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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) New Year's Day: Celebrating the New Year: Jan.1: Jan.1: Chinese Spring Festival Eve: The day before the Spring Festival: family gathering for a reunion dinner, cleaning and decorating houses, setting firecrackers, etc. Feb.9: Jan.28: Chinese Spring Festival: Family gathering and festivities for 3-15 days to celebrate the Chinese New Year: Feb Lunar New Year, celebrated by Chinese communities worldwide, begins on January 29, 2025, and lasts up to 16 days. 2025 marks the Year of the Snake, associated with wisdom, intuition, and charm in Traditional Holiday. Lunar Calendar Date. Gregorian Calendar Date (2025) Chinese New Year. 1 st Day of the 1 st Month. January 29, 2025. Lantern Festival. 15 th Day of the 1 st Month. February 12, 2025 China's public holiday for Lunar New Year is 8 days, from Chinese New Year's Eve to the 7th day of the lunar calendar new year. Offices, banks, factories, shops, and most non-essential services will close doors for a week's holiday. In the lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year always falls on the first day of the first month, but its date in the solar calendar changes every year. To keep the Spring Festival's date in the solar calendar relatively stable, an extra month, called a leap month , is added to the lunar calendar every 2-3 years. Lunar New Year spans from the first day to the 15th day of the lunar calendar. In 2025, the Lunar New Year extends from January 29th to February 12nd. Besides China, Vietnam and South Korea also celebrate this festive occasion. 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. but typically on the first day of Lunar New Just like New Year according to the Gregorian calendar (January 1), Lunar New Year celebrations start on the night before the first day of the new year. ( Note: China follows the Gregorian calendar for daily business but still follows the Chinese calendar for important festivals, auspicious dates for events such as weddings, and the Moon phases.) 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. Lunar New Year spans from the first day to the 15th day of the lunar calendar. In 2025, the Lunar New Year extends from January 29th to February 12nd. Besides China, Vietnam and South Korea also celebrate this festive occasion. Typically, Lunar New Year is observed in late January or early February of the Gregorian calendar. While New York schools mark it as a one-day holiday, celebrations last up to 16 days. This year Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinese culture typically go for 15 days, culminating in a lantern festival on the final day. KGO-TV in San Francisco is the official home of the 2025 Chinese New The Chinese zodiac, or Sheng Xiao (生肖), is a repeating 12-year cycle of animal signs and their attributes, based on the lunar calendar. The Lunar New Year marks the transition from one animal When is Lunar New Year 2025? This year, Lunar New Year begins Jan. 29. Because the lunar calendar is based on the phases of the moon, the beginning of the year happens on a different day each year. 2025 Chinese New Year (the first day of first lunar month) falls on Jan.29, 2024 and the year lasts to Feb.16, 2027. In folk custom, the New Year celebrating starts from the Laba Festival (the 12th day of the 12th lunar month) or Little Year (the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month) to the Lantern Festival (the 15th day of the first lunar month). It begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends 15 days later on the first full moon. Because the lunar calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, the dates of the holiday vary Pre-Chinese New Year Preparations and Activities (Jan. 7–Feb. 12, 2025) Jan. 7, 2025: Laba Festival. Some Chinese start to celebrate and prepare for Chinese New Year as early as day 8 of the 12 th month of the lunar calendar. Officially, the Chinese people will have a holiday for about 7 days from Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the lunar new year. In 2025, the Chinese New Year holiday lasts from January 28th to February 4th. Some companies may extend the holiday up to 16 days. Chinese New Year Day is the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. 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
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