New Year is traditionally celebrated almost all over the world on December 31st. However, the dwarf Kingdom of Tonga is the first to celebrate the New Year. Pacific Ocean. And they finish - in Haiti and Samoa - in 25 hours.
0.15 - Chatham Island (New Zealand), remote from the main islands of New Zealand, is located in a special time zone and is the second place where the New Year comes.
1.00 - New Zealand (Wellington, Auckland, etc.) and polar explorers celebrate the New Year South Pole in Antarctica.
2.00 - The New Year begins for residents of extreme eastern Russia (Anadyr, Kamchatka), the Fiji Islands and some other Pacific islands (Nauru, Tuvalu, etc.)
2.30 - Norfolk Island (Australia).
3.00 - Part of eastern Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra) and some Pacific islands (Vanuatu, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, etc.).
Australia. A huge celebration is being held in Sydney. On New Year's Eve, the whole city looks like an incomparably decorated Christmas tree, the branches of which bend under the weight of all the decorations. The sky over Sydney sparkles with numerous fireworks and salutes.
3.30 - South Australia (Adelaide).
4.00 - Queensland state in Australia (Brisbane), part of Russia (Vladivostok) and some islands (Papua New Guinea, Mariana Islands).
4.30 - Northern Territories of Australia (Darwin).
5.00 - Japan and Korea.
In Japan, New Year is celebrated on January 1st. The custom of seeing off the Old Year is obligatory, including organizing receptions and visiting restaurants. As the New Year begins, the Japanese begin to laugh. They believe that laughter will bring them good luck in the coming year.
6.00 - China, part of Southeast Asia and the remaining territories of Australia.
7.00 - Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia.
7.30 - Myanmar.
8.00 - Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Part of Russia (Novosibirsk, Omsk).
8.15 - Nepal.
8.30 - India.
In India, New Year is celebrated in different ways. In one part, the holiday is considered open when a paper kite is struck by a burning arrow.
9.00 - Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and part of Russia (Ekaterinburg, Ufa).
9.30 - Afghanistan.
10.00 - Armenia, Azerbaijan, part of Russia (Samara), some islands in the Indian Ocean.
10.30 - Iran.
11.00 - Part of East Asia, part of Africa, part of Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg).
12.00 - Eastern Europe(Romania, Greece, Ukraine, etc.), Türkiye, Israel, Finland, part of Africa.
Finland. Finnish families gather around a New Year's table full of various dishes. The children are waiting for a large basket of gifts from Joulupukki, the name of the Finnish Father Frost. On New Year's Eve, Finns tell fortunes to find out their future.
In Greece, New Year is St. Basil's Day. Saint Basil was known for his kindness, and Greek children leave their shoes by the fireplace in the hope that Saint Basil will fill the shoes with gifts.
13.00 - Western and Central Europe (Belgium, Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden, etc.), part of Africa.
Italy. As soon as the New Year begins, Italians rush to get rid of things that have already served their purpose. In Italy, the custom of bringing clean water from a spring on the first morning of the new year has been preserved, as it is believed that water brings happiness.
France. Even before Christmas, the French hang a branch of mistletoe over the door of their houses, believing that it will bring good luck next year. In addition, the French decorate the entire house with flowers and always place them on the table. In every house they try to place a model depicting the scene of the birth of Christ. According to tradition, a good winemaker should clink glasses with a barrel of wine on New Year’s Eve, congratulate it on the holiday and drink to the future harvest.
14.00 - Prime Meridian (Greenwich), Great Britain, Portugal, part of Africa.
Great Britain. A bell is ringing in England. The British have a tradition of releasing old year from the house, before the bell rings, they open the back doors of the houses, and then open the front doors to let in the New Year. New Year's gifts in the English family circle are distributed according to the old tradition - by drawing lots.
15.00 - Azores.
16.00 - Brazil.
Brazil. On New Year's Eve, residents of Rio de Janeiro go to the ocean and bring gifts to the Goddess of the Sea Yemanja. Traditionally, Brazilians dress in white clothes, which symbolizes a plea for peace addressed to the Goddess of the Sea.
17.00 - Argentina and part of eastern South America.
17.30 - Newfoundland Island (Canada).
18.00 - Eastern Canada, many Caribbean islands, part of South America.
19.00 - Eastern parts of Canada (Ottawa) and the USA (Washington, New York), western part of South America.
USA. In New York, in Times Square, the traditional ceremonial descent of the famous Ball, sparkling with thousands of neon lights, takes place.
20.00 - Central parts of Canada and the USA (Chicago, Houston), Mexico and most Latin American countries.
21.00 - Part of Canada (Edmonton, Calgary) and the USA (Denver, Phoenix, Salt Lake City).
22.00 - Western parts of Canada (Vancouver, and USA (Los Angeles, San Francisco).
