New Year Festival » New Year by Religions » Christian New Year Christian or Gregorian New Year falls on January 1st. Countries following the Gregorian Calendar celebrate the New Year on this date. Gregorian Calendar is a modification of the Julian Calendar established by the Roman Emporer, Julius Caesar in 46 BC. In 1582, Pope […]
New Year Festival » New Year Trivia » Famous New Years Babies People born on the New Year’s Day are referred to as New Year Babies. In many societies New Year Babies are said to be the luckiest of all throughout their lives. Born on the first day of the calendar New Year Babies receive […]
New Year Festival » New Year by Religions » Celtic New Year Celt is a community of people in European countries speaking Celtic languages (mainly Indo-Europeans languages). These people celebrated various festivals and the most important amongst them was Samhain, the Celtic New Year. ‘Samhian’ is the word for November in the Irish language. November […]
New Year Festival » New Year In Different Parts Of India » Bengali New Year If you are in Bengal at the time of mid April, you will hear people wishing each other “Shubo Nabo Barsho”. It is celebrated as a Bengali New Year. This festival usually falls in the month of April which is […]
New Year Festival » New Year by Religions » Bahai New Year Bahai New Year occurs on the date of vernal equinox. It is usually celebrated on 21st March every year. Bahai people have their own nine months calendar of nineteen days. Naw Ruz is also called ‘The Day of God’ , ‘Yawmu’llah’ or ‘the […]
Bohag Bihu is the national festival of Assamese as it marks the beginning of the New Year. Rituals and customary practices of Bohag Bihu starts from April 13. There are three forms of a Bihu festival namely Bohag Bihu or Rongali Bihu (in the middle of April), Magh Bihuor Bhogali Bihu (middle of January) and […]
New Year Festival » New Year Calendar » Arbitrary Calendar Arbitrary Calendar is widely used as a unit of time. It is not synchronized to the Moon or the Sun. Thus, arbitrary calendar has no astronomical basis. The best examples of the Arbitrary calendars are the week and the Julian day. A Natural Calendar has […]
New Year Festival » About Us Advent of New Year is celebrated as a festival across the world. Celebrations for New Year begins on the eve of the holiday on December 31st. Just as the clock strikes for midnight people start greeting each other. Most people prefer to celebrate the New Year’s Day in the […]
New Year Festival » About New Year New Year’s Day is perhaps the oldest of all holidays and celebrated everywhere in the world. New Year’s Day mark the end of one calendar year and beginning of another. The date of New Year’s Day varies in countries across the globe this is because different countries and […]
New Year Festival » New Year by Religions » Parsi New Year Jamshedi Navroz is the Parsi New Year. It usually falls on 21st March. Parsi New Year was named after the legendary King of Persia, Jamshed who started the Parsi Calendar. As per the Parsi mythology, universe is recreated on this day and life […]
Baisakhi Festival, also called Vaisakhi, holds great importance for the Sikh community and farmers of Punjab. Baisakhi falls on April 13 or 14, the first day of the year according to the Nanakshahi Calender. Sikhs also celebrate this day in honor of their tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh. Baisakhi commemorates the day when the Sikh […]
New Year Festival » New Year Special » New Year SMS Sending New Year SMS is a wonderful and convenient way to greet your dear ones at the beginning of the year. Given here are some beautiful and humorous New Year SMS that you may use to express your good wishes for your friends and […]
New Year Festival » New Year Calendar » Solar Calendar Solar Calendar is the most popularly followed calendar today. The calendar consists of 365 days and is occasionally extended by an extra day to form a leap year. This calendar indicates the revolution of Earth around the sun to measure time. The two types of […]
New Year Festival » New Year by Religions » Hindu New Year Hindu New Year is celebrated according to the Hindu Lunar Calendar- Panchanga. The popular name of the Hindu New Year is Vikram Samvat. In the Indian Calendar, seasons follow the sun, months follow the moon and days both sun and moon. This era […]
