Chinese New Year Zodiac Months

The chinese new year spring festival usually falls during 21 january and february 20 if your birthday is during this period in gregorian date you may belong to the zodiac sign of the last year.

Chinese new year zodiac months. The rat is also the first in the rotation of the 12 zodiac signs meaning that a rat year is a year of. The chinese lunar new year day is from the chinese lunar calendar. The 12 year cycle is an approximation to the 11 85 year orbital period of jupiter.

The year of the rat begins on chinese new year ending the. January february march july august. Saturday january 25 2020 was lunar new year and the start of the year of the rat in the chinese zodiac.

The rat is the chinese zodiac sign known for being inquisitive shrewd and resourceful. 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. What is the chinese zodiac.

This is a year of metal ox starting from the 2021 chinese new year on feb. That means people born in january and february might be told wrong chinese zodiac signs from some chinese horoscope sites. You probably know there are 12 chinese zodiac animals used to represent years 2021 is the year of the ox.

February march april july august. Chinese lunar new year falls between january 21 and february 20. The year of the rat started on jan 25 2020.

March july august september. 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. Chinese new year day 1 of the lunar year which is somewhere in the period january 21 to february 20.