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My favorite New Year to observe:

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Conventional Gregorian (Jan. 1)

9953 votes / 70%

Chinese, Jewish, or other lunar-based date

1227 votes / 8%

Hindu or other solar-based date

487 votes / 3%

Ethiopian

206 votes / 1%

Neptunian

1346 votes / 9%

Some other variety, explained in comments

868 votes / 6%

14087 total votes.

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Re:"Other Solar Based Date" (Score:5, Informative)

by F69631 ( 2421974 ) writes: on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @09:09AM (#38501920)

It most certainly is a solar calendar [wikipedia.org]. Then some trivia for the sake of trivia...
The dominant method that the Romans used to identify a year for dating purposes was to name it after the two consuls who took office in it. Since 153 BC, they had taken office on 1 January, and Julius Caesar did not change the beginning of the year.
Good ol' Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]

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Re:1st of March (Score:4, Informative)

by dingen ( 958134 ) writes: on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @11:39AM (#38503170)

Roman New Year was in March. That's why our names of some months refer to Roman numericals with an offset of two months.

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The Hindu calendar is not Solar Based (Score:2, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @04:28PM (#38506526)

It's a Lunar calendar with leap months thrown in to keep it roughly aligned with Solar cycles.
The Gregorian Calendar, on the other hand, is solar based.

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Re:"Other Solar Based Date" (Score:5, Informative)

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