Regional Happy New Year!
There are many regional calendars on the globe. I am Japanese, and follow our emperor eras in reckoning years. Some eras were short, and some were quite long such as Showa era, which lasted over 60 years. I must confess, however, this era system is not so good for me because it takes time when I check and convert historical events. Even just recent three eras – I need to convert them when an event was happened on a calculator.
Ano Domini; AD or the Christian Era is widely recoginized in Japan. The Gregorian calendar through BC and AD is widely used in the world. We can see however there are many regional calendars. In Japan besides emperor eara calendar, we follow the Gregorian calendar of the Christian Era. The Gregorian calendar is based on the Solar calendar. Many of asian people still follow the Lunar calendar or some combination of the Lunar calendar and their local calendar. In the Middle and Near East, most of them use Islamic calendar, which has been created with the Lunar calendar and their local and specific techniques.
In India, there are many local calenars. When I lived in Surat, India, I heard there were many local and spiritual new year events. Some are based on the Lunar system, some are based on Indian or local gods and goddesses.
Let’s celebrate your happy new year!
And hope everything should be going on well for you all!