For other uses, see New Year's Day (disambiguation). For the day itself, unrelated to celebration of the New Year, see January 1.
"Happy new year" redirects here. For other uses, see Happy New Year (disambiguation).
New Year's Day
Fireworks in Mexico City at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, 2013
Observed by Users of the Gregorian calendar
Significance The first day of the Gregorian year
Celebrations Making New Year's resolutions, church services, parades, sporting events, fireworks[1]
Date January 1
Next time January 1, 2017 (2017-01-01)
Frequency Annual
Related to New Year's Eve, Christmastide
New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar. 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. As a date in the Gregorian calendar of Christendom, New Year's Day liturgically marked the Feast of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus, which is still observed as such in the Anglican Church and Lutheran Church.[2][3] In present day, with most countries now using the Gregorian calendar as their de facto calendar, New Year's Day is probably the most celebrated public holiday, often observed with fireworks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts in each time zone. Other global New Years' Day traditions include making New Year's resolutions and calling one's friends and family.[1]