जनवरी 2026 · Haryana

January 2026 Calendar

January 2026 begins in the Hindu month of Pausha and ends in Magha (Purnimanta, as followed in Haryana). It has 6 festivals and observances and 2 holidays on this list, including New Year's Day (1 Jan), Lohri (13 Jan), Makar Sankranti · Sakrat (14 Jan), Basant Panchami · Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti (23 Jan).

January 2026: festivals and holidays

• 1JanThu

  New Year's Day नव वर्ष

  Calendar new year. Not a Haryana holiday, but the first big footfall day of the year at Kurukshetra's Brahma Sarovar and Pinjore Gardens.

  Festival
• 13JanTue

  Lohri लोहड़ी

  Bonfire night of the north Haryana belt — Ambala, Yamunanagar, Panchkula, Kurukshetra — with rewari, moongphali and gachak thrown into the fire and the Dulla Bhatti song.

  Festival
• 14JanWed

  Makar Sankranti · Sakrat मकर संक्रांति · सकरात

  Haryana's Sakrat: the daughter-in-law 'manaati hai' — she offers a shawl or clothes to her saas and elder relatives, who bless her. Til-gud ke laddu, khichdi with ghee and charity of blankets.

  Festival
• 23JanFri

  Basant Panchami · Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti बसंत पंचमी · सर छोटू राम जयंती

  Gazetted holiday. Haryana marks the jayanti of Deenbandhu Sir Chhotu Ram, the peasant leader of Garhi Sampla (Rohtak), on Basant Panchami; mustard fields are at full yellow bloom.

  Gazetted holiday
• 23JanFri

  Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस जयंती

  Special Day in Haryana's notification (no holiday). Many INA veterans came from the villages of Rohtak, Jhajjar and Rewari.

  Special Day
• 26JanMon

  Republic Day गणतंत्र दिवस

  National holiday. The state function is held in a different district every year.

  Gazetted holiday

Vrat days in January 2026

Sakrat ki dhoop aur sarson ka peela

Daily panchang · January 2026

Tithi and nakshatra are taken at sunrise in Kurukshetra. Times are IST.