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Religious Festivals for January 2018

Key dates:

Lunar month begins Jan 16.

Full Moons are Jan 2 and 31. (Festivals for the full moons are highlighted)

World religion day (21)

January

Christianity

Islam and inter-faith Days

Hinduism

Buddhism

Taosim

Judaism

Capricorn

1.5 [southern summer solstice/

northern winter solstice]

2 ‘Little Cold’

January

Epiphany/Befana (6)

Feast of Nativity-orthodox (7)

Feast of the Holy Family (8)

Baptism of Jesus (10)

Blessing of the animals (17)

Week of prayer for Christian Unity (18 – 25)

Timkat-Ethiopean (19)

Conversion of St. Paul (25)

None for Islam in 2018

Gantan-sai (1) [Sh]

Guru Gobindh Singh birthday (5) [Sk]

Maghi (13) [Sk]

World religion day (21) [B]

01 New Year Day Purnima Vrat , Shri Satyanarayan Vrat ,Sri Satyanarayan Puja

02 Nature Day             Paush Purnima , Purnima ,            Magh Snan Start

05 Sankashti Chaturthi Sakat Chauth

08 Swami Vivekananda Jayanti Kalashtami

12 National Youth Day Shat Tila Ekadashi

13 Lohri

14 Makar Sankranti Pradosh Vrat , Ganga Sagar Snan

15 Masik Shivaratri

16 Mauni Amavasya Amavasya, Bhaumvati Amavasya

18 Chandra Darshan Shishir Ritu Magha Gupt Navratri

20 Ganesh Jayanti

21 Chaturthi Vrat

22 Somvar Vrat, Basant Panchami, Shasti

24 Rath Saptami, Budh Ashtami Vrat

25 Bheshma Ashtami Durga Ashtami Vrat

26 Mahananda Navami Republic Day

27 Rohini Vrat, Jaya Ekadashi

29 Pradosh Vrat Som Pradosh Vrat

30 Gandhi Samadhi

31 Purnima Purnima Vrat Magha Purnima Guru Ravidas Jayanti, Shri Satyanarayan Vrat,    Sri Satyanarayan Puja,    Magha Snan End

Shakyamuni Day (16)

Dakas Day (11)

Dakinis Day (26)

Amitabha Days (2, 31)

Mahayana New Year (2 – 4)

See Dharma Practice dates for other festivals

Ox month (16)

Laba Festival (24) [associated with Buddha’s enlightenment, mostly in northern China]

Tu Bishvat (31)

Key to Abbreviations: Sh=Shinto/P=Pagan/I=Interfaith/Sk=Sikh/B=Baha’i

 

[1] Key to Abbreviations: Sh=Shinto/P=Pagan/I=Interfaith/Sk=Sikh/B=Baha’i