Editing New Year's Day (section)

====Islam====
The two primary sects of Islam are [[Sunni Islam]] and [[Shia Islam]]. They have different calendars though for both the [[epoch]] of the calendar is the [[Hijrah]].
[[File:Pawai merayakan tahun baru islam ke-1446 Hijriah.jpg|thumb|The parade celebrating the 1446th Hijriah [[Islamic New Year]] was carried out by several TPQ (a Quran education school in [[Indonesia]]) in Nampes Hamlet]]
*[[Islamic New Year]] (or "Hijri New Year", {{langx|ar|رأس السنة الهجرية}} {{transliteration|ar|Ras as-Sanah al-Hijriyah}})) is the day in Sunni Islamic culture that marks the beginning of a new year in the [[Islamic calendar|Lunar Hijri calendar]]. It disregards the [[solar year]]: its New Year's Day is on a different Gregorian date each year because it is a [[lunar calendar]] of twelve [[lunar month]]s, making it on average 11 to 12 days shorter than a solar year. The first day of the year is observed on the first day of [[Muharram]], the first month in this calendar.
*[[Nowruz]] marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the [[Solar Hijri calendar]] (one of the [[Iranian calendars]]). It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical [[March equinox|Northern spring equinox]], which usually occurs on or about 20 March (Gregorian calendar). Nowruz has been celebrated for over 3,000 years by the [[Greater Iran|cultural continent of Iran]], including [[Kurdistan]] and [[Afghanistan]]. The holiday is also celebrated and observed by many parts of [[Central Asia]], [[South Asia]], [[Northwestern China]], [[Crimea]] and some groups in the [[Balkans]]. As well as being a [[Zoroastrian]] holiday and having significance amongst the Zoroastrian ancestors of modern Iranians, the same time is celebrated in the Indian sub-continent as the new year. The moment the Sun crosses the [[celestial equator]] and equalizes night and day is calculated exactly every year and [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] families gather together to observe the rituals.