What is New Year's Day?

New Year's Day
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New Year's Day
New Year's Day
Fireworks in Mexico City at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, 2013
Observed byUsers of the Gregorian calendar
SignificanceThe first day of the Gregorian year
Date1 January
CelebrationsMaking New Year's resolutions, church services, parades, sporting events, fireworks[1]
Related toNew Year's Eve, Christmastide
New Year's Day is a holiday in many countries. It was created to welcome the new year. In most countries, New Year Day is celebrated on 1 January. This holiday has been the most celebration with over 200 countries and territories in the world.

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.


Contents
1Modern new year celebrations
2Historical dates for the new year
2.1Early Christmas
3References
4Other websites
Modern new year celebrations
DateCelebration
1 JanuaryChristian New Year
14 JanuaryEastern Orthodox New Year
21 JanuaryChinese New Year (also known as the lunar year. It takes place every year on the first lunar month)
21 JanuaryVietnamese New Year (also known as the Tết Nguyên Đán)
January to MarchTibetan New Year
14 MarchSikh / Nanakshahi New Year (also called Hola Mohalla)
20 or 21 MarchIranian New Year (also called Norouz. It is the day containing the exact moment of the vernal equinox)
19, 20, 21 or 22 MarchBahá'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 AprilAssyrian New Year (also called Rish Nissanu)
13 or 14 AprilTamil New Year
March or AprilTelugu New Year
13 AprilPunjabi New Year (also called Vaisakhi and celebrates the harvest)
13 to 15 AprilThai New Year (celebrated by throwing water)
13 or 14 AprilSri Lankan New Year (when the sun moves from the Meena Rashiya (House of Pisces) to the Mesha Rashiya (House of Aries))
13 to 15 AprilCambodian New Year
14 or 15 AprilBengali New Year (also called Pohela Baisakh)
October or NovemberGujarati New Year
October or NovemberMarwari New Year
Muharram 1Islamic 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[2] 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.

References
Mehra, Komal (2006). Festivals of the World. Sterling Publishers. p. 69. ISBN 9781845575748. In many European countries like Italy, Portugal and Netherlands, families start the new year by attending church services and then calling on friends and relatives. Italian children receive gifts or money on New Year's Day. People in the United States go to church, give parties and enjoy other forms of entertainment.
"Saying Happy New Year In German". www.events2021.com. Archived from t