January 13 - Holidays

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Hilary of Poitiers
  • Knut (Sweden and Finland)
  • Mungo
  • January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Liberation Day (Togo)
• Old New Year, celebrated on the night of January 13 or 14. (Russia, Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska,Republic of Macedonia)
• Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six months Dakshinayana period(see January 14):
  • Bhogi (Tamil)
  • Lohri (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
  • Uruka (Assam)
• St. Knut's Day or Tjugondag Knut, the last day of Christmas. (Sweden and Finland)