January 2020

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.