23.00 - State of Alaska (USA).
23.30 - Marquesas Islands as part of French Polynesia.
24.00 - Hawaiian Islands (USA), Tahiti and Cook Islands.
25.00 - Residents of Samoa are the last to celebrate the New Year.
So, Saudi Arabia does not celebrate the New Year in principle. The fact is that celebrating the change of dates is considered alien to Islam in principle. For the faithful in Saudi Arabia There are only three holidays: Independence Day, the celebration of the end of the month of Ramadan and the Feast of Sacrifice.
In Israel, January 1 is also a working day, unless, of course, it is Saturday - a holy day for Jews. Israelis celebrate their New Year in the fall - on the new moon of the month of Tishrei according to the Jewish calendar (September or October). This holiday is called Rosh Hashanah. It is celebrated for 2 days.
January 1 is an ordinary day in Iran too. The country lives according to the Persian calendar. New Year is celebrated in Iran on the vernal equinox - March 21. The holiday is called Navruz, that is, a new day.
There are so many holidays in multicultural India that if we had to celebrate everything, there would be no time to work. Therefore, some of them have become "holidays by choice." On these days, all institutions and offices are open, but employees can take time off. January 1st is one of these holidays. March 22 marks the New Year according to the unified national calendar of India. In Kerala, New Year is celebrated on April 13th. It is called Vishu. Sikhs celebrate their New Year - Vaisakhi - on the same day. In South India, Divapali is widely celebrated in the fall, which also signifies the arrival of the new year. This is not a complete list of New Year's days that can be celebrated in India. By the way, among the “holidays to choose from” there is also Catholic Christmas.
IN South Korea January 1 is a day off. Decorated Christmas trees and Santa Clauses are common here, but the beginning of the year in Korea is perceived not as a holiday, but as an additional day off, which can be spent in a pleasant circle of family and friends. But if anything is celebrated on an unprecedented scale, it’s Seollal - New Year’s Day lunar calendar. On this day, most Koreans go to their hometowns to honor their ancestors.
When we are still making the final feverish preparations for the New Year, some inhabitants of the Earth not only met it and had a lot of fun, but by this time they even managed to rest and sleep. For there are places in the world where the New Year is celebrated much earlier than here. In our photo gallery we present those places where the New Year is celebrated first on our planet.
Traditionally, Kiribati will be the first to celebrate the New Year 2015. More specifically, on the Linear Islands, which are located further east than the other islands of this country. In 1994, one of the presidential candidates promised citizens that if he won the election, he would make Kiribati the first to celebrate the New Year in the whole world. He won and kept his word: he moved the demarcation line of time (the conventional line on the map of time zones). Since then, Kiribati has been divided into three time zones, and in the easternmost one, midnight occurs 14 hours earlier than in London.
In the same time zone as Kiribati is Tokelau, which includes a group of islands consisting of three coral atolls: Atafu, Nukunono and Fakaofo. It is a dependent territory of New Zealand. The time zone change here occurred as recently as 2011, and the main reason for this was the problem of interaction in contacts with New Zealand, since previously the island was on the other side of the time demarcation line.
Residents of Samoa will celebrate the New Year an hour later. In 2011, there was also a time zone change; the date December 30, 2011 was not in the Samoan calendar. This was done for better interaction and development of cooperation with Australia and New Zealand. Interestingly, the previous time zone change was carried out in 1892 in order to adjust the time to California.
At the same time as Samoa, residents of Tonga, an island located one-third of the way between New Zealand and Hawaii, south of Samoa, will celebrate the New Year.
Chatham Islanders will be next to ring in the New Year. This small archipelago consists of two inhabited islands - Chatham and Pitta. Other small islands have reserve status and are largely inaccessible to both island residents and tourists. Interestingly, Chatham Island has its own time zone, which differs by 45 minutes (less) from the time in New Zealand.
After the Chatham Islanders, New Zealand will be the next to celebrate New Year 2015.
At the same time as in New Zealand, they will celebrate the New Year in Fiji. This is a state that is located on 322 islands and islets of volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs, of which only 110 islands are inhabited.
The first mainland state whose residents will celebrate the New Year 2015 (at the same time as the residents of New Zealand and Fiji) is Russia, or more precisely, the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, located in the southeastern part of the volcanic Kamchatka peninsula.
In the same time zone as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, there are numerous small islands and archipelagos in the Pacific Ocean: Tuvalu, Nauru, Wallis and Futuna, Wake and the Marshall Islands. In the photo: Nauru island.
We travel further and move west. Next to celebrate the New Year will be the residents of New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located in the Western Pacific Ocean, in Melanesia, about 1,400 kilometers east of Australia and 1,500 kilometers northwest of New Zealand.
Countries that celebrate the New Year at the same time as New Caledonia are: Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia and Solomon Islands.
