January Religious Festivals and Dates

Guru Gobind Singh's Gurpurab/Prakesh (birthday)

Sikhism. The tenth Guru.

Laba Festival (Labajie)

Chinese religion. On the 8th day of La, the 12th month of Chinese calendar.

Christmas Day

Christianity (Orthodox, Rastafarian).
Historically developed from: Q4 Solstice (Yuletide)

Birthday of Swami Vivekananda

Hinduism.

The Baptism of Jesus

Christianity (Roman Catholic). The Sunday after the Feast of the Epiphany By John the Baptist.

Shinran Memorial Day

Buddhism (Pure Land Buddhism). For the anniversary of the death of Shinran Shonin (1173-1262), who founded Buddhist Jodo Shin-shu (Shin Buddhism).

Feast of Tammuz

Judaism. Although the hebrew day starts in the evening, this fast starts the morning after and continues until nightfall. To remember the breach of Jerusalem's walls by Romans (69CE). A 3-week period also covers the destruction of the first Jewish Temple (586BCE), the Roman-Jewish war of 66CE & the 2nd temple's destruction.

Feast of Sultán (Sovereignty)

Bahá'í Faith.

Jashn-E Mehergan / Mihr Jashan

Zoroastrianism. Dedicated to Meher, or Mithra, symbols of the sun, and of justice.

World Religion Day

Created by the Bahais to celebrate positive factors common to common religions.

International Day of Protest Against Hereditary Religion

A secularist campaign to highlight the injustice and unfairness of parents raising children up as religious, before they have had a chance to fairly compare religions and pick one in accordance with their own free will.

Honen Shonin Memorial Day

Buddhism (Japanese Buddhist). The Pure Land Buddhism school of Jodo Shin-shu was founded by Shinran.

Chinese New Year

Chinese religion in China. China uses the Gregorian calendar, but, the traditional Chinese New Year is still the basis for religious festivals and special days.

Jashn-E Sadeh

Zoroastrianism in Iran. Mid-winter bonfire festival to celebrate the days lengthening.

Guru Har Rai's Gurpurab/Prakesh (birthday)

Sikhism. The seventh guru.