Diapositive 1

THE NEW YEAR ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT CALENDARS
2016-2017 School year
Calendar
Gregorian
(used by the majority of countries in
the world)
Muslim or Hegirian (hijri)
Jewish or Hebrew
Julian
(used by certain Orthodox Christian
churches)
Mahayana Buddhist
Chinese or Vietnamese
Nanakshahi sikh
Persian
Hindu
Theravada Buddhist
Indian national or Saka
Date of New Year celebration in
the Gregorian calendar
January 1, 2017
Year starting…
Type of calendar
2017
Solar
October 2 or 3, 2016
Ras al-Am el-Hejri
October 3 and 4, 2016
Rosh Hashanah
January 14, 2017
1438
Lunar
5777
Lunisolar
2017
Solar
QUELQUES CÉLÉBRATIONS DU NOUVEL AN À TRAVERS LES CALENDRIERS
JanuaryAnnée
12, 2017
2561
scolaire 2015-2016
(first full moon in January)
January 28, 2017
March 14, 2017
March 21, 2017
Norouz
March 28, 2017
Ugadi
April 11, 2017
(first full moon in April)
April 14, 2017
New solar year
Web tool in English for comparing different calendars:
http://www.math.harvard.edu/computing/javascript/Calendar/
Lunisolar
4715
Year of the wood
rooster
549
1396
Lunisolar
2074
Lunisolar
2561
Lunisolar
1939
Solar
Solar
Solar
Photo : Aram-van, 2011