You think, New Year can be celebrated only once a year? You are wrong. In our country, due to the fact that Russia is geographically divided into several time zones, this can be done 11 times. Imagine, you can make 11 wishes that will surely come true, you just need to know in what order the Russians celebrate the New Year.
The sequence of the New Year on the territory of Russia
- You can safely make your first wish at 15.00. by Moscow time. It was at this time that their glasses were raised and the inhabitants of Kamchatka wished all the best to their relatives and friends.
- At 4 pm, they celebrate the New Year in the Magadan Region and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
- AT 17:00. to the chimes, they burn a piece of paper with a cherished desire and drink it along with champagne in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk and Ussuriisk.
- At 18.00. this will be done in Chita, Blagoveshchensk, Transbaikalia and the Amur Region. At the same time, in Yakutia, the spirit of coldness - Chyskhaan (our Grandfather Frost) fulfills all desires, for this you just need to touch his magic staff and say what was conceived aloud.
- At 19.00 they celebrate the New Year in Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude and Buryatia.
- At 20.00. in the Krasnoyarsk, Altai Territories, Kemerovo, Tomsk, Novosibirsk Regions, in the Republic of Tyva.
- 21.00. They make another wish together with the residents of the Omsk and Sverdlovsk regions.
- AT 22.00. the cities of Chelyabinsk, Tyumen, Perm, the Republic of Bashkortostan.
- 23.00. New Year will reach Udmurtia, Samara and Togliatti, just one hour and it will get to Moscow.
- At 24.00. on Red Square, chimes will strike, fireworks will sound, festivities will begin.
- But the holiday will hurry on, and at one o'clock in the morning it will come to the Kaliningrad region. So, there is a chance to make another wish and after 12 o'clock at night - at 01.00.
Russia is the only country in the world where this number of times.
When other countries of the world are waiting for the New Year
In general, the population of the small island of Christmas (only 5.5 thousand people), which belongs to the Republic of Kiribati, and the inhabitants of the capital of the kingdom at the end of the earth (as tourists call it), the city of Nuku'alofa, will be the first to celebrate the holiday on the globe.
Then, in sequence, Chatham Island (+0.15)., New Zealand and the South Pole in Antarctica (+1).
With an interval of one hour, the holiday will reach Fiji (+2).
From there, he will go to hot Australia (+3), where he is greeted with amazing fireworks and a grandiose music show. The climate of the country allows you to spend your holiday outdoors. Exactly at 12 o'clock local time in the cities of Australia the noise of music ceases and the hum of car signals, whistles and shouts are heard. This is how the inhabitants of the island celebrate the New Year and all the good that they hope to receive with its arrival.
When on January 1 in Moscow the hands of the clock show 6 am, and at 12 o'clock, do not forget to tell relatives and friends: "Akemasite omedeto!", Which means: Happy New Year, and give them a rake for luck, so that they have something to rake in happiness. This is exactly what the Japanese do on this day.
In China (+6) New Year is celebrated according to its own special calendar, which can begin on one of the days of late January or early February. On this day, old grievances are forgiven and forgotten. The whole family gathers for a festive dinner, and processions of people holding lighted lanterns are held in the streets. This is how they light the way for the New Year.
7 route of the holiday will pass through Indonesia,
8 celebrate the holiday in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. And although the locals celebrate the New Year in April, they organize colorful fireworks and beach parties for tourists on New Year's Eve. Lobster and king prawns are served for dinner.
Without breaking the sequence, other countries are waiting for the New Year: Pakistan (+9), Armenia, Azerbaijan (+10).
In Armenia, the holiday is celebrated three times a year: March 21 (Amanor), August 11 (Navasard) and January 1. On these days, close and dear people give each other gifts, guess and gather at a rich family table.
12 New Year is celebrated in Greece, Romania, Turkey, Israel, Finland.
13 in Belgium, Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden.
14 in the UK, Portugal.
16 in stunning Brazil.
17.30-20.30 in different regions of Canada and the USA.
23 in Alaska.
24 in Hawaii.
Residents of the independent island state of Samoa will be the last to celebrate the New Year, at which time it will be January 2 on Christmas Island!
