2006-12-30 03:40:20 · 15 answers · asked by ranganath m 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Earth Day
It is actually related to Greek Mythology. The word January comes from the Greek god Janus. Janus, according to Greeks is the god who opens the gate to Mt. Olympus, where all the Greek gods and goddesses live. Since Janus opens the gate to Mt. Olympus, January opens the new year. That is why January 1st is celebrated as new years day.
2006-12-30 03:55:58 · answer #1 · answered by A 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in which the months are displayed, January to December.
The first day of the medieval Julian year was usually a day other than January 1. This day was adopted as the first day of the Julian year by some European countries between 1522 and 1579 (that is, before the creation of the Gregorian calendar in 1582).
See beginning of the year. The British Empire (including its American colonies) did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1752. This change can lead to dating confusion between Old Style and New Style dates.
The Gregorian calendar as promulgated in 1582 did not specify that January 1 was to be either New Year's Day or the first day of its numbered year.
Although England began its numbered year on March 25 (Lady Day) between the thirteenth century and 1752, January 1 was called New Year's Day, which was a holiday when gifts were exchanged. 364 days (365 in leap years) remain in the year after this day.
2006-12-30 11:52:18 · answer #2 · answered by Shooting stars 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jan 1st is celebrated as a new year day? Do to our forefathers. Biblical their where no 12 months to a year and the months where shorter.
2006-12-31 17:18:25 · answer #3 · answered by Iris AL CT Slade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
January is named after the Greek mytholigcal
God Janus , who is double-headed and looks on the new year and looks back on the last year with the second head. Hence the first of January is celebrated as the New Year Day.
2006-12-30 21:44:42 · answer #4 · answered by Truth ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A one is called a single but ending have no digit. So jan 1 is new year because of this method.
2007-01-02 12:04:23 · answer #5 · answered by Ambrose B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the first day of the month of the first day of the new year.
2006-12-30 11:47:22 · answer #6 · answered by *queenfairy1*Antioch California 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because it the day in a calender & it is a start of new yr
and the another thing is earth completed it one more revolution around the sun
2006-12-30 17:32:31 · answer #7 · answered by vikash_surana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos its the next day after the 31st of december which is the last day of the year
2006-12-31 05:06:24 · answer #8 · answered by haggisbasher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the first day of 2007 happy new year dude
2006-12-30 13:01:54 · answer #9 · answered by i am not a lovely girl i am cute 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you got to start somewhere to have the sense of time.
the world over different calenders have different days as the new year
2006-12-30 11:58:29 · answer #10 · answered by madhatter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