January 2026 at a Glance
January opens the year with a clean slate, and it is by far the busiest month for calendar printing. Households pin fresh wall calendars, offices reset budgets and quarterly targets, and students return to classes with a new term ahead. Because the month sits between the holiday slowdown and the full swing of the working year, it is the ideal time to map out the twelve months in front of you.
| Month | January 2026 — month 1 of 12 |
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| Number of days | 31 days |
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| First day | Thursday, January 1, 2026 |
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| Last day | Saturday, January 31, 2026 |
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| Weekend days | 9 Saturdays and Sundays |
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| Calendar weeks | Spans 5 rows (ISO weeks 1–5) |
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| Season | Winter in the Northern Hemisphere |
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| Birthstone | Garnet |
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| Birth flower | Carnation & Snowdrop |
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| Zodiac signs | Capricorn (until Jan 19) & Aquarius (from Jan 20) |
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Holidays and Observances in January 2026
January 2026 contains 2 federal holidays: New Year's Day on Thursday, January 1 and Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 19.
Beyond the two federal dates, January is the heaviest calendar-printing month of the year. National Hobby Month runs throughout, the Super Bowl build-up dominates the second half, and most households and finance teams reset budgets, fitness routines and annual goals in the first two weeks.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
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| January 1, 2026 | Thursday | New Year's Day | Federal holiday |
| January 19, 2026 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Federal holiday |
See every date for the year on our 2026 holidays page, or browse the full
2026 calendar.
Planning Tips for January 2026
Turn resolutions into scheduled blocks
A goal written on January 1 rarely survives February unless it appears on a calendar. Instead of writing "exercise more," block three specific 45-minute slots each week and print the month so those blocks are visible on the fridge. Seeing the commitment in ink makes it far harder to quietly skip.
Map the whole year before the month fills up
Use the first week of January to note the fixed points of your year: birthdays, anniversaries, school breaks, tax deadlines and planned vacations. Everything else can be arranged around those anchors, which prevents the scheduling collisions that usually surface in March.
Set a monthly review date
Pick one evening near the end of January and mark it as a review slot. Twenty minutes spent checking what worked and what slipped turns a printed calendar into an actual planning system rather than a wall decoration.
How Many Working Days Are in January 2026?
January 2026 contains 20 working days once weekends and federal holidays are
removed from its 31 calendar days. The 2 federal holidays that fall on a weekday are: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. These figures assume a standard Monday-to-Friday schedule;
shift and weekend workers will count differently.
31Total days
22Weekdays
9Weekend days
20Working days
| Calendar days | 31 |
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| Weekdays (Mon–Fri) | 22 |
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| Weekend days | 9 |
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| Federal holidays on a weekday | 2 |
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| Working days | 20 |
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Payroll periods, project estimates and billable-hour targets all depend on this number, and it varies by
several days from month to month — which is why estimating "about 22 days" every month quietly
distorts a quarter's planning.
Week Numbers in January 2026
January 2026 spans ISO week 1 through week 5. Under the ISO 8601 standard used across Europe and by
most project-management and payroll software, weeks run Monday to Sunday and week 1 is the week containing the
first Thursday of the year.
| Week number | Starts (Monday) | Ends (Sunday) |
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| Week 1 | December 29 | January 4 |
| Week 2 | January 5 | January 11 |
| Week 3 | January 12 | January 18 |
| Week 4 | January 19 | January 25 |
| Week 5 | January 26 | February 1 |
If your workplace refers to "week 1" or "W5", these are the dates it means.
Our guide to how many weeks are in a year explains why some years
carry 53 numbered weeks and how the ISO rule decides where week 1 begins.
Note that American calendars usually start the week on Sunday, so a US week-of-the-year count can differ by one
from the ISO numbering above — you can switch the grid between Sunday and Monday starts using the
Week starts menu above.
How to Print Your January 2026 Calendar
1
Choose your month
Use the arrows or the month and year menus to open any month between 2024 and 2030. The grid updates instantly.
2
Add your plans
Click straight into any date box and start typing. Appointments, shifts, birthdays and reminders are saved
automatically in your browser, so nothing is lost if you close the page.
3
Print or download
Hit Print for a clean paper copy, PDF to save a document, or
Image for a PNG you can share. All three are free and never watermarked.
For the clearest printed result, choose landscape orientation and
enable background graphics in your printer settings so the header row and holiday highlights appear. If you
prefer a calendar you fill in by hand, our blank calendar templates give you the
same layout without any dates.
Other Calendars You Might Need
You can also open the evergreen January calendar hub for
templates covering every year, or browse all 2026 months in one place.