All countries of the world celebrate the New Year in different ways. But for everyone, this day is the most special and most magical. He personifies the ability to leave everything bad in the past and gives hope for happiness!
New Year is traditionally celebrated almost all over the world on December 31st. However, the first to celebrate the New Year begin in the dwarf Kingdom of Tonga in the 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 in a special time zone and is the second place where 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), 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 grand 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 fireworks.
3.30 - South Australia (Adelaide).
4.00 - Queensland 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 a must, including the organization of receptions and visits to restaurants. At the beginning of the new year, the Japanese start laughing. They believe that laughter will bring them good luck in the coming year.
6.00 - China, part of Southeast Asia and the rest 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 Years are celebrated in different ways. In one of the parts, the holiday is considered open when a kite is struck by a burning arrow.
9.00 - Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and part of Russia (Yekaterinburg, Ufa).
9.30 am - 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 variety of food New Year's table... The kids are waiting for a big basket of gifts from Joulupukki, that is the name of the Finnish Santa Claus. On New Year's Eve, the Finns are guessing to find out their future.
In Greece, New Year is the day of St. Basil. Saint Basil was known for his kindness, and Greek children leave their shoes by the fireplace in the hope that Saint Basil will fill them with gifts.
13.00 - Western and Central Europe (Belgium, Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden, etc.), part of Africa.
Italy. As soon as the New Year has begun, Italians rush to get rid of things that have already "served their purpose." In Italy, the custom has been preserved to bring clean water from a spring on the first morning of the new year, since 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 whole house with flowers, be sure to put them on the table. In every house, they try to place a model depicting the scene of the birth of Christ. Traditionally, a good host-winemaker on New Year's Eve should clink glasses with a barrel of wine, congratulate her on the holiday and drink to the next 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 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 family circle of the British are distributed according to the old tradition - by lot.
15.00 - Azores.
16.00 - Brazil.
Brazil. On New Year's Eve, the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro go out to the ocean and bring gifts to the Goddess of the Sea Yemanja. Traditionally, Brazilians dress up in white clothes, which symbolizes a plea-request for peace addressed to the goddess of the Sea.
17.00 - Argentina and part of the eastern part of 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 USA (Washington, New York), western part of South America.
USA. In New York City, Times Square is the venue for the traditional ceremonial descent of the famous Ball, sparkling with thousands of neon lights.
20.00 - Central parts of Canada and the USA (Chicago, Houston), Mexico and most of the countries of Latin America.
21.00 - Part of Canada (Edmonton, Calgary) and the USA (Denver, Phoenix, Salt Lake City).
22.00 - Western 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 the state of Samoa celebrate the New Year with the very last.
So, Saudi Arabia does not celebrate the New Year in principle. The fact is that the marking of 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 holiday 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 Tishri month 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 as well. 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 you had to celebrate everything, there would be no time to work. Therefore, some of them have become "optional holidays". On these days, all institutions and offices are open, but employees can take time off. It is to such holidays that January 1 belongs. March 22 is the New Year according to the unified national calendar of India. In the state of Kerala, New Year is celebrated on April 13th. It is called Vishu. Sikhs on the same day celebrate their New Year - Vaisakhi. In South India, the festival of Divapali is widely celebrated in autumn, which also means the arrival of the new year. This is not a complete list of New Years 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 rather not as a holiday, but as an additional day off, which can be spent with a pleasant circle of family and friends. But if something is celebrated on an unprecedented scale, it is Seollal - the New Year according to the lunar calendar. By this day, most Koreans leave for their hometowns to honor the memory of their ancestors.
When we are still making the last feverish preparations for the New Year, some of the inhabitants of the Earth have not only met it and had fun, but by this time they even had time 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 represent the places where the first to celebrate the New Year on our planet.
Traditionally, the first to celebrate the New Year 2015 in Kiribati. More specifically, on the Linear Islands, which are located to the east than other islands in this country. In 1994, one of the presidential candidates promised the citizens that if he wins the elections, he will make it so that Kiribati will be the first to celebrate the New Year around the world. He won and kept his word: he moved the demarcation line of time (a conditional line on the map of time zones). Since that time, Kiribati has been divided into three time zones, and in the most eastern of them, midnight comes 14 hours earlier than in London.
