Today is Thursday, the 29th of January of 2026,January 29 is the 29th day of the year336 days remain until the end of the year49 days until spring beginsSunrise at 7:15:52 amand sunset will be at 5:31:16 pm. We will have 10 hours and 15 minutes of daylightThe solar transit will be at 12:23:34 pm. 1971 – The last of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland. 1996 – President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing. 2005 – The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei.