Chinese New Year Month

Other asian cultures celebrate the day at various times of the year.

Chinese new year month. On the 1st day of the 1st lunar month there is a chinese new year taboo on sweeping the house and dumping the trash. Usually it falls on a day between mid january and mid february. This is a festival called laba 腊八 làbā laa baa 12th lunar month 8.

Tibetans observe the day. The dates change every year because the festival is based on the chinese lunar calendar. To determine whether a year has an intercalary month one only needs to check whether chinese new year is within the month of january.

The festival date changes every year. The chinese new year is celebrated officially for a month beginning in late january or early february. Chinese new year dates vary slightly between years but it usually comes during the period from january 21st to february 20th in gregorian calendar.

According to chinese calendar from january 25 2020 to february 11 2021 is year of the rat you can use our chinese farmer s almanac calendar tung shing or tung shu to find out things suggested to do or not to do for each day and holidays and solar terms in each month. Chinese new year celebrations also known as the spring festival in china start on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month of the chinese calendar. In 2020 it corresponds to january 2.

Citation needed the gregorian calendar dates for chinese new year from 1912 to 2101 are below along with the year s presiding animal zodiac and its stem branch. Otherwise all the savings and valuables will be swept away. This is because it follows the lunar calendar based on the movement of the moon.

If it is really necessary the house owner should start the sweeping from outside to inside of the house which intimates collecting money. In 2021 chinese new year falls on february 12.