Together with New Caledonia, the New Year 2015 will be celebrated by residents of another Russian city- Magadan.
On our journey, we finally arrived in Australia, where the first to celebrate the New Year, of course, were the residents of the east coast - Sydney and Melbourne.
Simultaneously with the residents of Sydney and Melbourne, the New Year will be celebrated in Vladivostok and on such Pacific islands as Guam, the Mariana Islands and Papua New Guinea. In the photo: the island of Guam.
We end our journey in this time zone, and if you want to continue it, the atlas will help you with this!
New Year is traditionally celebrated almost all over the world on December 31st. However, the dwarf Kingdom of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean is the first to celebrate the New Year. And they finish - in Haiti and Samoa - in 25 hours.
0.15 - Chatham Island (New Zealand), remote from the main islands of New Zealand, is located in a special time zone and is the second place where the New Year comes.
1.00 - New Zealand (Wellington, Auckland, etc.) and polar explorers from the South Pole in Antarctica celebrate the New Year.
2.00 - The New Year begins for residents of extreme eastern Russia (Anadyr, Kamchatka), the Fiji Islands and some other Pacific islands (Nauru, Tuvalu, etc.)
2.30 - Norfolk Island (Australia).
3.00 - Part of eastern Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra) and some Pacific islands (Vanuatu, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, etc.).
Australia. A huge celebration is being held in Sydney. IN New Year's Eve the whole city looks like an incomparably decorated Christmas tree, the branches of which bend under the weight of all the decorations. The sky over Sydney sparkles with numerous fireworks and salutes.
3.30 - South Australia (Adelaide).
4.00 - Queensland state in Australia (Brisbane), part of Russia (Vladivostok) and some islands (Papua New Guinea, Mariana Islands).
4.30 - Northern Territories of Australia (Darwin).
5.00 - Japan and Korea.
In Japan, New Year is celebrated on January 1st. The custom of seeing off the Old Year is obligatory, including organizing receptions and visiting restaurants. As the New Year begins, the Japanese begin to laugh. They believe that laughter will bring them good luck in the coming year.
6.00 - China, part of Southeast Asia and the remaining territories of Australia.
7.00 - Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia.
7.30 - Myanmar.
8.00 - Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and part of Russia (Novosibirsk, Omsk).
8.15 - Nepal.
8.30 - India.
In India, New Year is celebrated in different ways. In one part, the holiday is considered open when a paper kite is struck by a burning arrow.
9.00 - Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and part of Russia (Ekaterinburg, Ufa).
9.30 - Afghanistan.
10.00 - Armenia, Azerbaijan, part of Russia (Samara), some islands in the Indian Ocean.
10.30 - Iran.
11.00 - Part of East Asia, part of Africa, part of Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg).
12.00 - Eastern Europe (Romania, Greece, Ukraine, etc.), Turkey, Israel, Finland, part of Africa.
Finland. Finnish families gather around a New Year's table full of various dishes. The children are waiting for a large basket of gifts from Joulupukki, the name of the Finnish Father Frost. On New Year's Eve, Finns tell fortunes to find out their future.
In Greece, New Year is St. Basil's Day. Saint Basil was known for his kindness, and Greek children leave their shoes by the fireplace in the hope that Saint Basil will fill the shoes with gifts.
13.00 - Western and Central Europe (Belgium, Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden, etc.), part of Africa.
Italy. As soon as the New Year begins, Italians rush to get rid of things that have already served their purpose. In Italy, the custom of bringing clean water from a spring on the first morning of the new year has been preserved, as it is believed that water brings happiness.
France. Even before Christmas, the French hang a branch of mistletoe over the door of their houses, believing that it will bring good luck next year. In addition, the French decorate the entire house with flowers and always place them on the table. In every house they try to place a model depicting the scene of the Birth of Christ. According to tradition, a good winemaker should clink glasses with a barrel of wine on New Year’s Eve, congratulate it on the holiday and drink to the future harvest.
14.00 - Prime Meridian (Greenwich), Great Britain, Portugal, part of Africa.
Great Britain. The ringing of a bell announces the New Year in England. The British have a tradition to let the old year out of the house; before the bell rings, they open the back doors of the houses, and then open the front doors to let in the New Year. New Year's gifts in the English family circle are distributed according to the old tradition - by drawing lots.
15.00 - Azores.
16.00 - Brazil.
Brazil. On New Year's Eve, residents of Rio de Janeiro go to the ocean and bring gifts to the Goddess of the Sea Yemanja. Traditionally, Brazilians dress in white clothes, which symbolizes a plea for peace addressed to the Goddess of the Sea.
17.00 - Argentina and part of eastern South America.
17.30 - Newfoundland Island (Canada).
18.00 - Eastern Canada, many Caribbean islands, part of South America.
