Lunar Calendar 2021 Chinese New Year
January 31st to february 6th.
Lunar calendar 2021 chinese new year. In the 21st century the national holiday begins on the first of the lunar calendar and lasts until the 15th of the first month. 2021 lunar new year falls on february 12th. Lunar new year runs officially for three days and even four if the holiday coincides with a sunday. February 1st tuesday tiger.
The exact new moon time is at 3 05 on 2021 02 12 in china time zone. In 2021 chinese new year begins on february 12th and ends february 26th with the lantern festival. February 12th friday ox. Chinese new year for the year 2021 is celebrated observed on friday february 12.
This year the animal sign is the ox. Chinese new year 2021 animal sign is the white cow. It is also known as the lunar new year or the spring festival.
January 22nd wednesday rabbit. January 29th wednesday snake. Chinese new year holiday. In 1911 the chinese started to use the gregorian calendar and named chinese new years the spring festival.
Chinese new year dates calendar in 2021. Or 過年 过年 guònián also known as the lunar new year or the spring festival is the most important of the traditional chinese holidays. January 25th saturday rat. February 10th saturday dragon.
In china all stores are closed during the first five days of the spring festival with some not opening until the very end. The holiday falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice on december 21. A long time ago an emperor named shen wanted his people to worship heaven and earth. That day was known as the first day of the first lunar month.
Chinese new year is the first day of the new year in the chinese lunisolar calendar chinese traditional calendar. The date of the chinese new year is determined by the lunar calendar. The public holiday lasts from february 11th to 17th during which the new year s eve on february 11th and the new year s day on february 12th are the peak time of celebration. The 2021 chinese new year day is on friday february 12 2021 in china s time zone.
Unofficially it is celebrated for up to two weeks. When is the chinese new year 2021. The chinese new year or spring festival has more than 4 000 years of history and is the longest holiday of the year. This day is the new moon day of the first chinese lunar month in the chinese lunar calendar system.
The holiday celebrates the start of the new year according to the chinese calendar and falls in january or february according to the gregorian calendar. The first day of the festival begins on the new moon sometime each year between january 21st and february 20th. Chinese new year chinese. It consists of a period of celeboxions starting on new year s day celeboxed on the first day of the first month of the chinese calendar.
