In English
Significance of the New Year ""
You call this day as New Year Day. There is nothing new. It is as old as any other day. We take it as a new year every time one year ends and another begins. The time is divided on the basis of the motions of Moon and the Sun. The former is called , which is followed by some people, and the latter is called , which is followed by another section of people. Today, we bid farewell to the year and welcome the year . means very sacred. It is the highest among the eight types of (wealth) of which God is described as the master. and are the eight-fold wealth of which is the most important. In order to foster immortality in mortals it is customary to use '' as prefix to the names of males and '' to those of females. Even when God comes down to earth as Divine Incarnation such as and , the prefix '' is added to their names and we call them as ' ' and ' '. The purpose is to signify the immortality of God even when he assumes the mortal human form.