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World Times for Chinese New Year 2008

Find out what time Chinese New Year 2008
starts in your country.

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On February 4th 2008 we enter a new Solar Chinese year (year 4705th in the Chinese calendar), the year of the Yang Earth Rat (Wu Zi). Please do not get confused with solar and lunar calendars, more on this below.

Chinese New Year 2008:

Chinese New Year (according to the lunar calendar) starts on the 7th February 2008 (38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar of 2008) and is celebrated by the Chinese all over the world. It heralds new beginnings and a fresh start. At a social level, it is very much a family affair, a time of reunion, forgiveness, sharing and thanksgiving. In 2008 Chinese New Year falls on Thursday February 7th 2008 at 11.44 (am) China (Lunar calendar), Thursday 7th 03.44 United Kingdom, Wednesday 6th 19.44 California USA, Thursday 7th 04.44 Barcelona Spain, and because the CNY falls late morning in China and due to time differences around the world it will fall what appears to be a day early in some countries. I have done a Chinese New Year world time converter table to assist you. This is the date you celebrate the Chinese New Year with Ang Pow, fireworks etc and not the date you use to place your cures and enhancers in Feng Shui (February 4th 2008).

The Lunar Chinese New Year Day is very different from the Solar (Hsia) New Year Day (February 4th 2008). The Lunar Calendar formulates the days of the month according to the cycle of the moon whereas the solar year is governed by the sun. Although the Chinese solar year starts on a different date from the western year, the theory whereby the year is calculated on how long it takes the earth to go round the sun is the same. The lunar cycle lasts approximately 29.5 days and in order that the start of the Lunar New Year is not too far removed from the Solar New Year, the Chinese insert an extra month, this being called an intercalary month, once every few years. This is why Chinese New Year Day falls on a different date in each of the two calendars.

Whilst the solar (Hsia) calendar starts the New Year at the beginning of Spring, which falls normally between the 4th and 5th of February, the lunar (yueh) calendar marks the New Year on the second New moon after the winter solstice. In 2008, Lunar Chinese New Year also called the 'Spring Festival', falls on 7th February 2008 which is the New Year that is celebrated by all ethnic Chinese. The solar New Year (4th February 2008) is not celebrated at all and only used for Feng Shui placement.

You may have come across a few websites stating that 2008 is the 4706th Chinese New Year, if you cannot find the reason, here is an answer for you:

The Yellow King's appointment was held in the spring of 2697 B.C. But they used the winter solstice day as the first day of the year. So the first winter solstice was on around December 23rd, 2698 B.C. Today's January 1st means nothing to the Yellow King. If we count that extra eight days in 2698 B.C. for a year, then year 2008 is the 4705th Chinese year.

 

Chinese New Year 2008 World times.
Thursday, 7 February 2008, 11:44 Hong Kong time.
This is the date that Chinese New Year would be celebrated.

 

 

Afghanistan - Kabul

Thu 08:14

 

 

