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Why does Chinese New Year fall on different dates? Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases The Lunar New Year 2025, also known as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival, starts on January 29, aligning with the first New Moon of the lunisolar calendar. This widely celebrated event welcomes the Year of the Snake, the sixth sign in the Chinese zodiac, symbolizing wisdom, transformation, and intuition. Chinese zodiac: Year of the Snake 2025 The seventh day of the Lunar New Year (February 4, 2025) is said to be when the Chinese mother goddess, Nuwa, created humanity. Thus, it’s called renri/jan jat (the people’s birthday). The largest Lunar New Year parade outside of Asia typically occurs in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York. In 2025, the parade is on February 16 . Image via Patrick Kwan/ Wikimedia Commons ( CC BY 2.0 ). Today, Chinese New Year is almost always celebrated on the second new moon following the winter solstice, therefore falling from late January to mid-February. Other cultures' Lunar New Year celebrations usually take place on the first new moon after the winter solstice instead. Chinese New Year, annual 15-day festival in China and Chinese communities around the world that begins with the new moon that occurs sometime between January 21 and February 20 according to Western calendars. In 2025, Chinese New Year begins on Wednesday, Jan. 29, with the Year of the Wood Snake lasting until Feb. 16, 2026. The celebration ends on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, as February’s full moon The January new moon, which marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year, falls on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. What are the full moons in 2025? There are at least 12 full moons each As its name suggests, the date of the lunar new year depends on the phase of the moon and varies from year to year. Each year in the lunar calendar is named one of the 12 animals in the Chinese [21] [2] In more than 96 per cent of years, the Chinese New Year is the closest new moon to the beginning of spring according to the calendar. In the Gregorian calendar, the Chinese New Year occurs on the new moon that falls between 21 January and 20 February. [22] In the Chinese calendar, a month lasts a lunar cycle, with its first day marked by the new moon. There are usually 12 months in a Chinese calendar year, but in order to catch up with the Gregorian The Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year is a major celebration in many Asian countries and their diasporas around the globe. Chinese New Year, also referred to as the Spring Festival, is On January 26, 01:00 PM — On January 29th, 2025, we welcome the Lunar New Year, and in the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of The Snake begins. This celebration, rich with tradition and symbolism, marks a cycle of renewal and hope, especially cherished across East Asian and Southeast Asian cultures. Lunar New Year is widely celebrated throughout Asian communities and refers to the period between the first new moon of the lunar calendar and the first full moon. or Chinese New Year, falls A 15-day celebration, Chinese Lunar New Year continues until the full “Snow Moon” signals the beginning of the Lantern Festival on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. What determines the date of Chinese New Year? The Moon. Like Easter in Christianity, Chinese New Year is a lunar festival. It begins with the New Moon, so it starts on January 25, 2020 and ends on Tonight, the January New Moon in Aquarius 2025 coincides with the Chinese New Year so naturally, it’s an incredibly mystical evening and deserves your attention and manifestations. A shop selling decorations for the Chinese New Year in Wuhan, China (). The fireworks at Singapore's River Hongbao during the Lantern Festival in 2015. Chinese New Year, known in China as the Spring Festival and in Singapore as the Lunar New Year, is a holiday on and around the new moon on the first day of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar. Starting Jan. 29, 2025, the Chinese Lunar New Year marks the Year of the Wood Snake. It’s celebrated for 15 days, ending on Feb. 12, or Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China. Tied to the Chinese lunar calendar, it begins on the new moon that appears between January 21 and February 20. The holiday was
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