Tokelau is located in the same time zone as Kiribati, which includes a group of islands made up of three coral atolls: Atafu, Nukunono and Fakaofo. It is a dependent territory of New Zealand. The time zone change here happened quite recently, in 2011, and the main reason This became the problem of interaction in contacts with New Zealand, since earlier the island was on the other side of the demarcation timeline.
An hour later, the people of Samoa will celebrate the New Year. In 2011, there also was a time zone change; the date of December 30, 2011 was absent in the Samoan calendar. This was done to better interact and develop cooperation with Australia and New Zealand. Interestingly, the previous time zone change was made in 1892 in order to adjust the time to California.
At the same time as in Samoa, the people of Tonga will celebrate the New Year - an island located one third of the way between New Zealand and Hawaii, south of Samoa.
Residents of the Chatham Islands will be the next to celebrate the New Year. This small archipelago, which consists of two inhabited islands - Chatham and Pitt. Other small islands have reservation status and are generally inaccessible to both islanders and tourists. Interestingly, Chatham Island has its own time zone, which is 45 minutes (less) than New Zealand.
After the inhabitants of the Chatham islands, the next New Year 2015 will be celebrated in New Zealand.
At the same time as in New Zealand, they will celebrate the New Year in Fiji. This state, which 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 inhabitants will celebrate the New Year 2015 (along with the inhabitants of New Zealand and Fiji) is Russia, or rather, the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, located in the southeastern part of the Kamchatka volcanic 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. Photo: Nauru Island.
We travel further and head west. Next, the New Year will be celebrated by the inhabitants of New Caledonia - a French overseas territory located in the western Pacific Ocean, in Melanesia, about 1400 kilometers east of Australia and 1500 kilometers north-west of New Zealand.
Countries celebrating New Years at the same time as New Caledonia are Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia and Solomon Islands.
Together with New Caledonia, residents of another Russian city, Magadan, will celebrate the New Year 2015.
On our journey, we finally arrived in Australia, where the first to celebrate the New Year, of course, are the residents of the east coast - Sydney and Melbourne.
Simultaneously with the residents of Sydney and Melbourne, they will celebrate the New Year 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 first to celebrate the New Year begin in the dwarf Kingdom of Tonga in the 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 in a special time zone and is the second place where 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), 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 grand 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 fireworks.
3.30 - South Australia (Adelaide).
4.00 - Queensland 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 a must, including the organization of receptions and visits to restaurants. At the beginning of the new year, the Japanese start laughing. They believe that laughter will bring them good luck in the coming year.
6.00 - China, part of Southeast Asia and the rest 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 Years are celebrated in different ways. In one of the parts, the holiday is considered open when a kite is struck by a burning arrow.
9.00 - Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and part of Russia (Yekaterinburg, Ufa).
9.30 am - 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 at a New Year's table full of various dishes. The kids are waiting for a big basket of gifts from Joulupukki, that is the name of the Finnish Santa Claus. On New Year's Eve, the Finns are guessing to find out their future.
In Greece, New Year is the day of St. Basil. Saint Basil was known for his kindness, and Greek children leave their shoes by the fireplace in the hope that Saint Basil will fill them with gifts.
13.00 - Western and Central Europe (Belgium, Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden, etc.), part of Africa.
Italy. As soon as the New Year has begun, Italians rush to get rid of things that have already "served their purpose." In Italy, the custom has been preserved to bring clean water from a spring on the first morning of the new year, since 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 whole house with flowers, be sure to put them on the table. In every house they try to place a model depicting the scene of the Birth of Christ. Traditionally, a good host-winemaker on New Year's Eve should clink glasses with a barrel of wine, congratulate her on the holiday and drink to the next harvest.
14.00 - Prime Meridian (Greenwich), Great Britain, Portugal, part of Africa.
Great Britain. A bell is ringing about 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 family circle of the British are distributed according to the old tradition - by lot.
15.00 - Azores.
16.00 - Brazil.
Brazil. On New Year's Eve, the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro go out to the ocean and bring gifts to the Goddess of the Sea Yemanja. Traditionally, Brazilians dress up in white clothes, which symbolizes a plea-request for peace addressed to the goddess of the Sea.
