When is Lunar New Year 2028?
Lunar New Year 2028 is on Wednesday, January 26, 2028.
It begins the Year of the Monkey.
The most important holiday in the Chinese calendar, also celebrated across East and Southeast Asia. Families gather for a reunion dinner, give red envelopes and set off firecrackers. Korea and Vietnam use their own time zones, so in a few years their Lunar New Year is a day apart.
How the date is set: The first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar (late January or February).
The date in other years
Ideas for the day
A short history
Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, marks the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring, this festival takes place from Chinese New Year's Eve (the evening preceding the first day of the year) to the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the year. The first day of the Chinese New Year falls on the new moon that appears between 21 January and 20 February.
From Wikipedia’s article Chinese New Year, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Related days
Sources
- Hong Kong Observatory: Gregorian–Lunar calendar conversion tables Dates
- Wikipedia: Chinese New Year Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)