Hónap

Hónap is the Hungarian word for "month," a unit of time used in civil calendars to divide the year into twelve periods. In modern Hungary, as in most of the world, the civil calendar is the Gregorian calendar. A month typically lasts 28 to 31 days, with February having 28 days in common years and 29 days in leap years.

There are twelve months: január, február, március, április, május, június, július, augusztus, szeptember, október, november, and december. Hungarian month names are used in writing dates and in everyday speech, e.g., "2025 januárjában" or "januárban."

Beyond the Gregorian calendar, other calendar systems use months differently. Some lunar calendars define months as alternating 29 or 30 days, resulting in shorter annual cycles (e.g., Islamic calendar), while lunisolar calendars (Hebrew, Chinese) use months tied to lunar phases with adjustments to stay in sync with the solar year.

In common usage, "hónap" also appears in phrases describing time spans, such as "egy hónap" (one month) and "két hónap múlva" (in two months).