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.
The order of months in the Roman calendar was January to December since King Numa Pompilius in about 700 BC, according to Plutarch and Macrobius. According to Catholic tradition, 1 January is the day of the circumcision of Jesus (on the eighth day from his birth), when the name of Jesus was given to him .
It was only relatively recently that 1 January again became the first day of the year in Western culture. Until 1751 in England and Wales (and all British dominions) the new year started on 25 March – Lady Day, one of the four quarter days (the change to 1 January took place in 1600 in Scotland)....
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Ugadi Gudi Padawa Hindu Festival
Ugadi festival in India
Ugadi Hindu festival
Ugadi important festival of Hindu
Neelam Nath posted the Blog
on Apr 13, 2013 , 01:46 pm
Solar Eclipse Blocks Brightness of The Sun God,but Only Momentarily..
It is one of Nature's Grandest Events..that Teaches us The Importance Of Darkness in Our Lives...Darkness is Not forever...Darkness cannot Totally Hide Brightness...Light is Life...Light is Strength...Light is Power..Light removes All Kinds of Superstitions by Enlightening Us....Light is Laser that can do Difficult Operations in Minutes...Light Gives us Direction,by Removing Dark Obstacles...and Light Does Not Make Us Color Conscious...Happy Baisakhi..Happy Gudiparva...Happy New Year..Happy more »
Lytnfcoat posted the Blog
on Feb 19, 2013 , 02:15 pm
Wait for the North Face Outlet Online one time stop
Wait for the North Face Outlet Online
one time stop, I pour my busy. My stone bank I have the same promise;
Sichuan lotus is before I don’t change waiting for you. But silence is
my last gentleness. And I am going to have, , today I come to think,
excessive rain falling thick and fast. Misty rain fluctuating, fallen
petal jingle, water dry, jade broken down Joan, thin film cross window.
Who make my life busy, let me as I die? The year just
passed, start to prepare special purchases for more »
Pawan Kumar Kaushal commented on the street-journo by Arpita Bhattacharyya
on Jan 10, 2013 , 06:52 pm
The Soul of Womanhood Long Suppressed Would Now Find Utterance
Some of us must be putting on the best party-wear
bought for the New Year celebration, some must be planning to throw a lavish
buffet spread for family and friends, some hitting the discos and bars, some
wrapping up at office, and some making list more »
L. N. Subramanian Mani posted the Blog
on Jan 08, 2013 , 11:41 am
New Year Saga
New Year woke up to luke warm morning as the sun rose mildly over the horizon. There was no spirit could be seen over the face of the people and there was hangover about the Delhi gang rape incident has left deep wound among the people and especially the woman folks. With the beginning of the new year itself, new cases of rape news started appearing on TV and news paper has become an nostalgia to hear about it. How long such thing will go on, no one knows untill people realize their more »