TDSB Monthly Cultural Days of Significance

Cultural Days in January

Jan 1 - Gantan-sai Japanese New Year [Buddhism/Shintoism]

Jan 1 - New Year’s Day [Gregorian Calendar]

Jan 5 - Twelfth Night [Christianity]

Jan 6 - Feast of the Epiphany/Dia de los Reyes [Christianity: Eastern Orthodox & Western]

Jan 7 - Feast of the Nativity of Christ (Julien Calendar) [Christianity: Eastern Orthodox]

Jan 7 - Orthodox Christmas Day (Julian Calendar) [Christianity: Eastern Orthodox]

Jan 9 - Baptism of Jesus Christianity [Eastern Orthodox & Western]

Jan 9 and/or 29 - Guru Gobind Singh Ji Birthdam [Sikhism]

Jan 13 - Maghi [Sikhism]

Jan 13 - Pasha Putrada Ekadashi [Hinduism]

Jan 13 - Punjabi Lohri [Hinduism/Sikhism]

Jan 14- Makara Sankranti [Hinduism]

Jan 14 - Orthodox New Year’s Day (Julian Calendar) [Christianity: Eastern Orthodox]

Jan 14 - 17 Thai Pongal [Hinduism/Tamil]

Jan 16 - World Religion Day [Baha’i]

Jan 17 - Tu B’Shevat* [Judaism]

Jan 17 - 23 No Name Calling Week (Starts 3rd Monday in January) [GLSEN]

Jan 18 - Mahayana New Year (1st Full Moon) [Buddhism]

Jan 18 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day (In Canada) [USA Federal Holiday]

Jan 21 - Feast of the Wedding of Cana Christianity [Eastern Orthodox and Western]

Jan 27 - International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust [United Nations]

Jan 27 - St. Sava Devine Day [Christianity – Serbian Orthodox]

Jan 30 - Jashan-e-Sadeh [Zoroastrian]