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Before the Gregorian calendar was adopted, the older Julian calendar was widely used and accepted. New year calendars varies according to different cultures and traditions. The purpose of the calendar is to reckon the past or future, the harvest or a religious festival. The earliest calendars is said to have been strongly influenced by the geographical location of the people. In colder countries, the concept of the year was determined by the seasons, specifically by the end of winter. But in warmer countries, the moon became the basic aspect for reckoning of time.New year calendars around the world are marked by a great difference owing to the fact that each country has various indigenous religious festive celebrations depending on the astrological calculations.
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The Babylonian new year celebrations lasted for eleven days. Each day had its own particular religious mode of celebration, while the Chinese still follow the prehistoric lunar calendar. After a lot of discussions and astrological calculations, the Gregorian calendar has been officially accepted as the modern new year calendar all over the world. Though different countries have adopted it at different times, yet it’s been formally recognized at many countries. Thus, new year calendars are very significant as they indicate a new beginning.
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There are different new year calendars like
the ‘Solar new year Calendar’ based on the time taken
for revolution of the earth around the sun, the‘Lunar
new year Calendar’ based on the time taken for moon to
revolve round the earth. Whereas the luni solar new year
calendar is based on both the phases of moon and sun,
generally followed by the far south east Asian countries.
Ancient new year calendar like the age old Babylonian
new year almanac began with the first new moon after the
Vernal Equinox.
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