Lunar Calendar 2020 Chinese New Year

The calendar is also used in countries that have been influenced by or have relations with china such as korea japan and vietnam though occasionally the date celebrated may differ by one day or even one moon cycle due to using a meridian based on a different capital city in a different time zone or different.

Lunar calendar 2020 chinese new year.

It is also known as the lunar new year or the spring festival. Chinese new year calendar 1930 2030. The lunisolar chinese calendar determines the date of lunar new year. Chinese new year 2020 animal sign is the white rat.

And it has a 60 year cycle. Chinese calendar 2020 is year of the rat from january 25 2020 to february 11 2021. Today s lunar date. 12 th day of 8 th month year of the rat.

Every lunar year has a name combined by 1 heavenly stem and 1 earthly branch. The lunar calendar is also associated with 12 animal signs in chinese zodiac so every 12 years is regarded as a cycle. The 2020 chinese new year kicks off the year of the rat according to the chinese zodiac. Chinese new year is the first day of the new year in the chinese lunisolar calendar chinese traditional calendar.

Chinese new year officially begins this year on the 25th day of the 12th lunar month of the chinese calendar. 2021 is the year of the ox and the chinese new year 2021 falls on february 12. Chinese new year for the year 2020 is celebrated observed on saturday january 25. When every lunar new year comes the heavenly stems and earthly branches turn to next one and combine a new name.

For example 2020 is geng zi year and 2021 is xin chou year. Chinese calendar combines solar lunar and 60 stem branch counting systems. 2021 is a year of the ox while 2022 turns to be a year of the tiger. Starting january 25 2020 it is the year of the rat as per the chinese calendar.