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January 2027 Holiday Calendar

4 major Islamic and Hindu observances fall in January 2027. Each entry below links to a detailed page covering significance, traditions, and regional practice.

• Islamic Isra and Mi'raj

  January 7, 2027

  The Night Journey and Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

• Hindu Makar Sankranti

  January 14, 2027

  Solar festival marking the sun's transition into Capricorn.

• Hindu Pongal

  January 14, 2027

  Tamil four-day harvest festival honoring the sun god.

• Islamic Laylat al-Bara'ah (Shab-e-Barat)

  January 22, 2027

  The Night of Forgiveness, two weeks before Ramadan.

About January in the Religious Calendars

January 2027 corresponds to portions of multiple lunar months in both the Islamic Hijri calendar and the Hindu lunar calendar. Because both lunar systems run shorter than the Gregorian solar year — the Hijri year by approximately eleven days and the Hindu lunar year is corrected through periodic intercalary months — the festivals listed above shift their Gregorian month-of-occurrence year over year. A holiday that falls in January this year may fall in the preceding or following Gregorian month next year, and may have already moved by several days even within 2027. The Islamic Hijri month or months overlapping January 2027 can be browsed through our calendar conversion tool, and the corresponding Hindu lunar months are catalogued in our Hindu month overview series. For the full chronological listing of all 23 Islamic and Hindu observances in 2027, see our 2027 year overview. To plan a multi-year commemoration, schedule, or recurring event, our Islamic festival index and Hindu festival index provide cross-year date tables for every holiday HijriHub covers.

Other Months in 2027

• January
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• December

Or browse the same month in another year: January 2024 · January 2025 · January 2026 · January 2028 · January 2029 · January 2030.