{"id":8081,"date":"2026-01-01T21:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/?p=8081"},"modified":"2026-01-01T21:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:16:23","slug":"happy-new-year-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/happy-new-year-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earth has successfully completed one more revolution around the sun and to celebrate that here’s a Sanskrit verse (With a Hindi & English translation under it): <\/p>\n

\u0938\u0942\u0930\u094d\u092f \u0938\u0902\u0935\u0947\u0926\u0928\u093e \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u0947, \u0926\u0940\u092a\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u093e\u0930\u0941\u0923\u094d\u092f\u0917\u0902\u0927\u0928\u0947\u0964 \u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927\u094d\u0935\u093e \u0936\u0941\u092d\u0902 \u0928\u0935\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937\u0947\u093d\u0938\u094d\u092e\u093f\u0928 \u0915\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0938\u094d\u092f \u092e\u0902\u0917\u0932\u092e\u094d\u0965 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0940 \u0905\u0930\u094d\u0925: \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0938\u0942\u0930\u094d\u092f \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0936 \u0926\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0938\u0902\u0935\u0947\u0926\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0941\u0923\u093e \u0909\u0924\u094d\u092a\u0928\u094d\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u092b\u0942\u0932 \u0938\u0941\u0917\u0902\u0927 \u092c\u093f\u0916\u0947\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0935\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u092f\u0939 \u0928\u092f\u093e \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u092e\u0902\u0917\u0932\u092e\u092f \u0939\u094b\u0964<\/em><\/p>\n

Translation: Like the sun gives light (life), sympathy gives birth to compassion and like flowers spread perfume, may the new year be auspicious for everyone!.<\/em><\/p>\n

Interestingly this (Jan 1st) is not when most of India historically celebrates new year. The map below shows the traditional dates when various states in India celebrate New Year:<\/p>\n

\"When
\nWhen do Indians celebrate their New Year?<\/center><\/p>\n

Looking at the map it is clear that most of the country celebrates it in March\/April (depending on the Moon’s path) with April 13\/14\/15 the second most common date. It shows how diverse India is and that is the best part of being in India. Imagine getting to celebrate “New Years” multiple times a year with the excuse to celebrate. What’s not to like about it?<\/p>\n

I am probably going to do a post about 2025 in the next few days depending on my mood and energy levels. <\/p>\n

– Suramya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earth has successfully completed one more revolution around the sun and to celebrate that here’s a Sanskrit verse (With a Hindi & English translation under it): \u0938\u0942\u0930\u094d\u092f \u0938\u0902\u0935\u0947\u0926\u0928\u093e \u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u0947, \u0926\u0940\u092a\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u093e\u0930\u0941\u0923\u094d\u092f\u0917\u0902\u0927\u0928\u0947\u0964 \u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927\u094d\u0935\u093e \u0936\u0941\u092d\u0902 \u0928\u0935\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937\u0947\u093d\u0938\u094d\u092e\u093f\u0928 \u0915\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0938\u094d\u092f \u092e\u0902\u0917\u0932\u092e\u094d\u0965 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0940 \u0905\u0930\u094d\u0925: \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0938\u0942\u0930\u094d\u092f \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0936 \u0926\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0938\u0902\u0935\u0947\u0926\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0941\u0923\u093e \u0909\u0924\u094d\u092a\u0928\u094d\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u092b\u0942\u0932 \u0938\u0941\u0917\u0902\u0927 \u092c\u093f\u0916\u0947\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0935\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u092f\u0939 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8081"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8084,"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8081\/revisions\/8084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}