January 2009

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January

1 - Emancipation Day (African-American, United States)

1 - Feast of St. Basil (Christian, Orthodox)

1 - Japanese New Year (Japan)

1 - New Year's Day (United States)

5 - Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday (Sikh)

6 - Epiphany or Twelfth Day (Christian)

6 - Three Kings' Day (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic)

7 - Ashura (Islamic, Muslim)

7 - The Nativity of Jesus Christ (Christian, Orthodox)

13 - Lohri (Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh)

16 - Religious Freedom Day

19 - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday - Observed (United States)

20 - World Religion Day (Baha'i)

26 - Chinese Lunar New Year (China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam)

26 - India Republic Day

26 - Tet Nguyen Dan (Vietnam) "Year of the Buffalo"

Note: Sundown times for Kansas City, Kansas were determined by using the Sunrise/Sunset/Twilight and Moonrise/ Moonset/Phase calculator, a web resource provided by the United States Navy.

*Holy days usually begin at sundown the day before this date.


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