The lunar calendar is also associated with 12 animal signs in Chinese zodiac, so every 12 years is regarded as a cycle. 2025 is a Year of the Snake, while 2026 turns to be a Year of the Horse. Chinese New Year Calendar (1930 - 2030) The coming Chinese New Year is 2025-01-29, which is 2 days away.This year's animal sign is the Dragon from 2024-02-10 to 2025-01-28. Chinese zodiac years are represented by 12 animal signs and begin at Chinese New Year. Find Chinese zodiac year dates from 1948 to 2031. China Tours. Top 10 Tours; Chinese New Year Day is the first day of Chinese Lunar Calendar year. Chinese Calendar combines the lunar calendar and astrology Stem-Branch calendar. The Chinese Astrology Calendar names each year by 12 animal signs, which are Mouse, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Chicken, Dog, Pig. Chinese Calendar Years 2020 - 2031. Almost all the features of Chinese culture you may have heard of, including zodiac animals, Chinese New Year, Tai Sui and the Five Elements Theory, are based on the lunar calendar. You can find the start and finish (in Gregorian calendar dates) of the lunar years in the current decade below, along with their Great News! On Dec. 4, 2024, the UNESCO inscribed Spring Festival, also Chinese Lunar New Year, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. To date, China has 44 items inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list, ranking first in the world! See full China Culrural & Natural Heritage List here. Chinese New Year is not just one day but over 30 days of festivities and activities, which have their own calendar. The preparation begins on the first of the Lunar Calendar and the celebration lasts until the 15th of the first month. In 2025, Chinese New Year begins on January 29th and ends on February 12th with the Lantern Festival. 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). Date Official Holidays 2025 / 2026 / 2027 days off; Women's Day: Mar. 8: half day for women: half day of Mar. 8: Youth Day: May 4: half day for youth above 14 years old: half day of May 4: Children's Day: Jun. 1: 1 day for children under 13 years old: Jun. 1: Army Day of Chinese PLA: Aug. 1: half day for active army: half day of Aug. 1 Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is the most important festival in China and a major event in some other East Asian countries. Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. Chinese New Year 2025 will fall on Wednesday, January 29th. The Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) usually falls during 21 January and February 20, if your birthday is during this period in Gregorian date, you may belong to the zodiac sign of the last year. In the following table, the years’ starting and ending dates are clearly shown which help you determine your animal sign correctly. Every Chinese zodiac year from 1900–2031, full table and broken down by each zodiac. Find your year, animal, dates and element (metal, water, wood, fire, earth). Chinese New Year January 29th, 2025 (Chinese New Year) will signal the start of the year of the Snake. What’s Your Zodiac Sign? Your birth year determines your Chinese zodiac sign, but it can get tricky, as the lunar calendar varies from the solar, or Gregorian, calendar. Each Chinese New Year revolves around a 12-year cycle and is associated with an animal in the Chinese zodiac, which is then paired with any one of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire and dates of Chinese New Year, 1900-1999, along with the year's animal Jan. 31, 1900 was the first day of a year of the rat. Feb. 19, 1901 was the first day of a year of the ox. Feb. 08, 1902 was the first day of a year of the tiger. Jan. 29, 1903 was the first day of a year of the rabbit. Feb. 16, 1904 was the first day of a year of the dragon. If your birthday falls before the Chinese New Year in any year, your Chinese year of birth will be one year less than that English calendar year. For example, if you were born on January 20th, 2017, your Chinese year is 2016, as Chinese New Year 2017 falls on January 28th. The first lunar day is the new moon day. Therefore, we want to show the new moon time on the Chinese New Year Day to confirm our correct calculation. If you select different timezones, you will find some of the Chinese New Year Days are different from the dates in the China timezone. That is because the dates of the new moon fall on different Chinese New Year 2025 Calendar Chinese New Year Dates in 2025, 2026, 2027 The date of the Spring Festival varies each year, with each new year corresponding to a specific zodiac animal, and Chinese people can enjoy a Chinese New Year holiday annually. You can also find Chinese Zodiac signs for each year. To help you know your correct Feng Shui Animal Sign, below is a table with accurate dates indicating the year, the date of the start of the Chinese New Year (CNY), the CNY period (start and end dates), and the corresponding animal sign. EXAMPLE: In the year 1932 (Year of the Monkey), Chinese New Year starts on February 6, 1932. So, if a person Chinese New Year's Eve and the first 3 days of Chinese New Year; will be made up on subsequent working days if any of the 4 days fall on Saturday or Sunday. The day before Chinese New Year's Eve is also designated as holiday, but as a bridge holiday, and will be made up on an earlier or later Saturday.
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