March is the third month of the Julian and Gregorian calendars, lasting for 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, March is the month of the spring equinox and in the Southern Hemisphere, the month of the autumn equinox. It is named after Mars, the Roman god of war.

March's birthstones are the aquamarine and the bloodstone, representing courage. Like December, March's flowers are the daffodils (Narcissus). In regards to the western zodiac, March is under the sign of Pisces until the 20th, when the zodiac restarts under the sign of Aries.

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Events

Holidays

Fixed date

• National Barista Day – March 1
• National Pig Day – March 1
• Zangoose Day – March 9
• Slit Day – March 10
• Jolteon Day – March 12
• National Smart and Sexy Day – March 13
• Pi Day – March 14
• March Day – March 14
• Saint Patrick's Day – March 17
• Tolkien Reading Day – March 25
• Minichin Chubby Day – March 28
• Wear a Hat Day – March 28
• International Transgender Day of Visibility – March 31

Floating date

TBA

Month-long

• International Renamon Appreciation Month
• LGBT History Month (Hungary)

Art challenges

• Mecha March

Historical

• Start of the Cold War (Proclamation of the Truman Doctrine) – March 12, 1947
• Start of the Iraq War (Invasion of Iraq) – March 20, 2003

Calendar

More Information

• March (disambiguation)

External links

• March (Wikipedia)