Important Dates in January Month 2017: January is the first month according to the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is hence, a very important month. January month is the beginning of New Year and holds great importance in everyone’s life. India has got a rich heritage and culture and hence, different rituals are associated with different months.
There are a number of events, religious occasions, festivals and vrats that will take place in the January Month 2017 on some important dates and tithis according to the Indian traditions. Indian people look excited and happy on every occasion and celebrate these with great enthusiasm and zeal.
Here is a list of some of the Important Indian Dates, Tithis, Festivals, Vrats, Events and Religious Occasions that will take place in the January Month 2017.
January Month 2017 Important Vrats, Festivals Dates and Tithis
January 1st, 2016, Sunday: Gauri Pujan after midnight (upto 2nd January 2016 morning), New Year’s Day
January 2nd, 2016, Monday: Siddhivinayak Shri Ganesh Chaturthi Vrat
January 5th, 2016, Thursday: Shri Martand Saptami, Prakash Utsav of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji
January 6th, 2016, Friday: Shri Durga Ashtami
January 8th, 2016, Sunday: Putrada Ekadashi Vrat Smarton for Housewives
January 9th, 2016, Monday: Putrada Ekadashi Vrat Vaishno for Sanyasis
January 10th, 2016, Tuesday: Bhauma Pradosh Vrat
January 11th, 2016, Wednesday: Shri Satya Narayan Vrat, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji Nidhan Diwas
January 12th, 2016, Thursday: Snan Daan Aadi Posh Purnima, Beginning of Maagh Snan, Shri Shakambhri Devi Ji Jayanti, Shakambhri Devi Ji Yatra and Navratri end, Swami Vivekanand Ji Jayanti
January 13th, 2016, Friday: Beginnning of Maagh Krishna Paksha, Lohri Mahotsav
January 14th, 2016, Saturday: Surya Makar Sankranthi and Maagh Month Beginning, Til Sankranthi, Maagh (Makar) Sankranthi Punyakaal, Shri Ganga Sagar Yatra (Bengal), Pongal Parv (South India), Mela Maaghi Muktsar-Mela Daun Mohali (Chandigarh) – Mela Binderakh (Ropar)
January 15th, 2016, Sunday: Sankashti Shri Ganesh Chaturthi Vrat, Sankat Harn Ganpati Vrat, Gauri Chaturthi, Saubhagya Sundri Vrat
January 19th, 2016, Thursday: Masik Kaal Ashtami Vrat, Swami Shri Ramanand Acharya and Swami Vivekanand Ji Jayanti, Shaheedi Mela Malerkotla Punjab
January 21st, 2016, Saturday: Rashtriya Month Maagh Beginning
January 23rd, 2016, Monday: Shattila Ekadashi Vrat, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Ji Jayanti
January 24th, 2016, Tuesday: Til Dwadashi
January 25th, 2016, Wednesday: Pradosh Vrat, Shri Sangmeshwar Mahadev Arunay Shiv Trayodashi Parv Tithi, Meru Trayodashi
January 26th, 2016, Thursday: Snan Daan Aadi Maagh Amavasya, Mela Prayagraj Allahabad and Haridwar, Baba Deep Singh Ji Shaheed Birthday, Mauni Amavasya
January 28th, 2016, Saturday: Beginning of Maagh Shukla Paksha, Maagh Month’s Goddess’s Gupt Navratri Beginning, Punjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai Jayanti
January 29th, 2016, Sunday: Chandra Darshan, Yogiraj Sidh Baba Dayal Ji Jayanti
January 30th, 2016, Monday: Gauri Tritya (Gauntri Teej) Vrat, Muslim Month Jamadi Ullawal Beginning, Mahatma Gandhi Nidhan Diwas
January 31st, 2016, Tuesday: Siddhivinayak Shri Ganesh Chaturthi Vrat, Angarki Chaturthi, Til Chaturthi, Warad Chaturthi, Kund Chaturthi Vrat