New Year Celebration Time Zones

New year s day also simply called new year is observed on 1 january the first day of the year on the modern gregorian calendar as well as the julian calendar.

New year celebration time zones. The time zone effect. First to observe new year 2020 samoa apia and kiribati christmas isl kiritimati. Click on preview to see what order time zones around the world enter the new year.

There are more than 24 different time zones in the world which means that new year s is celebrated at. This implies that new year is celebrated in 24 different time zones in different parts of the world. However romans still used to celebrate the new year on march 1st.

Updated 12 16 2019 did you know that more people celebrate new years around the world than any other holiday but of course that doesn t mean that we all celebrate it in the same way. New year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar s year count increments by one. As a date in the gregorian calendar of christendom new year s day liturgically marked.

Hover your mouse over the map to highlight time zones. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner and the 1st day of january is often marked as a national holiday. How i celebrate the new year watching the nyc countdown on television kissing at midnight champagne toasts and fireworks may be relatively commonplace in the united states.

Please choose time mode 24 hours or 12 hours am pm time zone offset. In pre christian rome under the julian calendar the day was dedicated to janus god of gateways and beginnings for whom january is also named. Grab a bottle of whiskey a heavy down coat and catch a flight to amundsen.

With 38 different local times in use it takes 26 hours for the new year to encompass all time zones. There is a very easy way to celebrate the strike of midnight on new year s eve in every time zone over a 24 hour period. Below is worldtimezone annual review of where the year 2020 starts first and where 2019 rings out last.