NEW YEAR'S 2025

New Year 2025 will begin on January 1st, marking a fresh start. Celebrations on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2024, will include fireworks, parties, and countdowns. It's a time for reflection, setting goals, and looking forward to new opportunities in the year ahead.

Historically, the new year was celebrated at various times in ancient Rome under the Julian calendar, and the Gregorian calendar standardized 1 January as New Year's Day.

Cultures following lunisolar or lunar calendars celebrate their New Year's Day at different times each year.

Today, 1 January is one of the most globally recognized and celebrated holidays.

Aspect	Description
Date of New Year's Day	1 January (First day of the Gregorian calendar year)
Calendar Type	Gregorian calendar (commonly used worldwide), with solar calendars generally starting near the winter solstice.
Lunisolar/Lunar Calendars	Cultures with lunisolar or lunar calendars celebrate the New Year at different times, not fixed to 1 January.
Historical Celebration	In pre-Christian Rome, under the Julian calendar, 1 January was dedicated to Janus, the god of gateways and beginnings.
Variations in Celebration	From Roman times until the 18th century, the New Year was celebrated on different dates (25 December, 1 March, 25 March, and Easter) in various parts of Europe.
Modern Observance	1 January is now widely celebrated globally, marked by fireworks at midnight following New Year's Eve as the new year starts in each time zone.
Global Traditions	Common traditions include making New Year's resolutions and connecting with friends and family.

2025 New Year's

The Babylonian calendar was lunisolar, and the new year was celebrated around the March equinox in the month of Nisan. 

The early Roman calendar began the year on 1 March, with only 10 months, and the months of September to December were originally the 7th to 10th months.

King Numa added January and February to the calendar, initially placing them at the end of the year before they became the first two months. 1 January became the new year after 153 BC, linked to the inauguration of consuls. A superstition arose against market days on 1 January, leading to intercalation to avoid them.