Chinese New Year Zodiac January
05 2019 to jan.
Chinese new year zodiac january. The 12 year cycle is an approximation to the 11 85 year orbital period of jupiter. Chinese lunar new year falls between january 21 and february 20. The chinese zodiac signs picture.
The year of the rat started on jan 25 2020. Originating from china the zodiac and its variations remain popular in many east asian and southeast asian countries such as japan south korea. As people all over celebrate spring festival today 25 january it officially.
The rat is the chinese zodiac sign known for being inquisitive shrewd and resourceful. Getty happy chinese new year or xīn nián kuài lè if you wanted to show off. 2019 is the chinese zodiac pig year.
The chinese zodiac is a classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating 12 year cycle. The chinese lunar new year day is from the chinese lunar calendar. Saturday january 25 2020 was lunar new year and the start of the year of the rat in the chinese zodiac.
Chinese new year day 1 of the lunar year which is somewhere in the period january 21 to february 20 start of spring day 1 of the solar year the first day of the first solar term in the traditional chinese solar calendar which falls in the period february 3 5. 2021 is the year of metal ox starting from feb 12 2021 chinese new year and lasting to jan. The rat is also the first in the rotation of the 12 zodiac signs meaning that a rat year is a year of renewal.
Most chinese people use lunar new year as the start of the zodiac year. Ox is a yin animal and the 2nd animal in the chinese zodiac marking the start of a new cycle.