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Happy New Year to those who follow the Malayalam calendar! And the Tamil calendar! And many others!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VishuVishu falls either on the same day or near April 14/15 as other new years in parts of India where the sun's path is followed, such as in states like Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Bengal, Northeast India, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Jammu. Additionally, the Songkran festival of South East Asia also falls on the Vishu date, with the significance of the Kanikonna as part of Laos new year same like of Vishu celebrations in Kerala.The Sinhalese New Year in Sri Lanka also coincides with the Vishu date, sharing similar traditions such as the Vishu Kani, flower blossoms, traditional foods, and fireworks.
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clacke · 6w
Oh, this is interesting. Why April 14th? Because it's a sidereal calendar! ~1900 years ago the New Year was on the equinox, but the equinox has since moved three and a half weeks. The Gregorian calendar is a tropical calendar, so it keeps in sync with the equinoxes, not with the zodiac and the fix...