Holidays in January 2026

January 1st, 2026

Polar Bear Plunge Day
Second day of Hogmanay (Scotland) December 31-January 1, in some cases until January 2.
The last day of Kwanzaa (African-Americans)
Euro Day (European Union)
Global Family Day
International Nepali Dhoti and Nepali Topi Day
Jump-up Day (Montserrat)
Kalpataru Day (Ramakrishna Movement)
Holidays on January 1st, 2026 »

January 2nd, 2026

Buffet Day
Berchtold's Day (Switzerland)
Kaapse Klopse (Cape Town, South Africa)
The first day of Blacks and Whites' Carnival, celebrated until January 7 (Colombia)
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January 19th, 2026

Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Confederate Heroes Day (Texas), and its related observance: Robert E. Lee Day (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi)
Husband's Day (Iceland)
Kokborok Day (Tripura, India)
Theophany / Epiphany (Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy), and its related observances: Timkat, or 20 during Leap Year (Ethiopian Orthodox)
Theophany / Epiphany (Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy), and its related observances: Vodici or Baptism of Jesus (North Macedonia)
Holidays on January 19th, 2026 »

January 29th, 2026

National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
Kansas Day (Kansas, United States)
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January 30th, 2026

National Inane Answering Message Day
Day of Saudade (Brazil)
Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia)
Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, and its related observances: Martyrs' Day (India)
Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, and its related observances: Start of the Season for Nonviolence (January 30 – April 4)
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January 31st, 2026

Hell is Freezing Over Day
Amartithi (Meherabad, India, followers of Meher Baba)
Independence Day (Nauru), celebrates independence from Australia in 1968.
Street Children's Day (Austria)
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January 3rd, 2026

Festival of Sleep Day
Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan)
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January 14th, 2026

National Dress Up Your Pet Day
Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)
Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
Old New Year, and its related observance: Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia)
Old New Year, and its related observance: Yennayer (Berbers)
Ratification Day (United States)
Sidereal winter solstice celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking the transition of the Sun to Capricorn, and the first day of the six months Uttarayana period. (see April 14): Magh Bihu (Assam)
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January 24th, 2026

National Beer Can Appreciation Day
Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romania)
Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances: Feria de Alasitas (La Paz)
Uttar Pradesh Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)
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National Girl Child Day (India)
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January 28th, 2026

National Fun at Work Day
Army Day (Armenia)
Data Privacy Day
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January 4th, 2026

Spaghetti Day
Independence Day (Myanmar), celebrates the independence of Myanmar from the United Kingdom in 1948.
Colonial Martyrs Repression Day (Angola)
Ogoni Day (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People)
Tokyo Dome Show: The annual Wrestle Kingdom event run by New Japan Pro-Wrestling
World Braille Day
Holidays on January 4th, 2026 »

January 21st, 2026

Hugging Day
Babinden (Bulgaria, Serbia)
Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)
Flag Day (Quebec)
Lady of Altagracia Day (Dominican Republic)
Lincoln Alexander Day (Canada)
National Hugging Day (United States)
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January 5th, 2026

Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China)
Joma Shinji (Japan)
The Twelfth day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night of Christmas. (Western Christianity)
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January 6th, 2026

Christmas: Christmas (Armenian Apostolic Church)
Christmas: Christmas Eve (Ukraine)
Christmas: Christmas Eve (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Epiphany or Three Kings' Day (Western Christianity) or Theophany (Eastern Christianity), and its related observances: Befana Day (Italy)
Holidays on January 6th, 2026 »

January 7th, 2026

Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari) Christmas in Russia
Distaff Day (medieval Europe)
Nanakusa-no sekku (Japan)
Tricolour day or Festa del Tricolore (Italy)
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January 8th, 2026

Commonwealth Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
Typing Day (International observance)
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January 9th, 2026

Start of Hōonkō (Nishi Honganji) January 9–16 (Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism)
Martyrs' Day (Panama)
Non-Resident Indian Day (India)
Day of Republika Srpska (Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, result of 2016 Republika Srpska National Day referendum) (note: not celebrated and disputed in wider Bosnia and Herzegovina, having been declared unconstitutional i...
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January 10th, 2026

Fête du Vodoun (Benin)
Margaret Thatcher Day (Falkland Islands)
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January 11th, 2026

Eugenio María de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico)
Kagami biraki (Japan)
Republic Day (Albania)
Carmentalia (January 11th and January 15th) (Rome)
Prithvi Jayanti (Nepal)
Holidays on January 11th, 2026 »

January 12th, 2026

Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)
National Youth Day (India)
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January 13th, 2026

Old New Year's Eve (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, North Macedonia), and its related observances: Malanka (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus)
Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period (see January 14): Bhogi (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu)
Stephen Foster Memorial Day (United States)
Holidays on January 13th, 2026 »

January 15th, 2026

Armed Forces Remembrance Day (Nigeria)
Army Day (India)
Korean Alphabet Day (North Korea)
Sagichō at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū. (Kamakura, Japan)
Black Christ of Esquipulas day
The second day of the sidereal winter solstice festivals in India (see January 14): Thai Pongal, Tamil harvest festival
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January 16th, 2026

National Religious Freedom Day (United States)
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January 17th, 2026

The opening ceremony of Patras Carnival, celebrated until Clean Monday. (Patras, Greece)
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January 20th, 2026

Presidential inaugurations (United States)
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January 22nd, 2026

Day of Unity of Ukraine (Ukraine)
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January 23rd, 2026

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Orissa, Tripura, and West Bengal, India)
World Freedom Day (Taiwan and South Korea)
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January 25th, 2026

Betico Day (Aruba)
Burns Night (Scotland)
National Police Day (Egypt)
National Voters' Day (India)
Tatiana Day or Russian Students Day (Russia, Eastern Orthodox)
Holidays on January 25th, 2026 »

January 26th, 2026

Australia Day (Australia)
Duarte Day (Dominican Republic)
Republic Day (India)
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January 27th, 2026

Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances: Holocaust Memorial Day (UK)
Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances: Memorial Day (Italy)
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