January 2027 holidays: two red dates in five days
The January 2027 calendar with its holidays. The tool above counts this month's working days on a five- or six-day week.
Holidays in January 2027
2 holidays, 0 leave days
19 working days out of 31.
| Working days | 19 |
| Long weekends this month | Fri 1 January – Sun 3 January |
| Hijri date on the 1st | 23 Rajab 1448 AH |
| Date | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 1 January 2027 | New Year's Day 2027 | National holiday |
| Tuesday, 5 January 2027 | Isra and Mi'raj 1448 H | National holiday |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · decrees reread on 28 October 2026
January 2027 opens with two holidays close together. New Year's Day falls on Friday, 1 January 2027, and Isra Mi'raj 1448 on Tuesday, 5 January 2027. Between them lie only a weekend and one working day, Monday 4 January. Taking that day off gives five days in a row, from Friday 1 to Tuesday 5 January, for a single leave day. It is the second-best bridge of 2027 after 21 May. Without leave, New Year still gives a three-day weekend. There is no collective leave in January 2027. The month has 19 working days on a five-day week. For a longer break, leave from Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 January adds three more days and runs the break to Sunday 10 January: ten days for four days of leave.
January 2027 calendar
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 |
Red: national holiday · grey: collective leave
| Date | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 1 January 2027 | New Year's Day 2027 | National holiday |
| Tuesday, 5 January 2027 | Isra and Mi'raj 1448 H | National holiday |
A bridge at the start of the year
The start of 2027 is unusual: two national holidays one working day apart. The cause is Isra Mi'raj, which moves eleven days each year; in 2026 it fell on 16 January, in 2027 on 5 January, and by the end of the same year it is back again. The table shows how to make use of it.
| Take leave | Leave days | Off in a row | Days off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 4 January | 1 | Fri 1 January – Tue 5 January | 5 |
| Mon 1 February – Thu 4 February | 4 | Sat 30 January – Sun 7 February | 9 |
| Wed 6 January – Fri 8 January | 3 | Tue 5 January – Sun 10 January | 6 |
All dates come from the 2027 joint decree. The best leave plan for the whole year is on long weekends 2027. Next month: February 2027 holidays.
Long weekends 2027 with 1 leave days
Long weekends 2027 with 1 leave days
9 days off
| Sat 15 May – Sun 23 May | 1 → 9 days |