January 2023 Festival Calendar: The new year will start from January 2023. This month of Pausha will end on January 6, 2023, after that the month of Magh will start from January 7, 2023. The month of January is considered very special from the point of view of fasting and festivals. Big festivals like Paush Putrada Ekadashi, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri, Gupta Navratri, Vasant Panchami will come in this month. Let us know the dates of all the fasts and festivals of the month of January.
January 2023 Vrat Festival list
- 02 January 2023 (Monday) – Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
- 04 January 2023 (Wednesday) – Pradosh Vrat (Shukla)
- 06 January 2023 (Friday) – Paush Purnima fast
- 07 January 2023 (Saturday) – Magh month begins
- 10 January 2023 (Tuesday) – Sankashti Chaturthi
- 12 January 2023 (Thursday) – Swami Vivekananda Jayanti
- 14 January 2023 (Saturday) – Lohri
- 15 January 2023 (Sunday) – Makar Sankranti, Surya Uttarayan, Pongal, Kalashtami
- 18 January 2023 (Wednesday) – Shattila Ekadashi fast
- 19 January 2023 (Thursday) – Pradosh Vrat (Krishna)
- 20 January 2023 (Friday) – Monthly Shivratri fast
- 21 January 2023 (Saturday) – Magha Amavasya (Mauni Amavasya)
- 22 January 2023 (Sunday) – Magh Gupta Navratri begins
- 23 January 2023 (Tuesday) – Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti
- 26 January 2023 (Thursday) – Basant Panchami, Saraswati Puja
- 28 January 2023 (Saturday) – Narmada Jayanti, Bhishma Ashtami, Rath Saptami
- 30 January 2023 (Monday) – Magh Gupta Navratri ends
Makar Sankranti 2023
The importance of Makar Sankranti is considered to be the highest among the 12 Sankrantis of the year. This is a big festival of Hindus. On this day the Sun leaves Sagittarius and enters Capricorn. From Makar Sankranti, the Sun becomes uttarayan. Auspicious works begin with Makar Sankranti. Pilgrimage bath, donation and sesame have special importance on Makar Sankranti.
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Lohri 2023
Lohri is a special festival of the Punjabi community. The festival of Lohri is associated with harvesting and sowing of new crops. Gratitude is expressed to Agni Dev and Surya Dev by offering Sesame, Revdi, Peanut, Jaggery etc. in the fire of Lohri and wishes for good yield of the coming crop.
Mauni Amavasya 2023
The new moon of Magh month is called Mauni Amavasya. There is a great importance of being silent on this day. There is a belief behind fasting on this day by keeping silence, that by this the seeker understands his shortcomings and tries to remove them.
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