19.00 - Eastern parts of Canada (Ottawa) and the USA (Washington, New York), western part of South America.
USA. In New York, in Times Square, the traditional ceremonial descent of the famous Ball, sparkling with thousands of neon lights, takes place.
20.00 - Central parts of Canada and the USA (Chicago, Houston), Mexico and most Latin American countries.
21.00 - Part of Canada (Edmonton, Calgary) and the USA (Denver, Phoenix, Salt Lake City).
22.00 - Western parts of Canada (Vancouver, and USA (Los Angeles, San Francisco).
23.00 - State of Alaska (USA).
23.30 - Marquesas Islands as part of French Polynesia.
24.00 - Hawaiian Islands (USA), Tahiti and Cook Islands.
25.00 - Residents of Samoa are the last to celebrate the New Year.
So, Saudi Arabia doesn't celebrate New Year at all. The fact is that celebrating the change of dates is considered alien to Islam in principle. For the faithful in Saudi Arabia, there are only three holidays: Independence Day, the celebration of the end of the month of Ramadan and the Feast of Sacrifice.
IN Israel January 1 is also a working day, unless, of course, it is Saturday - a holy day for the Jews. Israelis celebrate their New Year in the fall - on the new moon of the month of Tishrei according to the Jewish calendar (September or October). This holiday is called Rosh Hashanah. It is celebrated for 2 days.
January 1 is an ordinary day and on Iran. The country lives according to the Persian calendar. New Year is celebrated in Iran on the vernal equinox - March 21. The holiday is called Navruz, that is, a new day.
In a multicultural India There are so many holidays that if we had to celebrate everything, there would be no time to work. Therefore, some of them have become "holidays by choice." On these days, all institutions and offices are open, but employees can take time off. January 1st is one of these holidays. March 22 marks the New Year according to the unified national calendar of India. In Kerala, New Year is celebrated on April 13th. It is called Vishu. Sikhs celebrate their New Year - Vaisakhi - on the same day. In South India, Divapali is widely celebrated in the fall, which also signifies the arrival of the new year. This is not a complete list of New Year's days that can be celebrated in India. By the way, among the “holidays to choose from” there is also Catholic Christmas.
IN South Korea January 1 is a day off. Decorated Christmas trees and Santa Clauses are common here, but the beginning of the year in Korea is perceived not as a holiday, but as an additional day off, which can be spent in a pleasant circle of family and friends. But if anything is celebrated on an unprecedented scale, it is Seollal - New Year according to the lunar calendar. On this day, most Koreans go to their hometowns to honor their ancestors.
Last updated: 12/29/2015
Russians will celebrate the New Year 11 times this year. AiF.ru has created a special infographic hint that will help Muscovites not to get confused and at the right time to congratulate their relatives living in other regions of the country on the holiday.
In what order will Russian residents celebrate the New Year?
In Russia, residents of Kamchatka and Chukotka will be the first to celebrate the New Year Autonomous Okrug. The holiday for them will come 9 hours earlier than for Muscovites.
Following Kamchatka and Chukotka, the president will wish Happy New Year to residents of the eastern regions of the Yakut region and the North Kuril region Sakhalin region. There, the last chime will sound 8 hours earlier than in the capital.
The third to open champagne will be residents of the central part of Yakutia, as well as the Primorsky Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Magadan region, Jewish Autonomous region and the western part of the Sakhalin region. They will celebrate the holiday 7 hours earlier than Moscow.
Then, walking around the country, the New Year will come to visit the residents of the western regions of Yakutia and the Amur region. For them, the holiday will come 6 hours earlier than the Russian capital.
Residents of Buryatia will enter the New Year fifth, Trans-Baikal Territory And Irkutsk region. The most cherished wish When the chimes strike, they will wish for it five hours earlier than Muscovites.
The sixth to celebrate the holiday will be residents of Tyva, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Territory and Kemerovo region. They will open the champagne four hours earlier than in Moscow.
The seventh to join the New Year celebration will be the Novosibirsk, Omsk and Tomsk regions, as well as the Altai Republic and the Altai Territory. They will be able to see the fireworks three hours earlier than Muscovites.
Bashkortostan will be the eighth in the Russian Federation to celebrate the holiday, Perm region, Yugra, Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region, as well as Kurgan, Orenburg, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen and Chelyabinsk region. Glasses will be raised there in anticipation of the last chime two hours earlier than Moscow.
Residents of the Udmurt and Samara regions will be the ninth to set off fireworks and explode firecrackers. They will enter the New Year an hour earlier than Muscovites.
Tenth glasses of champagne will be raised by Muscovites and residents of the European part of Russia and the Crimean Peninsula.
Residents of the Kaliningrad region will be the last to celebrate the holiday in the Russian Federation - the president will wish them happiness in the new year an hour later than the Muscovites.
