New Year’s Day  – Celebrates the start of the new year
(Sikh) Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh – 1666-1708 – According to the Sikh Nanakshahi calendar, this day marks the birth of the tenth and final Sikh prophet-teacher. Guru Gobind Singh introduced many of the customs that Sikhs practise today including the 5 K’s.Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru, was born Gobind Rai in Patna, Bihar on 22 December 1666 CE. His birthday generally falls in December or January—or occasionally twice within one year—when calculated according to the Hindu Bikrami calendar.
(Christian) Epiphany – The twelfth day of Christmas, celebrates the visit of the wise men, or magi, to the baby Jesus.
(Christian) Orthodox Christmas – Many Eastern Orthodox and Armenian churches still use the Julian rather than the Gregorian calendar. This means that they celebrate Christmas and other fixed festivals thirteen days after the Western churches, so the 7th January in the Orthodox calendar equates 25th December in the Western calendar.
(Christian)  – First Sunday after Epiphany
(Christian)  – Baptism of Jesus 
Full Moon
(Buddhist) Mahayana Buddhist New Year – New Year for Mahayana Buddhists celebrated on the first
(Christian)  Baptism of Jesus 
(Hindu) Makar Sankranti / Lohri – Sankranti means to go from one place to another place (to change direction). It also means one meets another. The time when the sun changes direction from one constellation (of the zodiac) to another is known as Sankranti. It is celebrated in mid-winter and marks the transition of the sun from the Sagittarius to Capricorn during the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. People take dips in rivers and worship the Sun God especially in the holy Ganges river. The dip is said to purify the self and bestow “punya”. Special puja is offered as a thanksgiving for good harvest.
(Hindu) Pongal – Pongal is one of the most popular harvest festival of South India, mainly Tamil Nadu. Pongal falls in the mid-January every year and marks the reaping of crops and a special thanksgiving to God, the sun, the earth and the cattle. Pongal festival lasts for four days. Celebrations include drawing of Kolam, swinging & cooking of delicious Pongal.
World Religion Day – Annually the third Sunday in January. The aim of World Religion Day is to foster the establishment of interfaith understanding and harmony by emphasizing the common denominators underlying all religions.
New Moon
Chinese New Year – Year 4710 – Year of the Dragon. The most important event in the traditional Chinese calendar marking the beginning of the first lunar month.  The festival is colourfully celebrated with fireworks, dances (such as the famous Lion dance) and the giving of gifts, flowers and sweets. Gold is a dominant colour to symbolise the wish for prosperity, and red is also much used as a lucky colour.  Business accounts should be settled and all debts should be paid before the new year begins. Celebrations can last three days or more.
Burn’s Night – (Scotland) (Secular).
(Christian)St Paul’s Day
(Christian)St. Dwynwen’s Day – St Dwynwen’s day is celebrated in Wales on 25 January and commemorates the patron saint of friendship and love.
National Holocaust Memorial Day
(Hindu)Vasant Panchami – This festival marks the first day of spring and is held to worship Sarawati, the goddess of learning.
(Sikh) Birthday of Guru Har Rai –  This day marks the birth of the seventh Sikh prophet-teacher.