Blue Monday is a day marked out every year according to an equation as apparently the most depressing day of the year.
It falls on the third Monday of January every year,
Why is it called Blue Monday? The 'formula', which has been disputed over the years, takes into account many factors including post-holiday blues, bad weather, debt level, low motivation levels, and so on, to calculate this Monday as the most depressing of the year.
Blue Monday is the supposedly most depressing day of the year – where January blues reach their peak. In 2025 the date falls on Monday 20th January in the Northern Hemisphere. The date is generally reported as the third Monday in January, but some variations also claim it can fall on the second or fourth Monday.
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