For any of you for whom January 1st might not be the most convenient day to start your new-year’s resolutions, fear not! Below are some other new-year dates as observed by different religions. Now you don’t have to wait till this time next year to make that promise!

January 1: Gantan-sai – Shinto
January 24-27: Mahayana Buddhist (varies according to region)
February 8: Chinese New Year (Confucian, Daoist, Chinese Buddhist)
March 21: Norooz – Persian/Zoroastrian
March 21: Naw-Rúz – Baha’i
April 8: Hindu
April 22-23: Theravadin Buddhist (varies according to region)
October 2: Muharram – Islam
October 3-4: Rosh Hashanah – Jewish (although if you don’t want wait that long there is also a new year for trees on January 24th: ‘Rosh Hashanah La’Ilanot’)
October 31: Jain

NB: because many new years are dependent on other astronomical factors, usually phase of the moon, this list only applies to 2016 dates (and since I got them off the internet there’s a good chance some of them are made up anyway)

Happy new year!