New Year Festival

New Year is the time at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count is incremented. In many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner. The New Year of the Gregorian calendar, today in worldwide use, falls on 1 January, as was the case with the Roman calendar. There are numerous calendars that remain in regional use that calculate the New Year differently.

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Chinese New Year Calendar 2013
Since traditional Chinese holidays like the Moon Festival are based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar...
New Year > China
Beijing > China
 

Chu Xi - Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year or Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an important holiday in East Asia...
New Year > China
Beijing > China
 

Ugadi
The New year festival or Ugadi comes close on the heels of Holi...
New Year > Hindu
Chennai > India
 

Gudi Padwa
Gudi Padwa marks the beginning of New Year in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and parts of Karnataka...
New Year > Hindu
Mumbai > India
 

Baisakhi
For Hindus, it's start of new year, celebrated with requisite bathing, partying, and worshiping. It's believed that the goddess Ganga descended to earth thousands of years ago...
New Year > Hindu
Anandpur Sahib > India
 

Lantern Festival - Yuan Xiao Festival
This observance falls on the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar and changes each year
New Year > China
Shanghai > China