School holidays run through January in every state and territory, with Term 1 not starting until the last week of January or the first week of February. 22 January 2026 falls inside this national school break, the longest of the four holiday periods on the Australian school calendar and the busiest month of the year for family travel to caravan parks, coastal towns and the roads that lead to them.
Workplaces commonly schedule their heaviest meeting load on Thursday, leaving Friday clearer for closing out the week's remaining work. 22 January 2026 falls on this day, the fourth working day of its standard Monday-to-Friday week, with one working day remaining before the weekend begins and the count above resets for Monday.
2026 has 365 days on the calendar. Leap years add a single extra day to February, giving those years 366 days instead of 365 and shifting the day-of-year number for every date from March onward by one compared with an ordinary year. This is the only irregularity in the length of the Australian calendar year.
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