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Why does the new year begin on Jan. 1? Today that date seems not just appropriate, but somehow scientifically fixed.
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Counting the Days Until the New Year Dawns
Evidence suggests that in about 2000 BCE, Mesopotamians celebrated the new year at the time of the vernal equinox, on about March 21.
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