January Calendar 2025: Check Full List Of Important Days In First Month Of New Year
One of the most important events in January for Indians is Republic Day, which falls on Jan. 26.
Important days in January 2025: January holds the distinction of being the first month in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and transitions, January will mark the arrival of the New Year 2025, bringing with it a month filled with significant events and celebrations around the world.
Several auspicious days and national and international events fall during this month. These include New Year's Day, Republic Day, National Voters Day, Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti, Lohri and Makar Sankranti.
New Year's Day falls on Jan. 1 and marks the beginning of the new year. In 2025, the New Year’s Day will fall on a Wednesday.
One of the most important events in January for Indians is Republic Day, which falls on Jan. 26 every year and is a national holiday. This year, the national holiday will fall on a Sunday. On this day in 1949, the Indian Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution as the supreme law of the land, replacing the Government of India Act, of 1935. The Constitution of India came into effect on January 26, 1950, and the day has been celebrated annually ever since to honour this historic event.
Lohri is one of the most popular folk festivals celebrated in India, especially in Punjab and the northern part of the country. It usually falls on Jan. 13. It is celebrated one day before Makar Sankranti, the last day of the month of Magh as per the Hindu calendar. The date of Lohri changes every 70 years.
Makar Sankranti is celebrated every year in January to mark the beginning of the harvest season as well as the Sun’s entry into Capricorn which signals the end of bitter cold weather and the start of warmer days. It is the most important of the 12 Sankrantis that fall in a year.
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List Of Important National And International Days In January 2025
Here is a list of all the important national and international days in January 2025:
January 1: New Year’s Day, Global Family Day
January 2: World Introvert Day
January 3: International Mind Body Wellness Day
January 4: World Braille Day
January 5: National Birds Day
January 6: World Day of War Orphans, Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
January 8: African National Congress Foundation Day, Earth's Rotation Day
January 9: NRI (Non-Resident Indian) Day or Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
January 10: World Hindi Day
January 11: Death Anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
January 12: National Youth Day
January 13: Lohri Festival
January 14: Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Mahayana New Year
January 15: Indian Army Day
January 16: National Startup Day, Martin Luther King Jr Day
January 17: Benjamin Franklin Day
January 19: Kokborok Day
January 20: Penguin Awareness Day
January 21: Tripura, Manipur, and Meghalaya Foundation Day
January 23: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
January 24: National Girl Child Day, International Day of Education
January 25: National Voters Day, National Tourism Day
January 26: Republic Day, International Customs Day
January 27: National Geographic Day
January 28: Birth Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai, K.M. Cariappa Jayanti
January 29: Indian Newspaper Day
January 30: Martyrs Day or Shaheed Diwas, World Leprosy Day
January 31: International Zebra Day
