The year 2023 will start from Kiribati when it is 3pm in Ashgabat and it will take 26 hours to make a complete trip around the world.
Here is a an interesting table from the website timeanddate — https://www.timeanddate.com/counters/firstnewyear.html
| Ashgabat Time is |
Countries Going Into Year 2023 at This Point in Time |
Cities Entering Year 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 15:00 | Christmas Island/Kiribati | Kiritimati | |
| Sat 15:15 | Chatham Islands/New Zealand | Chatham Islands | |
| Sat 16:00 | New Zealand with exceptions and 5 more | Auckland, Wellington, Nuku’alofa, Apia | |
| Sat 17:00 | Fiji, small region of Russia and 7 more | Anadyr, Suva, Funafuti, Yaren, Tarawa | |
| Sat 18:00 | Much of Australia and 7 more | Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Honiara | |
| Sat 18:30 | Small region of Australia | Adelaide, Broken Hill, Ceduna | |
| Sat 19:00 | Queensland/Australia and 6 more | Brisbane, Port Moresby, Hagåtña | |
| Sat 19:30 | Northern Territory/Australia | Darwin, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek | |
| Sat 20:00 | Japan, South Korea and 5 more | Tokyo, Seoul, Pyongyang, Dili, Ngerulmud | |
| Sat 20:15 | Western Australia/Australia | Eucla | |
| Sat 21:00 | China, Philippines and 10 more | Beijing, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore | |
| Sat 22:00 | Much of Indonesia, Thailand and 7 more | Jakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Phnom Penh | |
| Sat 22:30 | Myanmar and Cocos Islands | Yangon, Naypyidaw, Mandalay, Bantam | |
| Sat 23:00 | Bangladesh and 6 more | Dhaka, Almaty, Bishkek, Thimphu, Astana | |
| Sat 23:15 | Nepal | Kathmandu, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Dharan | |
| Sat 23:30 | India and Sri Lanka | New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru | |
| Sun 00:00 | Pakistan and 9 more | Tashkent, Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi | |
| Sun 00:30 | Afghanistan | Kabul, Kandahar, Mazari Sharif, Herat | |
| Sun 01:00 | Azerbaijan and 8 more | Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Port Louis | |
| Sun 01:30 | Iran | Tehran, Rasht, Esfahãn, Mashhad, Tabriz | |
| Sun 02:00 | Moscow/Russia and 23 more | Moscow, Ankara, Baghdad, Nairobi | |
| Sun 03:00 | Greece and 30 more | Cairo, Athens, Bucharest, Johannesburg | |
| Sun 04:00 | Germany and 45 more | Brussels, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Algiers | |
| Sun 05:00 | United Kingdom and 24 more | London, Dublin, Lisbon, Accra, Reykjavik | |
| Sun 06:00 | Cabo Verde and 2 more | Praia, Ponta Delgada, Ittoqqortoormiit | |
| Sun 07:00 | Pernambuco/Brazil and South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | King Edward Point, Fernando de Noronha | |
| Sun 08:00 | Most of Brazil, Argentina and 9 more | Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago | |
| Sun 08:30 | Newfoundland and Labrador/Canada | St. John’s, Mary’s Harbour | |
| Sun 09:00 | Some regions of Canada and 29 more | Caracas, La Paz, San Juan, Santo Domingo | |
| Sun 10:00 | Regions of USA and 14 more | New York, Washington DC, Detroit, Havana | |
| Sun 11:00 | Regions of USA and 9 more | Mexico City, Chicago, Guatemala City | |
| Sun 12:00 | Some regions of USA and 2 more | Calgary, Denver, Edmonton, Phoenix | |
| Sun 13:00 | Regions of USA and 4 more | Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas | |
| Sun 14:00 | Alaska/USA and regions of French Polynesia | Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Unalaska | |
| Sun 14:30 | Marquesas Islands/French Polynesia | Taiohae | |
| Sun 15:00 | Small region of USA and 2 more | Honolulu, Rarotonga, Adak, Papeete | |
| Sun 16:00 | American Samoa and 2 more | Alofi, Midway, Pago Pago | |
| Sun 17:00 | Much of US Minor Outlying Islands | Baker Island, Howland Island |
Above is a chronological list of when the world’s different countries arrive at midnight on New Year’s Eve and enter 1 January 2023
The times can be changed to any time zone by clicking on the icon in the first column.