Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is the most important traditional festival in Chinese culture. Based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar, the celebration falls between January 21st and February 20th and marks the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar. The festival has a history spanning over 3,000 years and is celebrated by Chinese communities worldwide. Chinese New Year celebrations last for 15 days, ending with the Lantern Festival. Each year is associated with one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac — Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig — which rotates in a 12-year cycle. Preparations begin weeks before the new year with thorough house cleaning to sweep away bad luck, shopping for new clothes, and decorating homes with red paper cutouts, couplets, and lanterns. Key traditions include family reunion dinners on New Year's Eve (the most important meal of the year), giving red envelopes (hongbao) containing money to children and unmarried family members, setting off firecrackers and fireworks to ward off evil spirits, and lion and dragon dances in the streets. Traditional foods carry symbolic meanings — fish (surplus), dumplings (wealth), spring rolls (prosperity), and noodles (longevity). The holiday triggers the largest annual mass migration on Earth, as hundreds of millions travel home to celebrate with their families.
Chinese New Year 2027 falls on Saturday, 6 February 2027. Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is the most important traditional festival in Chinese culture.
There are 84 days (12 weeks, or about 2 months 23 days) until Chinese New Year. That is approximately 2,007 hours or 120,420 minutes from now. Use our date calculator to find the exact duration between any two dates.
There are 12 weeks until Chinese New Year on Saturday, 6 February 2027. That falls in week 6 of the year. Use our live countdown timer above for a real-time count including hours, minutes, and seconds.