When is New Year's Day?
New Year's Day 2027 is on Friday, January 1, 2027.
The first day of the year. Many people rest, watch parades and football, and make plans or resolutions for the year ahead.
How the date is set: January 1 every year.
The date in other years
Ideas for the day
A short history
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January. Most solar calendars, such as the Gregorian and Julian calendars, begin the year regularly at or near the northern winter solstice. In contrast, cultures and religions that observe a lunisolar or lunar calendar celebrate their Lunar New Year at varying points relative to the solar year. 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.
From Wikipedia’s article New Year's Day, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Related days
Sources
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management: federal holidays Dates
- Nager.Date public holiday API Public holidays in Canada, the UK and Australia
- Wikipedia: New Year's Day Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)