What Day of the Week Is January 1?
January 1, 2027 falls on a Friday. This year, January 1, 2026 was a Thursday.
It is the first day of 2027, with 364 days still to come. In ISO numbering it already belongs to week 53 of 2026, though it is still in the first quarter of 2027. North of the equator it is day 12 of winter, and spring starts on March 20. In Australia and the rest of the south, it is summer. The Moon is a waning crescent that day, and the next full moon is on Friday, January 22, 2027. It is a US federal holiday, New Year's Day.
January 1 from 2025 to 2028
The same date in four years, side by side. Moon phases use US Eastern dates.
| Fact | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day of the week | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| Day of the year | 1 of 365 | 1 of 365 | 1 of 365 | 1 of 366 |
| Days left in the year | 364 | 364 | 364 | 365 |
| ISO week | 1 | 1 | 53 (2026) | 52 (2027) |
| Quarter | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 |
| Season (north) | Day 12 of winter | Day 12 of winter | Day 12 of winter | Day 12 of winter |
| Moon (US Eastern) | Waxing crescent | Waxing gibbous | Waning crescent | Waxing crescent |
| US federal holiday | New Year's Day | New Year's Day | New Year's Day | New Year's Day |
| Other holidays | – | – | – | – |
Holidays on January 1
Every year, January 1 is New Year's Day.
As a federal holiday it moves when it lands on a weekend. A Saturday date is observed on the Friday before and a Sunday date on the Monday after. The next time is Saturday, January 1, 2028, observed on Friday, December 31, 2027.
Holidays that move with the calendar land on January 1 in some years from 2026 to 2035.
| Holiday or observance | Years on January 1 |
|---|---|
| Shab-e-Barat | 2029 |
Born on January 1
In most horoscope tables, January 1 falls under Capricorn, the sign that runs from December 22 to January 19.
The birthstone for January is the garnet on the American Gem Society list.
January 1 every year from 1950 to 2049
Find the decade on the left, then the last digit of the year across the top. A baby born on January 1, 1990 arrived on a Monday, and one born on January 1, 2000 on a Saturday. Weekends are shaded.
| Years | …0 | …1 | …2 | …3 | …4 | …5 | …6 | …7 | …8 | …9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | Sun | Mon | Tue | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Tue | Wed | Thu |
| 1960s | Fri | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Wed |
| 1970s | Thu | Fri | Sat | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Sat | Sun | Mon |
| 1980s | Tue | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sun |
| 1990s | Mon | Tue | Wed | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Wed | Thu | Fri |
| 2000s | Sat | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Thu |
| 2010s | Fri | Sat | Sun | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sun | Mon | Tue |
| 2020s | Wed | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Mon |
| 2030s | Tue | Wed | Thu | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 2040s | Sun | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Fri |
When January 1 is on the same weekday again
After 2027, January 1 is next a Friday in 2038. The next weekend January 1 is in 2028, on a Saturday.
| Day of the week | Next year after 2027 |
|---|---|
| Monday | 2029 |
| Tuesday | 2030 |
| Wednesday | 2031 |
| Thursday | 2032 |
| Friday | 2038 |
| Saturday | 2028 |
| Sunday | 2034 |
January 1 by year
| Year | Day of the week | Weekend or weekday |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sunday | Weekend |
| 2024 | Monday | Weekday |
| 2025 | Wednesday | Weekday |
| 2026 | Thursday | Weekday |
| 2027 | Friday | Weekday |
| 2028 | Saturday | Weekend |
| 2029 | Monday | Weekday |
| 2030 | Tuesday | Weekday |
| 2031 | Wednesday | Weekday |
| 2032 | Thursday | Weekday |
| 2033 | Saturday | Weekend |
| 2034 | Sunday | Weekend |
Why the weekday changes
A common year is 365 days, one day more than 52 weeks. So January 1 moves on one weekday each year: Thursday in 2026, Friday in 2027. The jump is two days when February 29 comes in between, so January 1, 2029 is a Monday, two on from 2028's Saturday. Between 1901 and 2099, the whole pattern repeats every 28 years.
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January 1 questions
What day of the week is January 1, 2027?
January 1, 2027 is a Friday. It is day 1 of the year and falls in ISO week 53 of 2026.
Is January 1 a holiday?
Every year, January 1 is New Year's Day, and it is a US federal holiday. In 2027 the day off is Friday, January 1, 2027, and in 2028 it is Friday, December 31, 2027.
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