Editing New Year's Day (section)

===South Asian===
*[[Diwali#New Year celebrations|Diwali]] related New Year's celebrations include Marwari new year and Gujarati new year.
*[[Indian New Year's days]] has several variations depending on the region and is based on the [[Hindu calendar]].
*[[Hindu]] In Hinduism, different regional cultures celebrate the new year at different times of the year. In [[Assam]], [[Bengal]], [[Kerala]], [[Nepal]], [[Odisha]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Telangana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], and [[Tamil Nadu]] households celebrate the new year when the Sun enters [[Aries (astrology)|Aries]] on the [[Hindu calendar]]. This is normally on 14 April or 15 April, depending on the leap year. Elsewhere in northern/central India, the [[Vikram Samvat]] calendar is followed. According to that, the new year day is the first day of the Chaitra Month, also known as Chaitra Shukla Pratipada or [[Gudi Padwa]]. This is basically the first month of the Hindu calendar, the first Shukla paksha (fortnight) and the first day. This normally comes around 23–24 March, mostly around the Spring Equinox in Gregorian Calendar. The new year is celebrated by paying respect to elders in the family and by seeking their blessings. They also exchange tokens of good wishes for a healthy and prosperous year ahead.
*[[Malayalam]] New Year (Puthuvarsham) is celebrated either on the first day of the month of Medam in mid-April which is known as Vishu, or the first day of the month of [[Chingam]], in the [[Malayalam Calendar]] in mid-August according to another reckoning. Unlike most other calendar systems in India, the New Year's Day on the [[Malayalam Calendar]] is not based on any astronomical event. It is just the first day of the first of the 12 months on the [[Malayalam Calendar]]. The [[Malayalam Calendar]] (called Kollavarsham) originated in 825 AD, based on general agreement among scholars, with the re-opening of the city of [[Kollam]] (on [[Malabar Coast]]), which had been destroyed by a [[natural disaster]].
*[[Nepal Sambat]] is the Nepalese New Year celebration specially by the [[Newar]] community. Nepali ethnic groups like [[Gurung]], [[Sherpa people|Sherpa]] and [[Tamang people|Tamang]] celebrate [[Lhosar]]. While officially [[Pohela Baisakh|Baisakh ek gatey]] is celebrated. However, there is increased demand from Nepalese of all ethnicity to replace [[Pohela Baisakh|Vikram Sambat]] with [[Nepal Sambat]] as [[Nepal Sambat]] is [[Indigenous peoples|indigenous]] to [[Nepal]] while [[Vikramaditya|Vikram Sambat]] came from [[India]].
*[[Pahela Baishakh]] or Bangla Nabobarsho is the first day of the Bengali Calendar. It is celebrated on 14 April as a national holiday in Bangladesh, and on 14 or 15 April in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, and part of Assam by people of Bengali heritage, irrespective of their religious faith.
*The Sikh New Year is celebrated as per the [[Nanakshahi calendar]]. The epoch of this calendar is the birth of the first [[The Sikh Gurus|Sikh Guru]], [[Guru Nanak]] in 1469. New Year's Day falls annually on what is 14 March in the Gregorian Western calendar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nanakshahi Calendar |url=http://www.sgpc.net/festivals/nanakshahi.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125000806/http://www.sgpc.net/festivals/nanakshahi.asp |archive-date=25 November 2005 |access-date=30 November 2005}} Nanakshahi Calendar at SGPC.net</ref>
[[File:Erythrina fusca 3689.jpg|thumb|The blossoming flowers of the ''[[Erythrina fusca|Yak Erabadu]]'' is associated with the advent of the [[Sinhalese New Year]]]]
*[[Sinhalese New Year]] is celebrated in Sri Lankan culture predominantly by the Sri Lankan Sinhalese, while the [[Tamil people|Tamil]] New Year on the same day is celebrated by Sri Lankan Tamils. The Sinhalese New Year (''aluth avurudda''), marks the end of the harvest season, by the month of Bak (April) between 13 and 14 April. There is an astrologically generated time gap between the passing year and the New Year, which is based on the passing of the sun from the Meena Rashiya (House of Pisces) to the Mesha Rashiya (House of Aries) in the celestial sphere. The astrological time difference between the New Year and the passing year (''nonagathe'') is celebrated with several Buddhist rituals and customs that are to be concentrated on, which are exclusive of all types of 'work'. After Buddhist rituals and traditions are attended to, Sinhala and Tamil New Year-based social gatherings and festive parties with the aid of firecrackers, and fireworks would be organized. The exchange of gifts, cleanliness, the lighting of the oil lamp, making ''kiribath'' (milk rice), and even the Asian Koel are significant aspects of the Sinhalese New Year.
*[[Tamil people|Tamil]] New Year ([[Puthandu]]) is celebrated on 13 April or 14 April. Traditionally, it is celebrated as [[Chiththirai Thirunaal]] in parts of Tamil Nadu to mark the event of the Sun entering Aries. [[Panchangam]] ([[almanac]]), is read in temples to mark the start of the Year.
*[[Telugu people|Telugu]] New Year ([[Ugadi]]), [[Kannada]] New Year ([[Yugadi]]) is celebrated in March (generally), April (occasionally). Traditionally, it is celebrated as Chaitram [[Chaitra Shuddha Padyami]] in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka to mark the event of New Year's Day for the people of the Deccan region of India. It falls on a different day every year because the Hindu calendar is a lunisolar calendar. The Saka calendar begins with the month of Chaitra (March–April) and Ugadi/Yugadi marks the first day of the new year. Chaitra is the first month in Panchanga which is the Indian calendar. [[Panchangam]] ([[almanac]]), is read in temples to mark the start of the Year.