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January holidays & observances

69 dated occasions fall in January. Each links to a dedicated card page with five printable verses.

January sits in the part of the year when calendars start to fill up — not just with the well-known holidays, but with the smaller observances that often go unmarked. The list below covers every January-dated occasion in CardVerse, from major faith holidays and national days to lesser-known awareness days and cultural festivals. If you’re planning ahead, this is the page to bookmark.

For non-dated occasions in this season — birthdays, sympathies, friendship cards, get-wells — head to the categories index or the complete alphabetical list.

Cultural deep-dives for January

Editorial guides for the major festivals that fall in January — each covering origin, native-language greetings, design tips and reference reading.

New moon between 21 January and 20 February

Lunar New Year

The fifteen-day festival opening the lunisolar year — the largest annual human migration on earth.

 Four-day harvest festival starting 14 January (first day of Thai)

Pongal

A four-day Tamil harvest festival of thanksgiving to the sun, the rain and the cattle that work the

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