Saturday, February 6, 2027
Starts at 12:00 AM in Beijing (UTC+8)
133 days to go until Chinese New Year 2027
Chinese New Year 2027 is on Saturday, February 6, 2027 (Beijing time). That is 133 days from today.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | February 6 | Saturday |
| 2028 | January 26 | Wednesday |
| 2029 | February 13 | Tuesday |
| 2030 | February 3 | Sunday |
The Lunar New Year, also celebrated as Tết in Vietnam.
Also known as: Lunar New Year, Spring Festival, Tết, Seollal
Chinese New Year, also called the Spring Festival, is the first day of the lunar calendar. It falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice, between January 21 and February 20.
It is the most important holiday in China and is also celebrated across East and Southeast Asia, including as Tết in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea. Families reunite for a New Year's Eve dinner, give red envelopes and welcome the new zodiac animal.
These examples cover major regional and diaspora traditions. They are representative, not an exhaustive list of every country or community that observes Chinese New Year; customs can also vary within a country.
The Spring Festival holiday sparks the world's largest annual human migration as people travel home for the reunion dinner.
Families gather for reunion meals, visit relatives, give red envelopes and attend temple or public festivities over a multi-day holiday.
Tết Nguyên Đán is Vietnam's largest traditional holiday, with ancestor remembrance, family reunions, bánh chưng or bánh tét, flowers and lucky money. It is a distinct Vietnamese tradition.
Seollal is a distinct Korean New Year tradition centered on family reunions, sebae bows to elders, tteokguk and, in many households, ancestral rites called charye.
Chinese communities celebrate with reunion meals, red packets, visiting and lion dances; Chinese New Year is a public holiday in Singapore and Malaysia.
Chinese and Peranakan communities hold temple visits, family meals, red-envelope giving and public cultural events; Indonesia recognizes Lunar New Year as a national holiday.
Chinese and wider Asian diaspora communities organize family celebrations, Chinatown parades, lion dances and lantern events.
Mongolian Tsagaan Sar, Tibetan Losar and other lunisolar New Years may fall near the same period, but they are distinct holidays with their own calendars and traditions.
There are 133 days until Chinese New Year 2027, which is on Saturday, February 6, 2027. The live countdown on this page updates every second.
Chinese New Year 2028 is on Wednesday, January 26, 2028.
2027 is the Year of the Goat (Sheep), beginning on February 6, 2027.
In mainland China the official public holiday usually lasts about a week, and celebrations traditionally run until the Lantern Festival on the 15th day.
