Follow the New Year around the world

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There are 39 different local times in use which means that the entire world takes 26 hours to enter the New Year. Look at what time the New Year is celebrated in different parts of the world.

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(CNN) --

Look beyond your country.

Not everyone starts their New Year the way you do.

The Pacific island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati were the first to ring in the new year, at just 5 am on December 31 on the East Coast of the United States.

New Zealand was next, an hour later.

Samoa is always the first country to celebrate the New Year.

American Samoa, its neighbor just 162 kilometers (101 miles) away, has to watch with envy and wait a full day.

There are 39 different local times in use, including two that are more than 12 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), meaning it takes the entire world 26 hours to enter the New Year.

So if you really love to celebrate, the following list will get you in the spirit, again and again and again.

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This is when the New Year will arrive in different parts of the world, relative to US East Coast time.

Saturday, December 31, 2022

5:00 am ET

Samoa, Tonga and Christmas Island/Kiribati

5:15

a.m.

Chatham Islands/New Zealand

6:00 am

New Zealand (with a few exceptions) and five other locations/islands

7:00 a.m.

Little Russian Region and seven more places

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8:00 a.m.

Much of Australia and seven more (including Melbourne and Sydney)

08:30

a.m.

Small region of Australia (including Adelaide)

9:00

a.m.

Queensland/Australia and six more (including Brisbane)

09:30

a.m.

Northern Territory/Australia (including Alice Springs)

10:00 a.m.

Japan, South Korea and four more

10:15

a.m.

Western Australia/Australia

11:00 am

China, Philippines and 10 more

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Noon

Much of Indonesia, Thailand and seven more

12:30 p.m.

Myanmar and Cocos Islands

1:00

p.m.

Bangladesh and six more

1:15 p.m.

Nepal

1:30 p.m.

India and Sri Lanka

2:00 p.m.