New Year In September
The new year on the first of nisan is mentioned in both exodus 12 2 and deuteronomy 16 1.
New year in september. September is a time for planning budgeting and renewal. Ethiopia rings in its new year enkutatash on 11 september and not on 1 january as the rest of the world does the country s unique calendar considers september called meskerem in the local language of ethiopia to be the first month of the year. I m working on the theory that ramping up activity rather than winding it down in the last few months of the calendar year could have some great benefits and give me a head start on.
September is the ninth month of the year in the julian and gregorian calendars the third of four months to have a length of 30 days and the fourth of five months to have a length of less than 31 days in the northern hemisphere september is the seasonal equivalent of march in the southern hemisphere. Now september 1st that s when the new year actually feels like it s ready to start. It occurs on meskerem 1 on the ethiopian calendar which is 11 september or during a leap year 12 september according to the gregorian calendar.
In the northern hemisphere the beginning of the meteorological autumn is on 1 september. There are references to several of these new year s days in the torah as well. In the gregorian calendar the most widely used calendar system today new year occurs on january 1 new year s day this was also the first day of the year in the.
እንቁጣጣሽ is a public holiday in coincidence of new year in ethiopia and eritrea. Elul 1 in august is the new year for the tithing of animals. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner and the 1st day of january is often marked as a national holiday.
Origins of the four new year s days in judaism. New year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar s year count increments by one. This year i ve decided to try harnessing some of that energy by abandoning my 4 th quarter altogether and declaring september as q1 of a brand new year.
One british survey showed that 69 of respondents believe small improvements in september are easier to achieve than new year s resolutions. Here is a look at the history behind the new year celebrations.