New Year’s Day
E6767
New Year’s Day is the first day of the Gregorian calendar year, widely celebrated around the world with festivities, traditions, and reflections on new beginnings.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Year’s Day canonical | 26 |
| New Year's Day | 3 |
| America’s New Year Celebration | 1 |
| Gregorian New Year | 1 |
| Neujahrstag (German) | 1 |
| New Year’s Day (January 1) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T62805 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Year’s Day Context triple: [Christmas, relatedHoliday, New Year’s Day]
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A.
King's Day
King's Day is a nationwide Dutch holiday celebrated each April with street festivals, orange-themed festivities, and open-air markets honoring the birthday of the reigning monarch.
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B.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.
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C.
Easter
Easter is the principal Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed with religious services and various cultural traditions worldwide.
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D.
Garter Day
Garter Day is the annual ceremonial celebration of the Order of the Garter, held at Windsor Castle and marked by a procession of knights and members of the British royal family.
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E.
Epiphany
Epiphany is a major Christian feast day commemorating the revelation of Jesus Christ to the world, particularly through the visit of the Magi.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Year’s Day Target entity description: New Year’s Day is the first day of the Gregorian calendar year, widely celebrated around the world with festivities, traditions, and reflections on new beginnings.
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A.
King's Day
King's Day is a nationwide Dutch holiday celebrated each April with street festivals, orange-themed festivities, and open-air markets honoring the birthday of the reigning monarch.
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B.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.
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C.
Easter
Easter is the principal Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed with religious services and various cultural traditions worldwide.
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D.
Garter Day
Garter Day is the annual ceremonial celebration of the Order of the Garter, held at Windsor Castle and marked by a procession of knights and members of the British royal family.
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E.
Epiphany
Epiphany is a major Christian feast day commemorating the revelation of Jesus Christ to the world, particularly through the visit of the Magi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
holiday
ⓘ
observance ⓘ public holiday ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New Year’s Day football games (United States)
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New Year’s Day parades ⓘ New Year’s Eve celebrations ⓘ |
| celebratedIn |
Australia
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Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ China (Gregorian calendar) ⓘ European Union member states ⓘ India ⓘ Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ South Korea ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
worldwide ⓘ |
| follows | New Year’s Eve ⓘ |
| hasDate | January 1 ⓘ |
| hasDateInLeapYear | January 1 ⓘ |
| hasFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasNumberInYear | day 1 ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
hope
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new beginnings ⓘ reflection ⓘ renewal ⓘ resolutions ⓘ |
| hasTradition |
family gatherings
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fireworks (often at midnight leading into the day) ⓘ making New Year’s resolutions ⓘ religious services ⓘ special meals ⓘ watching parades ⓘ watching sports events ⓘ |
| isPublicHolidayIn |
Australia
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ South Korea ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
most European countries ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Capodanno (Italian)
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Jour de l’An (French) ⓘ New Year’s Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Neujahrstag (German)
New Year’s Day (English) ⓘ 元日 (Japanese, Ganjitsu) ⓘ 설날 (Korean, when referring to lunar New Year, distinct from Gregorian New Year’s Day) ⓘ |
| partOf | New Year celebrations ⓘ |
| precedes | January 2 ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | United Nations as an international public holiday in many member states ⓘ |
| timeZoneDependence | date varies slightly by local time zone ⓘ |
| usesCalendar |
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
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surface form:
Gregorian calendar
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Year’s Day Description of subject: New Year’s Day is the first day of the Gregorian calendar year, widely celebrated around the world with festivities, traditions, and reflections on new beginnings.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Neujahrstag (German)
this entity surface form:
New Year's Day
subject surface form:
Capodanno
this entity surface form:
Gregorian New Year
this entity surface form:
America’s New Year Celebration
this entity surface form:
New Year’s Day (January 1)
subject surface form:
War
subject surface form:
War
this entity surface form:
New Year's Day
this entity surface form:
New Year's Day