The timing of the New Year varies throughout the world. Some civilizations use a lunar calendar, solar calendar, or lunar-solar calendar. (The lunar-solar calender’s months are measured by the new moons in March and September, while the year is measured by the sun.) Others use crops or seasons to tell the year. (1, 2)
Jewish New Year
Rosh Hashanah
Lunar-solar
Chinese New Year
Yuan Tan
Lunar-solar
Islamic New Year
Muharram
Lunar
Julian/Gregorian Calender
New Year’s Day
Solar
Alan Blackwood, Holidays and Festivals: New Year,Roark Enterprises Inc., Florida, 1987, pgs 4-5,14,16,18, 28.
Theodor H. Gaster,New Year: Its History, Customs, and Superstitions,Abelhard-Schuman, New York, 1957, p 4-5.
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