New Year's Day

New Year's Day is a holiday in many countries. It was made to welcome the new year. In most countries, New Year's Day is celebrated on 1 January. This holiday is celebrated the most, with over 200 countries and territories in the world that observe it.

The new year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of one year and the beginning of the next. Cultures that measure yearly calendars all have new year celebrations.

Modern new year celebrations 2023

 Date  Celebration 1 January  Christian New Year 14 January  Eastern Orthodox New Year 22 January  Chinese New Year (also known as the lunar year. It takes place every year on the first lunar month) 22 January  Vietnamese New Year (also known as the Tết Nguyên Đán) January to March  Tibetan New Year 14 March  Sikh / Nanakshahi New Year (also called Hola Mohalla) 20 or 21 March  Iranian New Year (also called Norouz. It is the day containing the exact moment of the vernal equinox)  19, 20, 21 or 22 March  Bahá'í New Year (also called Naw-Rúz. It is the day (starting at the previous sunset) in Tehran containing the exact moment of the vernal equinox) 1 April  Assyrian New Year (also called Rish Nissanu) 13 or 14 April  Tamil New Year March or April  Telugu New Year 13 April  Punjabi New Year (also called Vaisakhi and celebrates the harvest) 13 to 15 April  Thai New Year (celebrated by throwing water) 13 or 14 April  Sri Lankan New Year (when the sun moves from the Meena Rashiya (House of Pisces) to the Mesha Rashiya (House of Aries)) 13 to 15 April  Cambodian New Year 14 or 15 April  Bengali New Year (also called Pohela Baisakh) October or November  Gujarati New Year October or November  Marwari New Year Muharram 1  Islamic New Year

Historical dates for the new year

 Early Christmas 
In Christmas Style dating, the new year started on 25 December. This was used in Germany and England until the thirteenth century, and in Spain from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century.

In Annunciation Style dating the new year started on 25 March, the feast of the Annunciation. This was used in many parts of Europe in the Middle Ages. The style was started by Dionysius Exiguus in AD 525. Annunciation Style was used in England until 1 January 1752, and in Scotland until 1 January 1600, when the kingdom of Scotland changed to Circumcision Style. England, the kingdom of Ireland, and the Thirteen Colonies changed to Circumcision Style on 1 January, after the United Kingdom of Great Britain changed from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar on 3/14 September 1752. This happened because the Parliament of Great Britain made an act of parliament, the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750.

Some Nigerian religious figures have a tradition of reading out prophecies, especially during the last few days of a year or on New Year's Day. According to them, these prophecies come as they relate with God in the place of prayer and fasting.

References

Other websites

 New Year's Around the World   – slideshow by Life magazine


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