New Years 2023: December is about to end. People are eagerly waiting for the new year. There is a different enthusiasm and enthusiasm among the people regarding the new year. People celebrate this day in their own way. Some people party and some people celebrate it with the promise of starting good works. The celebration of New Year, which starts from the night of 31 December, continues for the next one or two days. But, you will be surprised to know that the new year was not always celebrated on January 1. Many years ago the new year used to start from any other month other than January. Later changes were made in the calendar and from January 1, the new year started being celebrated. Soon you too will welcome the new year. In such a situation, let us first know about the interesting history of the new year…
The new year used to start from the first of March.
It is not that always the new year used to start from January 1. It started from 15 October 1582. It used to start from the month of March in the first year. Later, Numa Pompilus, the king of Rome, made necessary changes in the Roman calendar and the month of January was included in the calendar and it was considered as the first month of the year. Earlier there used to be only 10 months in this calendar starting from March till December. Because of which only 310 days were considered in a year at that time.
Who started the new year from January?
It is said that the Roman ruler Julius Caesar started the new year from January 1. When Julius Caesar met astronomers, he came to know that the Earth revolves around the Sun in 365 days and six hours. Keeping this in mind, 12 months were made in a year and 365 days instead of 310.
After this, in the year 1582 itself, Pope Gregory found a slight mistake regarding the leap year in the Julius calendar. During that time, famous religious teacher St. Bede told that a year is not of 365 days 6 hours, but of 365 days 5 hours and 46 seconds. Keeping this in mind, later a new calendar was prepared by changing the Roman calendar and since then the tradition of celebrating the new year started from January 1.
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