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  1. In #China, New Year's Day falls in spring, but the exact date is determined by when the new moon falls in relation to #Dongzhi, the winter solstice festival.

    The #RigVeda also implies that the winter solstice marked New Year's Day in the #IndusValley civilisation, but is unfortunately too vague to say much with certainty.

    I am now going to talk in a somewhat more abstract and philosophical way about time, drawing on #Jyotisha

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