhappi Lahiri birth anniversary

16 February

1.World Anthropology Day
2.Dada Saheb Phalke, the father of Hindi cinema, died on February 16, 1944 in Nashik.

17 February

1. Taj Mahotsav
2. AB de Villiers birth anniversary.

18 February

1. Ramakrishna Paramhansa birth anniversary.
2. Martin Luther death anniversary.

19 February

1. shivaji jayanti
2. Gopalkrishna Gokhale death anniversary.

20 February

1. Mizoram was declared as the 26th state of India.

21 February

1. International Mother Language Day.

22 February

1. World Thinking Day.

23 February

1. World Peace and Understanding Day
2. Maharshi dyananad saraswati jaynti
3. Jalaram Bapa death anniversary.

24 February

1. Central Excise Day.
2. India’s Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score a double century in One Day International (ODI) cricket.
3. Sri devi death anniversary .

25 February

1. Don Bradman death anniversary.

26 February

1. Veer Savarkar’s Death Anniversary
2. maha sivratri.
3. Narmad death anniversary.

27 February

1. World NGO Day
2. Marathi State Language Day.
3. Chandrashekhar Azad death anniversary.

28 February

1. National Science Day
2. Rare Disease Day
3. ramadan start
4. Dr. Rajendra Prasad death anniversary.