Here is a list of the pagan, religious, and secular holidays for January 2020 that have thus far been shared here on The Pagan Calendar. As you can see I have divided it into sections with the almanac and astrological dates listed separately.
Almanac:
- 1 thru 5: Quadrantids Meteor Shower
- 10: Full Moon, Wolf Moon, Prenumbral Lunar Eclipse
- 24 : New Moon
Astrological Info – The Sun:
- 1 thru 20: Sun In Capricorn
- 21 thru 31: Sun in Aquarius
Astrological Info – The Moon:
- 2: Moon enters Aries
- 4: Moon enters Taurus
- 6: Moon enters Gemini
- 9: Moon enters Cancer
- 11: Moon enters Leo
- 13: Moon enters Virgo
- 15: Moon enters Libra
- 17: Moon enters Scorpio
- 19: Moon enters Sagittarius
- 21: Moon enters Capricorn
- 24: Moon enters Aquarius
- 26: Moon enters Pisces
- 29: Moon enters Aries
Lucky and Unlucky Days:
- January has 6 days that are lucky:
1, 2, 15, 26, 27 and 28. - January has 7 days that are unlucky:
3, 4, 6, 13, 14, 20 and 21.
January Lore and General Info:
- The Theme For January
- January Celebrations and Rituals
- January Activities and Lore
- January Moon Names
Celebrations Around The World
- 1: Shichi Fukujin – Seven Deities of Luck Celebration
- 1: Gantan-sai – Shinto New Year Holy Day, see also Shogatsu
- 1: Apple Gifting Day
- 1: Daisy Day
- 1 thru 3: Kalends of January
- 2: Bodhi Day
- 2: Advent of Isis
- 2: Mange Loa, also called Breaking of the Cakes, or Jan Case Gateaux
- 3: Snow Day
- 4: Evergreen Day
- 5: Festival of Lares Compitales
- 5: Feast of Old Roman Goddess Befana
- 5: Twelfth Night
- 5 or 6: Festival of Kore
- 5 and 6: Feast of God Poseidon – dates varied from Dec – Jan
- 6: Epiphany
- 6: Dia de los Reyes – Three Kings Day
- 6: Handsel Monday
- 6: Plough Monday
- 6: Distaff Day
- 7: Russian Christmas
- 7: Genna – Ethiopian Christmas
- 7: Feast of Sekhmet – Egyptian New Year’s Day (alternative date Aug 7)
- 8: Midwives’ Day
- 8 thru 9: The Haloa
- 9: Agonalia – Festival of Janus (alternative date Jan 11)
- 9: Raud the Strong’s Day
- 9-10 : Tu B’shvat – New Year for Trees
- 11 and 15: The Carmentalia – Festival of Carmenta
- 12: The Compitalia
- 12 thru 16: Rustic Dionysia (alternative date Nov 28)
- 13: St Knut’s Day
- 14 – 15: Dondoyaki
- 15: Black Christ Festival (Guatemalan)
- 15: Pongal – Festival of Makar Sankranti
- 15: Dōsojin Matsuri – Japanese Fire Festival – dates may vary
- 16: Festival of Concordia
- 16: St Peter’s Day – also Jun 29
- 16 and 17: Old Greek festival in which offerings were made to the Wind Gods of the Eight Directions.
- 17: Friday the 17th
- 17: Good Luck Day – Festival of Felicitas
- 18: Kitchen God Festival (Xiao Nian Festival)
- 19: Blessing of the Waters
- 19: Popcorn Day
- 19: Timkat – Ethiopian Epiphany
- 19 : Dakini Day (Tibetan)
- 21: Eve of St Agnes
- 23: Night of Hekate Suppers
- 24: Feriae Sementivae – Blessing the Seeds
- 24: Thorrablot (Þorrablót)
- 24: Gold Rush Day
- 24: Festival of Ekeko (Bolivian) – lasts 3 weeks
- 24: Mauni Amavasya
- 24: A Day of Silence
- 24 thru Feb 2: Iroquois Mid-Winter Ceremony – dates may vary
- 25: The Noumenia
- 25: Burns Supper
- 25: St Paul’s Day
- 25: St Dwynwen’s Day
- 26: Celebrating The Agathos Daimon
- 26: Chinese New Year – Year of the Rat
- 28: Daisy Day
- 29: Red Carnation Day
- 30: Up Helly Aa – Scottish Viking celebration
- 30 thru 31: Feast of the Charites – dates vary widely also listed as Jan 17 – 18, Apr 18 – 19, May 26, Jul 9 – 10, or Oct 13.
- 30 thru Feb. 2: Februalia
- 31: Everyman’s Birthday
- 31: Disfest/Disablot
Best Days:
- Plant above ground crops: 4, 5, 9, 26 – 28, 31
- Plant root crops: 10, 15 – 18, 21 – 23
- Plant flowers: 9, 10, 15, 16
- Transplant: 10, 17, 18
- Seed beds: 9, 10, 17, 18
- Tend hydroponics: 10, 27 – 29
- Prune to encourage growth: 10, 15 – 18, 21 – 23
- Prune to discourage growth: 1 – 3, 24, 25, 29, 30
- Apply chemical fertilizer: 11, 26 – 28
- Apply organic fertilizer: 10, 17, 18
- Destroy weeds: 11 – 14
- Control pests: 20, 21
- Harvest crops: 11, 12, 19, 20
- Wean: 19 – 28
- Kill farm meat: 17
- Set hens and incubators: 2 – 9
- Castrate: 1, 2, 21 – 31
Any January lore, almanac, astrological, and celebration dates that have been shared after this post was published can be found by searching the January posts to see what’s new.
- Rachel V Perry: Emancipation Day
- Rachel: The Nemesia
- Bethan: Mawlid an Nabi
- Alexis: Hygeia’s Day
- Nice: The Agonalia
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