New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one.
Chinese New Year is the Chinese festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar.
Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate zones (winter does not occur in most of the tropical zone). It occurs after autumn and before spring in each year. Winter is caused by the axis of the Earth in that hemisphere being oriented away from the Sun.
Pongal, also referred to as Thai Pongal, is a multi-day harvest festival of South India, particularly in the Tamil community.
