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Lunar New Year dates

The year of the Dragon began on 4 Feb 2024 at 16:25, and the Lunar New Year was on 10 Feb 2024

  • The year of the Snake will begin on 3 Feb 2025 at 22:10, and the Lunar New Year will be on 29 January 2025
  • The year of the Horse will begin on 4 Feb 2026 at 4:02, and the Lunar New Year will be on 17 Feb 2026

Contrary to popular belief, the change of the zodiac does not occur on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but instead occurs on Li Chun (立春 lì chūn), the traditional Chinese start of spring.

Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese dates coincide until at least 2020. Mongol dates diverged in 2017.

Information for celebrations that are, culturally, not Chinese in their own language (date listings more complete than in English):