It is believed that when our earth complete one revolution of sun which is head of our solar system then and one year is completed. Or in other words our earth takes one year which is equivalent to 365 days and six hours of our earth 🌍. . Our year starts from 1st January and end on 31st December. Mean while because it's base on the rotation of our earth it could be started from any where. But we starts it from January because there is everything new. we see in our environment there are many beautiful creative things like new leaves on plants, greenery everywhere, moderate temperature, happy pleasant atmosphere, new crop 🌾 in various part of continents. So this is the prime reason to start our new year from January.
The Calendar
This new year is based on the gregarious calendar. there are many other calendar like muslim calendar, hindu calendar, calender which is based on shuk samwat is Hindu Calender. There are calendar based on sun and other calendar best on moon 🌚. Calendar which is based on earth rotation around the sun is called the solar calendar. On the other hand calendar best on the moons rotation round the earth's called the lunar calendar.
Mayan Calender
This is considered as oldest calendar. It was established around 5th century bc.
Chinese Calender
This calendar have 12years of cycle each related to specific animal with 12 months in each year and an intercalary month every two to three years. It's new year falls in February. It will be 4717th year of the chinese calendar.
Egyptian
It is based on moon cycle letter they adopted solar calendar of 365 days
Hijrah Islamic calender
It is based on mood rotation with 12 months each month with 29 or 30 days. It is counted from the hijra when Prophet mohammed emigrated from Mecca madina which is from July 16, 622 AD.
Persian or Iranian calendar
This is the most accurate calendar today because it is based on astronomical calculation. New year starts in spring equinox switch will be in March.
Hebrew calendar
2020 would be 5780 Jewish Year. This is the solilunar calendar.
Indian or Hindu Calender
It starts with baisakhi, harvest season falling in April mostly. It is based on lunar rotation. There are 12 lunar month and in every month there are 29 to 30 days. Indian calendar is called shak samwat which will be 1942 year in this new year. There is also Vikram samwat which will be 2077 in 2020.
Gregorian Calendar
It is solar calendar which is based on rotation of earth around the sun. It was introduced by Pope Gregory xiii in 1582 February. No it is most widely used calendar in the world.
So understanding the calendar we could easily understand week celebration of new year is done because of the rotation revolution of Earth around the sun. And this rotation gets repeated every year hence we celebrate happy new year every year.
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Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.
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