January 2027 Holidays, Festivals and Important Days: Full List

January 2027 starts on a Friday and ends with a Sunday, and it has one gazetted holiday: Republic Day on Tuesday 26 January. The rest of the month is harvest festivals, fasting days and a few national days. Here is every date in one place, with a note on the one date that calendars disagree about. Dates are as of 31 October 2026.

Important dates at a glance

Date	Day	What	Type
1 Jan	Friday	New Year's Day	Restricted holiday
3 Jan	Sunday	Saphala Ekadashi	Vrat
9 Jan	Saturday	Second Saturday	Bank holiday
12 Jan	Tuesday	National Youth Day (Swami Vivekananda Jayanti)	Observance
14 Jan	Thursday	Makar Sankranti (see the note below)	Restricted holiday
15 Jan	Friday	Pongal; Guru Govind Singh Jayanti	Restricted holidays
18 and 19 Jan	Monday and Tuesday	Pausha Putrada Ekadashi	Vrat
22 Jan	Friday	Pausha Purnima	Festival
23 Jan	Saturday	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti; fourth Saturday	Observance, bank holiday
25 Jan	Monday	Sakat Chauth	Vrat
26 Jan	Tuesday	Republic Day	Gazetted holiday
30 Jan	Saturday	Gandhi Punyatithi (Martyrs' Day)	Observance

Makar Sankranti: 14 or 15 January?

Calendars do not agree this year. The central government's restricted holiday list, as shown by timeanddate.com, gives Thursday 14 January. Drik Panchang, for New Delhi, gives Friday 15 January, because the Sun enters Makara late on 14 January and the holy time falls on the next day. Lohri follows the same split, 13 January by the first and 14 January by the second. Pongal is on 15 January in both. Follow your local panchang or temple for the day to observe.

Bank holidays in January 2027

The RBI has not yet published its 2027 holiday list. Its page shows 2026 only, so we cannot give you state-wise bank holidays for January 2027 yet. What we can say:

• Second and fourth Saturdays are bank holidays everywhere: that means 9 January and 23 January.
• Sundays are normally closed too: 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 January.
• Republic Day on 26 January is a national holiday.

Local holidays such as Pongal in Tamil Nadu or Makar Sankranti in some states will appear once RBI releases the list, and we will update this post then.

Festivals and fasting days

These dates come from Drik Panchang for New Delhi. Check a local panchang before you fast, since dates can change by a day in other cities.

Date	Day	Festival or vrat
3 Jan	Sunday	Saphala Ekadashi
15 Jan	Friday	Makara Sankranti and Pongal (per Drik Panchang)
18 Jan	Monday	Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
19 Jan	Tuesday	Gauna Pausha Putrada Ekadashi, followed by some traditions
22 Jan	Friday	Pausha Purnima
25 Jan	Monday	Sakat Chauth

National days

• 12 January: National Youth Day, the birthday of Swami Vivekananda.
• 23 January: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti.
• 26 January: Republic Day, marking the day India's Constitution came into effect in 1950.
• 30 January: Martyrs' Day, in memory of Mahatma Gandhi.

For the whole year, see our 2027 festivals and holidays list.

What we could not confirm

• RBI's 2027 bank holiday list. It is not out yet. We will update this post when it is.
• The Makar Sankranti and Lohri dates. Two calendars disagree, as explained above.
• State-wise gazetted holidays. State governments publish their own lists, and we have not checked each state.
• Vrat dates were checked against one panchang. Treat them as a guide and confirm locally.
• Regional festivals such as Bihu, Uttarayan and Maghi are not covered here.

Where to read next

• All festivals and holidays, month by month
• Find your bank branch, IFSC and MICR code
• December 2026 holidays, festivals and bank holidays

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This is general information. Dates were checked on 31 October 2026 and can change. Confirm bank holidays with your bank and religious dates with a local panchang.