Morocco - Casablanca

Thu 03:44

Algeria - Algiers

Thu 04:44

Myanmar - Yangon

 Thu 10:14

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Thu 00:44

Nepal - Kathmandu

Thu 09.29

Australia - Canberra

Thu 14:44

Netherlands - Amsterdam

Thu 04:44

Australia - Sydney

Thu 14:44

New Zealand - Auckland

Thu 16:44

Australia - Darwin

Thu 13:14

New Zealand - Chatham Island

Thu 17.29

Australia - Brisbane

Thu 13:44

Nicaragua - Managua

Wed 21:44

Australia - Adelaide

Thu 14:14

Nigeria - Lagos

 Thu 04:44

Australia - Melbourne

Thu 14:44

Norway - Oslo

 Thu 04:44

Australia - Perth

Thu 12:44

Pakistan - Islamabad

Thu 08:44

Austria - Vienna

Thu 04:44

Pakistan - Karachi

 Thu 08:44

Bahamas - Nassau

 Wed 22:44

Pakistan - Lahore

 Thu 08:44

Bangladesh - Dhaka

Thu 09:44

Paraguay - Asuncion

Thu 00:44

Belarus - Minsk

Thu 05:44

Peru - Lima

Wed 22:44

Belgium - Brussels

Thu 04:44

Philippines - Manila

Thu 11:44

Bolivia - La Paz

 Wed 23:44

Poland - Warsaw

 Thu 04:44

Brazil - Distrito Federal

Thu 01:44

Portugal - Lisbon

 Thu 03:44

Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

Thu 01:44

Puerto Rico - San Juan

Wed 23:44

Brazil - São Paulo

Thu 01:44

Romania - Bucharest

Thu 05:44

Bulgaria - Sofia

Thu 05:44

Russia - Anadyr

 Thu 15:44

Canada - Edmonton

 Wed 20:44

Russia - Kamchatka

 Thu 15:44

Canada - Vancouver

 Wed 19:44

Russia - Moscow

Thu 06:44

Canada - Winnipeg

Wed 21:44

Russia - Vladivostok

Thu 13:44

Canada - St. John's

Thu 00:14

Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Thu 06:44

Canada - Halifax

 Wed 23:44

Serbia - Belgrade

Thu 04:44

Canada - Ottawa

 Wed 22:44

Singapore - Singapore

Thu 11:44

Canada - Toronto

 Wed 22:44

South Africa - Cape Town

 Thu 05:44

Canada - Montreal

Wed 22:44

South Africa - Johannesburg

 Thu 05:44

Chile - Santiago

Thu 00:44

South Korea - Seoul

Thu 12:44

China - Beijing

Thu 11:44

Spain - Barcelona

Thu 04:44

China - Hong Kong

  Thu 11:44

Spain - Madrid

Thu 04:44

China - Shanghai

  Thu 11:44

Sudan - Khartoum

Thu 06:44

Colombia - Bogota

 Wed 22:44

Sweden - Stockholm

 Thu 04:44

Croatia - Zagreb

Thu 04:44

Switzerland - Geneva

 Thu 04:44

Cuba - Havana

Wed 22:44

Switzerland - Zürich

 Thu 04:44

Czech Republic - Prague

Thu 04:44

Taiwan - Taipei

Thu 11:44

Denmark - Copenhagen

Thu 04:44

Thailand - Bangkok

Thu 10:44

Dominican Republic

Wed 23:44

Turkey - Ankara

 Thu 05:44

Egypt - Cairo

Thu 05:44

Turkey - Istanbul

 Thu 05:44

England - London

Thu 03:44

U.K. - England - London

Thu 03:44

Estonia - Tallinn

Thu 05:44

U.S.A. - Montgomery

Wed 21:44

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa

Thu 06:44

U.S.A. - Anchorage

Wed 18:44

Fiji - Suva

Thu 15:44

U.S.A. - Phoenix

Wed 20:44

Finland - Helsinki

Thu 05:44

U.S.A. - Los Angeles

Wed 19:44

France - Paris

 Thu 04:44

U.S.A. - San Francisco

Wed 19:44

Germany - Berlin

  Thu 04:44

U.S.A. - Denver

Wed 20:44

Germany - Frankfurt

  Thu 04:44

U.S.A. - Washington DC

Wed 22:44

Greece - Athens

 Thu 05:44

U.S.A. - Miami

Wed 22:44

Guatemala - Guatemala

 Wed 21:44

U.S.A. -   Atlanta

Wed 22:44

Honduras - Tegucigalpa

Wed 21:44

U.S.A. - Honolulu

Wed 17:44

Hungary - Budapest

 Thu 04:44

U.S.A. - Chicago

Wed 21:44

Iceland - Reykjavik

 Thu 03:44

U.S.A. - Indianapolis

Wed 22:44

India - Kolkata

  Thu 09:14

U.S.A. - New Orleans

Wed 21:44

India - Mumbai

 Thu 09:14

U.S.A. - Boston

Wed 22:44

India - New Delhi

 Thu 09:14

U.S.A. - Detroit

Wed 22:44

Indonesia - Java - Jakarta

Thu 10:44

U.S.A. - Minneapolis

Wed 21:44

Iran - Tehran

Thu 07:14

U.S.A. - St. Paul

 Wed 21:44

Iraq - Baghdad

Thu 06:44

U.S.A. - New York

 Wed 22:44

Ireland - Dublin

Thu 03:44

U.S.A. - Philadelphia

 Wed 22:44

Israel - Jerusalem

Thu 05:44

U.S.A. - Houston

 Wed