There will be many fasting festivals like Lohri to Makar Sankranti and Basant Panchami in the new year. Kharma will also end this month itself. Let us know which fasts or holidays will be observed in the month of January in the new year.
In January 2023, the holy month of Paush will end and the month of Magh will begin. Both these months are considered very sacred. This is the reason why the importance of fasting and festivals observed in this month increases even more.
List of Festivals
January 1, Sunday New Year Begins January 2
, Monday Vaikuntha Ekadashi
January 2, Monday Paush Putrada Ekadashi
January 3, Tuesday Kurma Dwadashi Vrat
January 4, Wednesday Pradosh Vrat, Rohini Vrat
January 6, Friday Paush Purnima, Full Moon
January 6, Friday Purnima Vrat, Satya Vrat
January 6, Friday Magh bath starts
January 10, Tuesday Sankashti Ganesh Chaturthi
January 14, Saturday Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
January 14, Saturday Lohri (Lohri)
January 15, Sunday Kalashtami, Makar Sankranti
January 18, Wednesday Shattila Ekadashi
19 January, Thursday Pradosh Vrat
January 20, Friday Monthly Shivratri
January 21, Saturday Mauni Amavasya
January 22, Sunday Magha Gupta Navratri, Moon sighting
January 23, Monday Monday fasting
January 24, Tuesday Ganesh Jayanti
January 25, Wednesday Varad Chaturthi
January 26, Thursday Saraswati Puja or Basant Panchami, Shashthi
January 26, Thursday Republic Day
January 28, Friday Bhishmashtami, Ratha Saptami
January 29, Saturday Durgashtami fast, Mahananda Navami
January 31, Monday Rohini fast
Banks will also remain closed on these days due to festivals
1 January 2023- Sunday - New Year
5 January 2023- Guru Govind Singh Jayanti
11 January 2023- Missionary Day
12 January 2023- Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
14 January 2023- Makar Sankranti
15 January- Pongal/Magh Bihu/Sunday
Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is the big festival of the new year, because from this day auspicious work starts in homes. That's why people eagerly wait for this festival. This is called Makar Sankranti because of the arrival of the Sun in Capricorn, during this, the cold is also less. People bathe in holy rivers and do charity on this day. On this day kites are flown in Gujarat and Rajasthan and sesame seeds are donated, by doing this happiness and peace reside in the homes.
Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
The country celebrates the birthday of Swami Vivekananda as 'National Youth Day'. Every year this day is celebrated on 12 January. As soon as the name Swami Vivekananda is mentioned, there is a communication of both reverence and enthusiasm in the mind. Anyone who has understood the path shown by Swami can never be troubled by any pain and suffering in his life. He had said, get up, wakes up and keep trying continuously until you get success.
Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti
The birth anniversary of Lal Subhash Chandra Bose, who happily shed his blood to free his motherland from the chains of slavery, is celebrated every year on 23 January. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack city of Odisha. It was he who had formed 'Azad Hind Fauj' to give freedom to India and gave the slogan 'You give me blood, I will give you freedom'. It was only after this that Subhash Chandra was called 'Netaji'.
