New Year's Day

New Year's Day is a holiday in many countries. It was created to welcome the New Year. In the United States and most other countries in the world, New Year's Day is January 1. 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

Date	Celebration
January 1	Christian New Year
January 14	Eastern Orthodox New Year (celebrating Jesus' circumcision)
January 21	Chinese New Year (also known as the lunar year. It takes place every year on the first lunar month)
January 21	Vietnamese New Year (also known as the Tết Nguyên Đán)
January to March	Tibetan New Year
March 14	Sikh / Nanakshahi New Year (also called Hola Mohalla)
March 20 or 21	Iranian New Year (also called Norouz. It is the day containing the exact moment of the vernal equinox)
March 21	Bahá'í New Year (also called Naw-Rúz)
April 1	Assyrian New Year (also called Rish Nissanu)
April 13 or 14	Tamil New Year
March or April	Telugu New Year
April 13	Punjabi New Year (also called Vaisakhi and celebrates the harvest)
April 13 to 15	Thai New Year (celebrated by throwing water)
April 13 or 14	Sri Lankan New Year (when the sun moves from the Meena Rashiya (House of Pisces) to the Mesha Rashiya (House of Aries))
April 13 to April 15	Cambodian New Year
April 14 or 15	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 the Kingdom of Great Britain until January 1, 1752, except Scotland which changed to Circumcision Style dating on 1 January 1600. The rest of Great Britain changed to Circumcision Style on the 1 January after the change in Great Britain from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar on 3/14 September 1752.

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