Happy New Year 2021: The country where the first new year is celebrated is Oceania.
New Delhi:
On December 31, the world welcomes the New Year when the clock strikes 12 at night. But the country where the first new year is celebrated is Oceania. The new year is celebrated for the first time in the small Pacific island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati. New Zealand follows the celebration of the New Year, followed by Australia, Japan and South Korea, while the last place to celebrate the New Year is Bakers Island, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The following is a breakdown of who will play the first and last new year, according to timeanddate.com:
On December 31 at 3:30 p.m., Tonga, Samoa and Christmas Island / Kiribati will sound for the first year.
At 3:45 p.m., New Year will be celebrated in the Chatham Islands
At 16:30 New Year will be celebrated in New Zealand
At 5:30 p.m., the New Year will be celebrated in some parts of Russia
At 6.30pm the New Year will be celebrated in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Honiara, Australia
At 7 p.m., New Year will be celebrated in Adelaide, Broken Hill, Ceduna
At 7.30pm, New Year will be celebrated in Brisbane, Port Moresby, Hagatna
At 8 p.m., New Year will be celebrated in Darwin, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek
At 8:30 p.m., New Year will be celebrated in Japan and South Korea in Tokyo, Seoul, Pyongyang, Dili, Ngerulmud
At 9:30 p.m., New Year will be celebrated in China and the Philippines
At 22:30 the New Year will be celebrated in Indonesia and Thailand
At 11pm, New Year will be celebrated in Myanmar
At 11:30 pm, New Year will be celebrated in Bangladesh
At 11:45 pm, New Year will be celebrated in Kathmandu, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Dharan, Nepal
At 12:00 in the morning, the New Year will be celebrated in India and Sri Lanka
At 12:30 a.m. on January 1, the new year IST will be held in Pakistan
At 1 a.m., the New Year will be celebrated in Afghanistan
Azerbaijan, Iran, Moscow, Greece and Germany will follow
At 5:30 am IST on January 1, the UK will welcome the New Year
Brazil and Newfoundland will follow
From 9:30 am to 1:30 pm time from India, Canada and then the US will ring the new year
The Marquesas Islands, American Samoa will follow, and finally, at 5:50 p.m., Indian time, on the outlying island: Baker Island will sound like the new year!
Happy New Year 2021!