 The New Year celebration therefore can be thought as a complex mix of Indigenous, Astrological, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions.The month of Bak, which represents prosperity in the Sinhalese calendar (or in the month of April according to the Gregorian calendar), is when the sun moves (in an astrological sense) from the "Meena Rashiya" (House of Pisces) to the "Mesha Rashiya" (House of Aries) in the celestial sphere; Sri Lankan people of Sri Lanka begin celebrating Sinhala New Year or "Aluth Avurudu" (in Sinhala).It marks the end of the harvest season and also coincides with one of two instances when the sun is directly above Sri Lanka.