January

1 – Emancipation Day (African-American, United States)

1 – Feast of St. Basil (Christian, Orthodox)

1 – Japanese New Year (Japan)

1 – New Year’s Day (United States)

5 – Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday (Sikh)

6 – Epiphany or Twelfth Day (Christian)

6 – Three Kings’ Day (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic)

7 – Ashura (Islamic, Muslim)

7 – The Nativity of Jesus Christ (Christian, Orthodox)

13 – Lohri (Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh)

16 – Religious Freedom Day

19 – Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday – Observed (United States)

20 – World Religion Day (Baha’i)

26 – Chinese Lunar New Year (China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam)

26 – India Republic Day

26 – Tet Nguyen Dan (Vietnam) “Year of the Buffalo”