January Holidays 2027

What holidays are in January 2027

The table shows each January 2027 holiday and observance with its date, weekday and type. Federal holidays close US government offices; religious days and observances usually do not, except where a country makes them a public holiday.

Federal holidays in January

The United States has two nationwide federal holidays in January, plus a regional one every four years.

• New Year's Day: January 1. When it falls on a Saturday, federal employees get Friday, December 31 off; when it falls on a Sunday, the holiday moves to Monday, January 2.
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day: the third Monday in January, so it always lands between January 15 and 21. It was first observed as a federal holiday in 1986. In 2027 it is Monday, January 18, 2027.
• Inauguration Day: January 20 in the year after a presidential election. It is a federal holiday only for federal employees in the Washington, D.C. area. The next one is Saturday, January 20, 2029, the 61st presidential inauguration.

Federal offices, US post offices and most banks close on New Year's Day and MLK Day. Federal law does not require private employers to give either day off, so check your employer's holiday schedule.

Religious holidays in January

• Epiphany (January 6), also called Three Kings Day, follows the 12 days of Christmas and marks the visit of the Magi in Western churches. Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the same feast as Theophany, the baptism of Jesus; churches on the Julian calendar keep it on January 19. Epiphany is a public holiday in countries including Spain, Italy, Austria and Poland. In 2027 it falls on Wednesday, January 6, 2027.
• Orthodox Christmas (January 7) is celebrated by churches that follow the Julian calendar, including the Russian, Serbian and Georgian Orthodox churches. December 25 on the Julian calendar currently corresponds to January 7 on the Gregorian calendar. In 2027 it is Thursday, January 7, 2027.
• Old New Year (January 14), often called Orthodox New Year, is January 1 on the Julian calendar and is marked in Russia, Serbia and other countries with Orthodox traditions.

Orthodox churches that use the Revised Julian calendar, such as the Greek, Romanian and Bulgarian churches, celebrate Christmas on December 25.

International holidays and festivals in January

• Coming of Age Day (second Monday): a national holiday in Japan honoring young adults.
• Lohri (usually January 13): a Punjabi winter festival with bonfires, celebrated in Punjab and by Punjabi communities worldwide.
• Makar Sankranti and Pongal (usually January 14 or 15): Hindu harvest festivals marking the sun's move into Capricorn in the sidereal zodiac. Pongal is a four-day festival in Tamil Nadu.
• Burns Night (January 25): Scotland's celebration of the poet Robert Burns, born on January 25, 1759, with suppers of haggis and readings of his poems. It is not a public holiday.
• Australia Day (January 26): Australia's national public holiday, marking the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788. When January 26 falls on a weekend, the holiday moves to the following Monday. In 2027 the public holiday is Tuesday, January 26, 2027.
• Republic Day (January 26): a national holiday in India marking the day the Constitution came into effect in 1950, celebrated with a parade in New Delhi. 2027 marks the 78th Republic Day.
• International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27): designated by the UN General Assembly in 2005, on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945.
• Lunar New Year (between January 21 and February 20): in 2027 it falls on Saturday, February 6, 2027, starting the Year of the Goat. The next January date is Wednesday, January 26, 2028.

January bank holidays

US banks generally follow the Federal Reserve, which closes on New Year's Day and MLK Day. England, Wales and Northern Ireland have one January bank holiday, New Year's Day (Friday, January 1, 2027 in 2027), and Scotland adds January 2.

Canada's January statutory holiday is New Year's Day. Australia has New Year's Day and Australia Day, and New Zealand has New Year's Day and the day after. When one of these falls on a weekend, it usually moves to a nearby weekday. See January bank holidays by country for exact 2027 dates, and check GOV.UK or your national government's website for official confirmation.

Awareness months and national days

January is also full of month-long observances. In the US it is National Blood Donor Month, National Mentoring Month and National Radon Action Month, and many people in the UK, US and elsewhere take part in Dry January or Veganuary.

Most food and fun national days are unofficial: they are created by companies, organizations or calendar sites and do not close anything. See January national days for the full day-by-day list.

Related

• New Year's Day
• MLK Day
• Bank holidays
• National days
• Working days
• January 2027 calendar