New Year 2024: As soon as the day ends on 31st December 2023, at 12 midnight the world will welcome the year 2024. On this day, the new year is celebrated on 1st January by saying goodbye to the old year, but why does the new year start from 1st January?
Have you ever thought. Let us know the history of celebrating New Year on January 1, where it started and how this day became special.
Why do we celebrate New Year on 1st January?
The calendar was in use in the Roman Empire before 45 BC. At the time of the then king of Rome, Numa Pompilus, the Roman calendar had 10 months, 310 days in a year and 8 days in a week. After some time, Numa made changes in the calendar and considered January as the first month of the calendar. The trend of celebrating the New Year on January 1 started after the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1582 AD.
This is how January became the first month of the year
Before 1582, the new year started in the spring from March, but after Numa’s decision, the year started starting from January. Actually, the month of March was named after the Roman god Mars, who was the god of war. Whereas January is taken from the name of the Roman god Janus, who had two mouths, the front mouth was considered the beginning and the back mouth was considered the end. Numa chose Janus, the god of beginnings, for the beginning of the year and thus January became the first month of the year.
How was the Gregorian calendar created?
46 years before the birth of Jesus Christ, Roman King Julius Caesar created a new calendar based on new calculations. Its name is Gasijar itself which announces the beginning of the new year from 1st January. The Earth revolves around the Sun for 365 days and 6 hours. In such a situation, when the months of January and February were added, it did not match with the calculations of the Sun, after which astronomers studied it in depth.
Any calendar is made based on the calculations of the sun cycle or the lunar cycle. The calendar based on the lunar cycle has 354 days. At the same time, the calendar made on the Sun cycle has 365 days. The Gregorian calendar is based on the sun cycle. In most of the countries, only Gregorian calendar is used.
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