At the dawn of the new year 2023, a large number of people gathered at the Galle Mudoora ground in Colombo to celebrate the dawn of the new year.
People all over the country as well as people all over the world celebrated the dawn of the new year as a new year that allowed the people who were restricted due to the Covid epidemic to breathe freely after about three years.
However, the new year does not start at the same time all over the world due to differences in time set due to geographical differences.
Accordingly, the new year of 2023 first dawned in the world on small Pacific islands like Kiribati and Samoa belonging to the Oceania region. Kiribati is also said to be the first inhabited country to welcome the New Year dawn.
The islanders welcomed the New Year yesterday, December 31, at around 3.30 pm Indian time.
Finally, the New Year will be dawned in the uninhabited islands of Howland and Baker Islands, located near the United States. It was around 5.30 pm today (01) Indian time.