There are 156 days until Friday 29th January 2027 — 22 weeks and 2 days, or about 5 months.
until Friday 29th January 2027. That is 156 sleeps, 22 weekends and 112 working days.
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Every unit between today and Friday 29th January 2027.
Every day of the week between now and then
Useful if you are counting shifts, lessons or deliveries rather than calendar days.
| Day | Type | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Weekday | 22 |
| Tuesday | Weekday | 22 |
| Wednesday | Weekday | 23 |
| Thursday | Weekday | 23 |
| Friday | Weekday | 22 |
| Saturday | Weekend | 22 |
| Sunday | Weekend | 22 |
| Total | 156 |
Is 29th January a day off anywhere?
National public holidays only, taken from official government sources.
No. 29th January 2027 is a normal working day everywhere we track.
United Kingdom & Ireland
- England & WalesWorking day
- ScotlandWorking day
- Northern IrelandWorking day
- IrelandWorking day
Waning gibbous. The moon is around 61% illuminated.
Rest of the world
- United StatesWorking day
- Canada2027 not published
- AustraliaWorking day
- New ZealandWorking day
- India2027 not published
- SingaporeWorking day
- South AfricaWorking day
How we source these
Public holidays are taken from official government sources for each country and cover national holidays only. The United States, Canada and Australia all have significant state and provincial holidays that are not shown, and India’s system of state, optional and restricted holidays means only three days are observed nationwide. Where a government has not yet published a year, we say so rather than guess. Always check the official source for the country concerned rather than relying on this alone.
January 29th through history
'For Valour' — the Victoria Cross is created
On January 29th 1856 Queen Victoria signed the royal warrant creating the Victoria Cross, backdated to cover the Crimean War then just ending. It was to be awarded for conspicuous bravery regardless of rank — a radical idea in the Victorian army. The inscription reads simply ‘For Valour’; Victoria rejected ‘For Bravery’ on the grounds that it implied the rest of her army lacked it. The medals have long been said to be cast from the bronze of Russian cannon captured at Sevastopol, though metallurgical analysis of the gunmetal held by the Royal Logistic Corps points instead to antique Chinese guns.
Karl Benz filed German patent 37435 on January 29th 1886, for a ‘vehicle powered by a gas engine’ — the three-wheeled Benz Patent-Motorwagen, and by common consent the birth certificate of the motor car.
George III died at Windsor on January 29th 1820, after a reign of fifty-nine years, blind, deaf and long since withdrawn from public life.
Medicine, wrote Anton Chekhov — the playwright and short-story writer — was his lawful wife and literature his mistress; he kept up a doctor’s practice for most of his writing life, and was born on January 29th 1860. Germaine Greer, the writer and feminist academic best known for The Female Eunuch, was born in 1939, and Oprah Winfrey, the television host and media proprietor, was born in rural Mississippi in 1954.
Born on January 29th: star sign, birthstone and birth flower
Oprah Winfrey and Anton Chekhov — both named above — share this star sign with everyone else born in the same window.
Star sign
Aquarius — an Air sign ruled by Saturn (traditional) / Uranus (modern), symbolised by the Water-Bearer.
Birthstone
Garnet for January.
Birth flower
Carnation (primary), also Snowdrop — most commonly cited sources agree on carnation as the main January flower.
None of this is settled fact in the way the history above is — zodiac dates, birthstones and birth flowers are conventions rather than laws, and different sources hedge them slightly differently. The birthstone is the most standardised of the three (set by the trade in 1912 and revised since); the birth flower is the least, resting on Victorian tradition rather than any governing body.
Gift ideas for a January 29th birthday
A small, themed starting point rather than a shopping list — garnet for the stone, Aquarius for the sign, and the sky itself on the day.
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Also born on this day: Tom Selleck (1945) — film and television actor
When 29th January falls, 2026 to 2035
The next ten years, with the day of the week for each.
| Year | Day | Days away |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thursday | Past |
| 2027 | Friday | 156 |
| 2028 | Saturday | 521 |
| 2029 | Monday | 887 |
| 2030 | Tuesday | 1,252 |
| 2031 | Wednesday | 1,617 |
| 2032 | Thursday | 1,982 |
| 2033 | Saturday | 2,348 |
| 2034 | Sunday | 2,713 |
| 2035 | Monday | 3,078 |
Questions people ask about 29th January 2027
How many days until 29th January 2027?
There are 156 days until 29th January 2027. That is 22 weeks, or approximately 5 months. 29th January falls on a Friday.
How many working days until 29th January 2027?
There are 112 working days (Monday to Friday) until 29th January 2027. There are 44 weekend days in the same period.
Is 29th January 2027 a bank holiday?
No, 29th January 2027 is not a bank holiday anywhere in the UK (checked for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland).
How many weeks until 29th January 2027?
There are 22 complete weeks and 2 days until 29th January 2027. That is a total of 156 days.
How many months until 29th January 2027?
There are approximately 5 months until 29th January 2027 (156 days in total).
How many weekends until 29th January 2027?
There are 22 weekends between now and 29th January 2027. That includes 22 Saturdays and 22 Sundays.
How many sleeps until 29th January 2027?
There are 156 sleeps until 29th January 2027. Each “sleep” represents one night’s rest, so the number of sleeps is always the same as the number of days remaining.
How many hours until 29th January 2027?
There are approximately 3,744 hours until 29th January 2027. That is 224,640 minutes or 13,478,400 seconds.
What day of the week is 29th January 2027?
29th January 2027 falls on a Friday. That is Friday 29th January.
When was the last 29th January?
The previous 29th January was 209 days ago (Thursday 29th January 2026). The next occurrence is in 156 days, on Friday 29th January.