17.00 - Argentina and part of the eastern part of 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 USA (Washington, New York), western part of South America.
USA. In New York City, Times Square is the venue for the traditional ceremonial descent of the famous Ball, sparkling with thousands of neon lights.
20.00 - Central parts of Canada and the USA (Chicago, Houston), Mexico and most of the countries of Latin America.
21.00 - Part of Canada (Edmonton, Calgary) and the USA (Denver, Phoenix, Salt Lake City).
22.00 - Western 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 the state of Samoa celebrate the New Year with the very last.
So, Saudi Arabia does not celebrate New Years in principle. The fact is that the marking of 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 holiday of sacrifice.
V Israel January 1 is also a working day, if it is, of course, not Saturday - a holy day for the Jews. Israelis celebrate their New Year in the fall - on the new moon of the Tishri month 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 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 so many holidays that if we had to celebrate everything, there would be no time to work. Therefore, some of them have become "optional holidays". On these days, all institutions and offices are open, but employees can take time off. It is to such holidays that January 1 belongs. March 22 is the New Year according to the unified national calendar of India. In the state of Kerala, New Year is celebrated on April 13th. It is called Vishu. Sikhs on the same day celebrate their New Year - Vaisakhi. In South India, the festival of Divapali is widely celebrated in autumn, which also means the arrival of the new year. This is not a complete list of New Years that can be celebrated in India. By the way, among the "holidays to choose from" there is also Catholic Christmas.
V 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 rather not as a holiday, but as an additional day off, which can be spent with a pleasant circle of family and friends. But if something is celebrated on an unprecedented scale, it is Seollal - the New Year according to the lunar calendar. By this day, most Koreans leave for their hometowns to honor the memory of their ancestors.
30.12.2001 19:34 | M. E. Prokhorov / GAISH, Moscow
Every time, when the next New Year was approaching, I began to be interested in the question: "Where will it come from in the first place? Where will its journey on Earth begin from?"
In the past two years, this question has interested not only me, but, of course, could not compete in popularity with the "question of the century": "When will the new millennium begin - January 1, 2000 or 2001?"
In fact, this question contains several different questions. Some of them are associated with physical phenomena, for example, when in a given place on Earth end average solar day December 31, 2001, or where will the sun rise first on January 1, 2002?
In order to answer the first of the questions, you need to find the most eastern point on Earth lying to the west of the date line. This is Cape Dezhnev in Chukotka (if you do not take into account the small islets lying a little to the east). There it will happen two minutes earlier than on the Tonga Islands, and ten minutes earlier than on the New Zealand Chatham Islands. To determine the point of the earliest sunrise, it is necessary to take into account the latitude and longitude of the point, its height above sea level, the season (winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern), etc. For example, on January 1, 2000, the earliest sunrise according to the Greenwich Observatory occurred on Catchal Island, which is part of the Nicobar Islands group of protected islands in the Bay of Bengal. Because of this, no one was able to celebrate the New Year there, and the very first meeting took place on the top of the mountain of Pitt Island, which is part of the Chatham group of islands subordinate to New Zealand.
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Another question is purely formal - where is January 1, 2002, according to the officially accepted timetable. Before proceeding further it is worth looking at a number of pictures. The most convenient of them is the map time zones in cylindrical projection. The map was taken from the "Educational Atlas of the World" about 20 years ago (in fact, during this time not too many changes took place on it, you can read about the most important below). It can be seen that the Earth is divided into - stripes with a width of about 15 ° in longitude, in each of which a single time is established. Most often, the boundaries of time zones follow the borders of countries or parts of them.
A very important detail on this map is. It passes about 180 ° latitude, but it experiences very interesting and important deviations for the question we are considering. In the north, this line first deviates far eastward to round Chukotka, and then westward, skirting the Aleutian Islands ridge stretching from Alaska. Further, the line goes exactly along 180th longitude, deviating to the east only drove New Zealand.
I've always counted. that the New Year first comes to Chukotka, since it is located in the 12th time zone, and since in Russia since the beginning of the 20th century it has been accepted daylight saving time(shifted 1 hour forward), then it is there that the first phenomenon of the New Year takes place.
But everything turned out to be not so simple.