The residents were the first to welcome the New Year Kiribati — an island state located in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. In Kiribati, the New Year comes on December 31 at 12:00 Kyiv time. This is reported by "Divoglyad".
In 1994, the country's presidential candidate promised that if he won the election, he would ensure that the people of Kiribati would celebrate the New Year before everyone else. Therefore, after the elections, the country was divided into three time zones, and now the easternmost part of the country celebrates the holiday first on the planet.
In 15 minutes joins the celebration of the New Year Chatham Island, which belongs to New Zealand. This island is distant from the main islands of New Zealand and is in a separate time zone.
At 13:00 residents celebrate the New Year in Kyiv time new Zealand and polar explorers from the South Pole to Antarctica.
В 14:00 Kyiv time, New Year's Eve will be greeted by the residents of Pristina Eastern Russia (Anadyr, Kamchatka), the islands of Fiji and some other Pacific islands, Nauru, Tuvalu.
В 15:00 Kyiv time, 2020 will come in parts Eastern Australia - Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and some Pacific islands of Vanuatu, Micronesia, Solomon Islands and the like.
В 17:00 Kyiv time, New Year's Eve is celebrated in Japan and North and South Korea.
В 18:00 Kyiv time, 2020 comes to the territory Australia and part of Southeast Asia. It also falls into this time period China.
В 19:00 in Kyiv, New Year's Eve is celebrated in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia.
В 19:30 holiday comes on MyanmarIn 20:00 - In Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and part of Russia, namely Novosibirsk and Omsk.
В 20:15 New Year will be celebrated in Nepaleh, and one more thing in 15 minutes the holiday will come and in India.
December 31 21:00 Kyiv time, New Year's celebration is moved to Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and part of Russia (Ekaterinburg, Ufa).
В 21:30 join the celebration Afghanistan. And in 22:00 New Year will be celebrated in Armenia, Azerbaijan, parts of Russia and Georgia.
12 hours after the New Year in Kiribati, the holiday comes to Eastern Europe - Romania, Greece, Ukraine. At the same time, the New Year is celebrated in Turkey, Israel, Finland.
January 1 at 01:00 in Kyiv New Year is coming countries of Western and Central Europe, as well as parts of Africa.
В 04:00 Kyiv time (+16.00) New Year's Eve will be celebrated starting at Brazil.
To the island Newfoundland (Canada) New Year is coming in 05:30 across Kyiv.
В 6 am they start to celebrate Eastern Canada, many islands of the Caribbean, and also part of South America.
В 07:00 New Year is coming in the eastern part of Canada (Ottawa) and the USA - Washington and New York.
Residents of American Samoa They are the last to celebrate the New Year. Here the holiday begins in 13:00 p.m. on January 1 Kyiv time.
