Chinese New Year Date Lunar Calendar

Here is a chinese calendar converter to convert chinese date to their corresponding english date and vice versa.

Chinese new year date lunar calendar. In the gregorian calendar the lunar new year begins at the new moon that falls between 21 january and 20 february. The first day of the festival begins on the new moon sometime each year between january 21st and february 20th. 2021 is the year of the ox and the chinese new year 2021 falls on february 12.

Chinese new year 2021 is also known as the lunar new year 2021 and spring festival. Also get the corresponding chinese lunar calendar years and date for any english date. Starting january 25 2020 it is the year of the rat as per the chinese calendar.

Chinese new year dates vary slightly between years but it usually comes during the period from january 21st to february 20th in gregorian calendar. Chinese calendar is a lunar calendar whereas gregorian calendar is a solar calendar. The lunar calendar is associated with the movement of the moon which usually defines traditional festivals like the chinese new year spring festival lantern festival dragon boat festival and mid autumn day.

Discover the traditions taboos dishes and drinks that are part of china s most important holiday. It is also known as the lunar new year or the spring festival. In more than 96 of the years the chinese new year s day is the closest date to a new moon to lichun chinese.

It s always true unless the new year will fall outside the range of jan 21 to feb 21. The dates change every year because the festival is based on the chinese lunar calendar. Chinese new year is the first day of the new year in the chinese lunisolar calendar chinese traditional calendar.

Generally speaking the chinese new year falls between january 21 and february 21. A chinese year can have 12 or 13 lunar months that correspond to the nomber of new moons between two successive winter solstices. Chinese calendar of december 2020 according to chinese calendar from january 25 2020 to february 11 2021 is year of the rat.