January 2021 Holidays Calendar With Festivals & Events: Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Republic Day, Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti; Know All Important Dates and List of Fasts for the Month

We are here again. Yes, the first month of the New Year 2021is here and a very important one. Apart from being the first month, January is also full of religious and national festivals and events in India. You have Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Magh Bihu, Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti, Republic Day, Indian Army Day, National Youth Day, World Braille Day, World Leprosy Day, and so on. Yes, there are significant national and international days, birth and death anniversaries, health days, food days, environmental days and other minor secular observances. Then there is also a list of vrat or fasting days, such as Masik Shivratri, Pausha Putrada Ekadashi Vrat, Akhuratha Sankashti Chaturthi, Masik Durgashtami and more, especially observed by Hindus. Let us check out the January 2021 holidays calendar with a full list of festivals, events, and important dates and fasts for the month. You can download January 2021 Holidays Calendar With Festivals & Events in PDF format for free online.

In the first ten days of the month, there are significant international days like New Year's Day, Global Family Day, National Science Fiction Day, World Braille Day, Handsel Monday, Distaff Day and Pravasi Bharatiya Divas / Non-Resident Indian Day or NRI Day. You have a couple of Hindu fasts such as Akhuratha Sankashti Chaturthi on January 2 (Saturday) and Saphala Ekadashi Vrat on January 9 (Saturday). You can check out for the entire 2021 as per Lala Ramswaroop Calendar, which is providing information on Hindu Festivals, Events, Dates of Holidays, Fasts (Vrat) and Horoscope (Rashifal) in New Year online.

The second ten days of January is packed with important celebrations, from harvest festivals to significant national days. Several harvest festivals like Lohri, Bhogi Pandigai, Thai Pongal, Makaravilakku, Makar Sankranti / Uttarayan, Mattu Pongal and Magh Bihu will take place between January 13 and January 15. There are special occasions such as National Youth Day observed in the honour of Swami Vivekananda Jayanti on January 12. Indian Army Day is another significant day observed in India, and it takes place on January 15. Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti on January 20 is a major Sikh celebration honouring Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru's birth anniversary.

2021 January Festivals & Events Calendar

Republic Day or Gantantra Diwas is the biggest day of celebration pan India. January 26 is annually celebrated as the day when the Constitution of India came into effect in the year 1950. Martyr's Day and Mahatma Gandhi Death Anniversary on January 30 is of utmost importance to the citizens of India. Indian states Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh will be observing foundation days or statehood days. National Girl Child Day on January 24 and National Voters' Day on January 25 are also big celebrations in the country.

In the last ten days, religious occasions such as Shakambhari Purnima, Paush Purnima, Pausha Putrada Ekadashi Vrat, Saket Chauth and Thaipusam will also be celebrated with much enthusiasm by devotees. January has several key health days like World Leprosy Day, CTE Awareness Day, Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day, Intestinal Malrotation Awareness Day, among others, will also take place to raise awareness about the critical diseases. You can bookmark the page and make it your go-to for all the information on January 2021 holidays, festivals and events and return next time for downloading February 2021 holidays calendar.

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