January 2018 Calendar | All Countries Holidays List | Global Holidays

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January is the first month of the present calendar year. It is considered as the ingress or entry of the new year. The month is named after Roman God “Janus”. Initially, the Roman calendar consisted of only ten months, starting from from March, with the total no. of days in the entire year as 304 days. Later about in 713 B.C., the king Numa Pompilius is found to have added two months, January and February. As per the observations of the Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1902, Theodor Mommsen, 1^st January became the first day of the calendar year in 600 AUC (153B.C.) of the Roman Calendar.

Calendar Holidays In January 2018:

1. National Holidays in January 2018:

Jan-1: New Year's Day (Canada, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Australia, Zealand, Armenia, Bahrain, China , Cyprus, Hong Kong, Iraq , Japan, Jordan, Russia, Singapore, South Korea , Thailand, Turkey , United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, BulgariaCroatia, Czech Republic , Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Holy See (Vatican City) ,Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino , Serbia, Slovenia , Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Equatorial Guinea, Morocco), Restoration of the Czech Independence Day(Czech Republic), Independence Day (Haiti), Liberation Day (Cuba), Republic Day/New Year's Day (Taiwan, Slovakia)

Jan 2: New Year Day (Cuba), Heroes’ Day/Ancestors’ Day (Haiti), Day after New Year's Day (Zealand, Romania) , New Year's Day (Day 2)(Armenia, Albania, Moldova ,Montenegro, Serbia) , New Year Holiday Week (Russia), Bridge Public Holiday(Thailand),

Jan 3: New Year's Day (Day 3) (Armenia), New Year Holiday Week (Russia)

Jan 4: New Year's Day (Day 4) (Armenia), New Year Holiday Week (Russia)

Jan 5: Armenian Christmas Eve (Armenia), New Year Holiday Week (Russia)

Jan 6:Epiphany (Dominican Republic, Andorra, Austria, Croatia, Finland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain),The Three Wise Men Day (Bolivia), Armenian Christmas Day ( Armenia), Epiphany(Cyprus) , Army Day (Iraq), Christmas Eve (Orthodox)( Montenegro)

Jan 7: Orthodox Christmas Day (Russia, Belarus, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine), Coptic Christmas Day (Egypt)

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Jan 8: Day off for Martyr´s Day (Panama), Epiphany (Colombia),Coming of Age Day ( Japan), New Year Holiday Week(Russia), Orthodox Christmas Day holiday(Moldova, Montenegro, Ukraine)

Jan 9: Martyr´s Day (Panama)

Jan 11: Anniversary of the Independence Manifesto (Morocco)

Jan 15: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (US),

Jan 21: Our Lady of Altagracia (Dominican Republic)

Jan 22: Plurinational State Foundation Day (Bolivia)

Jan 24: Unification Day (Romania)

Jan 25: Revolution Day (Egypt)

Jan 26: Australia Day (Australia)

Jan 27: Saint Dévote's Day (Monaco)

Jan 28 : Army Day (Armenia)

Jan 29: Duarte´s Day (Dominican Republic)

2. Public Holidays in January 2018:

Jan 1: New Year's Day (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, St. Barts, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands, Guyana, Suriname, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Georgia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Syria, Tajikistan Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Maldives, Mayotte, Bosnia and Herzegovina , Faroe Islands, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Jersey, Kosovo, Sweden, United Kingdom, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo Democratic Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya , Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia , Zimbabwe ),Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)

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Jan 2: Winter Solstice (Nyilo)( Bhutan) , New Year's (Day 2) (Georgia, Kazakhstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo), Berchtold Day (Liechtenstein), Public Holiday (January) (Botswana), New Year (observed)(Mauritius)

Jan 4: Independence Day (Myanmar), Martyrs of Independence Day (Congo Democratic Republic), Day of King Amador (Sao Tome and Principe)

Jan 6: Epiphany (Puerto Rico, Greece, Sweden, United Kingdom), Three Kings Day (US) , The Three Wise Men Day(Venezuela, Uruguay),

Jan 7: Victory over Genocide Day (Cambodia), Orthodox Christmas Day (Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, United Kingdom, Eritrea), Christmas Day(Kosovo), Ethiopian Christmas Day (Ethiopia)

Jan 8: Orthodox Christmas Day observed (Kazakhstan, Kosovo)

Jan 9: Peace Agreement Day (South Sudan)

Jan 10: Majority Rule Day (The Bahamas), Vodoun Festival (Benin)

Jan 12: Geok Tepe Memorial Day (Turkmenistan), Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania)

Jan 13: Democracy Day (Cabo Verde), Liberation Day (Togo)

Jan 14: Tamil Thai Pongal Day (Sri Lanka), Defenders of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan), Orthodox New Year (United Kingdom), Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia)

Jan 15: Martin Luther King Jr Day (Puerto Rico, US), John Chilembwe Day (Malawi)

Jan 16: Anniversary of President Laurent Kabila’s Assassination (Congo Democratic Republic)

Jan 17: Traditional Day of Offerings (Bhutan), Anniversary of Prime Minister Patrice Emery Lumumba’s Assassination (Congo Democratic Republic)

Jan 18: Sonam Losar (Tamang New Year) (Nepal)

Jan 19: Orthodox Epiphany (Georgia, Ethiopia)

Jan 20: Heroes' Day (Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau)

Jan-25: Betico Croes' Birthday (Aruba)

Jan-21: Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)

Jan-22: Errol Barrow Day observed (Barbados)

Jan 22: National Heroes Day (Cayman Islands)

Jan 31: Independence Day (Nauru) , Meak Bochea Day(Cambodia ), Thaipusam (Malaysia), Adhi Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day(Sri Lanka), Thaipoosam Cavadee(Mauritius)