Python calendar.month() Function

The Python calendar.month() function is used to generate a month's calendar in a multi-line string format.

This function returns a formatted month calendar as a string, making it easy to display or print a specific month's calendar.

Syntax

Following is the syntax of the Python calendar.month() function −

calendar.month(year, month, w=2, l=1)

Parameters

This function accepts the following parameters −

• year: The year of the month to be displayed.
• month: The month (1-12) to be displayed.
• w (optional): The width of each date column (default is 2).
• l (optional): The number of lines per week (default is 1).

Return Value

This function returns a multi-line string containing the formatted calendar for the specified month.

Example: Displaying a Month Calendar

In this example, we generate a calendar for March 2025 using the Python calendar.month() function −

import calendar

# Generate March 2025 calendar
month_calendar = calendar.month(2025, 3)

print(month_calendar)

Following is the output obtained −

    March 2025
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
                1  2
 3  4  5  6  7  8  9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

Example: Customizing Column Width

We can adjust the width of date columns using the w parameter of the month() function −

import calendar

# Generate March 2025 calendar with custom width
month_calendar = calendar.month(2025, 3, w=4)

print(month_calendar)

Following is an excerpt of the customized output −

    March 2025
Mo   Tu   We   Th   Fr   Sa   Su  
                          1    2  
 3    4    5    6    7    8    9  
...

Example: Adjusting Line Spacing

We can modify the line spacing between weeks using the l parameter −

import calendar

# Generate March 2025 calendar with extra spacing
month_calendar = calendar.month(2025, 3, l=2)

print(month_calendar)

Following is output of the above code −

    March 2025
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
                1  2
  
 3  4  5  6  7  8  9
  
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
...

Example: Displaying a Different Month

We can also use the month() function to display any other month, such as December 2024 −

import calendar

# Generate December 2024 calendar
month_calendar = calendar.month(2024, 12)

print(month_calendar)

We get the output as shown below −

   December 2024
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
                   1
 2  3  4  5  6  7  8
 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
...