Chinese New Year By Date

The dates change every year because the festival is based on the chinese lunar calendar.

Chinese new year by date. Is chinese new year a public holiday. In more than 96 of the years the chinese new year s day is the closest date to a new moon to lichun chinese. Chinese new year dates vary slightly between years but it usually comes during the period from january 21st to february 20th in gregorian calendar.

The festival lasts for about 23 days ending on the 15th day of the first lunar month in the following year in the chinese calendar. Generally speaking it distributes between january 21st and february 22nd. Start of spring on 4 or 5 february and the first new moon after dahan chinese.

In the gregorian calendar the lunar new year begins at the new moon that falls between 21 january and 20 february.