New Year
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New Year is the first day of the year according to a particular calendar system, such as January 1 in the widely used Julian and Gregorian calendars. It matters because it marks a symbolic fresh start and is commonly celebrated as an occasion for reflection, goal-setting, and cultural or personal renewal.
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New Year's Eve celebration in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2004) Chinese New Year celebration with fireworks display at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, 2012 The New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner. In the Gregorian calendar, the most widely used calendar system today, New Year occurs on January 1 (New Year's Day, preceded by New Year's Eve). This was also the first day of the year in the original Julian calendar and the Roman calendar (after 153 BC).
Other cultures begin their traditional or religious year according to their own customs – typically (though not invariably) because they use a lunar calendar or a lunisolar calendar: the lunisolar Chinese calendar (and its variants), the lunar Islamic calendar and the lunisolar Hebrew calendar are among well-known examples. The Iranian calendar begins the year at the March equinox; the Ethiopian calendar begins in (Gregorian) September. India has many traditional calendars with a matching variety of first days. There are many more traditional calendars with associated start days: these are listed below.