World Times for Chinese New Year 2012 year of Dragon Ren Chen Find out what time Chinese New Year 2012 starts in your country. “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.”
On February 4th 2012 we enter a new Solar Chinese year (year 4709th in the Chinese calendar), the year of the Yang Water Dragon (Ren Chen). Please do not get confused with solar and lunar calendars, more on this below.
Chinese New Year 2012
Chinese New Year (according to the lunar calendar) starts on the 23rd January 2012 and is celebrated by Chinese people 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 2012 Chinese New Year falls on Monday, January 23rd 2012 at 15:39 in China (Lunar calendar), Monday 23rd 07:39 in the United Kingdom, Sunday 22nd 23:39 in California USA, and Monday 23rd 08:39 in Barcelona Spain. Due to time differences around the world Chinese New Year will fall what appears to be a day early in some countries. Below you will find a Chinese New Year world time converter 2012 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 2012 cures and enhancers in Feng Shui (February 4th 2012).
The Lunar Chinese New Year Day is very different from the Solar (Hsia) New Year Day (February 4th 2012). 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 2012, Lunar Chinese New Year also called the ‘Spring Festival’, falls on 23rd January 2012, which is the New Year that is celebrated by all ethnic Chinese. The solar New Year (4th February 2012) is not celebrated at all and only used for Feng Shui placement.
You may have come across a few websites stating that 2012 is the 4708th 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 2012 is the 4709th Chinese year.
Chinese New Year 2012 World times.
Monday, 23rd January 2012, 15:39 Hong Kong time. This is the date that Chinese New Year would be celebrated.
Chinese New Year (Lunar calendar) World times converter.
| Afghanistan – Kabul | Mon 12.09 | Morocco – Casablanca | Mon 07.39 | ||
| Algeria – Algiers | Mon 08.39 | Myanmar – Yangon | Mon 14.09 | ||
| Argentina – Buenos Aires | Mon 04.39 | Nepal – Kathmandu | Mon 13.24 | ||
| Australia – Canberra | Mon 18.39 | Netherlands – Amsterdam | Mon 08.39 | ||
| Australia – Sydney | Mon 18.39 | New Zealand – Auckland | Mon 20.39 | ||
| Australia – Darwin | Mon 17.09 | New Zealand – Chatham Island | Mon 21.24 | ||
| Australia – Brisbane | Mon 17.39 | Nicaragua – Managua | Mon 01.39 | ||
| Australia – Adelaide | Mon 18.09 | Nigeria – Lagos | Mon 08.39 | ||
| Australia – Melbourne | Mon 18.39 | Norway – Oslo | Mon 08.39 | ||
| Australia – Perth | Mon 15.39 | Pakistan – Islamabad | Mon 12.39 | ||
| Austria – Vienna | Mon 08.39 | Pakistan – Karachi | Mon 12.39 | ||
| Bahamas – Nassau | Mon 02.39 | Pakistan – Lahore | Mon 12.39 | ||
| Bangladesh – Dhaka | Mon 13.39 | Paraguay – Asuncion | Mon 04.39 | ||
| Belarus – Minsk | Mon 10.39 | Peru – Lima | Mon 02.39 | ||
| Belgium – Brussels | Mon 08.39 | Philippines – Manila | Mon 15.39 | ||
| Bolivia – La Paz | Mon 03.39 | Poland – Warsaw | Mon 08.39 | ||
| Brazil – Distrito Federal | Mon 05.39 | Portugal – Lisbon | Mon 07.39 | ||
| Brazil – Rio de Janeiro | Mon 05.39 | Puerto Rico – San Juan | Mon 03.39 | ||
| Brazil – São Paulo | Mon 05.39 | Romania – Bucharest | Mon 09.39 | ||
| Bulgaria – Sofia | Mon 09.39 | Russia – Anadyr | Mon 19.39 | ||
| Canada – Edmonton | Mon 00.39 | Russia – St Petersburg | Mon 11.39 | ||
| Canada – Vancouver | Sun 23.39 | Russia – Moscow | Mon 11.39 | ||
| Canada – Winnipeg | Mon 01.39 | Russia – Vladivostok | Mon 18.39 | ||
| Canada – St. John’s | Mon 04.09 | Saudi Arabia – Riyadh | Mon 10.39 | ||
| Canada – Halifax | Mon 03.39 | Serbia – Belgrade | Mon 08.39 | ||
| Canada – Ottawa | Mon 02.39 | Singapore – Singapore | Mon 15.39 | ||
| Canada – Toronto | Mon 02.39 | South Africa – Cape Town | Mon 09.39 | ||
| Canada – Montreal | Mon 02.39 | South Africa – Johannesburg | Mon 09.39 | ||
| Chile – Santiago | Mon 04.39 | South Korea – Seoul | Mon 16.39 | ||
| China – Beijing | Mon 15.39 | Spain – Barcelona | Mon 08.39 | ||
| China – Hong Kong | Mon 15.39 | Spain – Madrid | Mon 08.39 | ||
| China – Shanghai | Mon 15.39 | Sudan – Khartoum | Mon 10.39 | ||
| Colombia – Bogota | Mon 02.39 | Sweden – Stockholm | Mon 08.39 | ||
| Croatia – Zagreb | Mon 08.39 | Switzerland – Geneva | Mon 08.39 | ||
| Cuba – Havana | Mon 02.39 | Switzerland – Zürich | Mon 08.39 | ||
| Czech Republic – Prague | Mon 08.39 | Taiwan – Taipei | Mon 15.39 | ||
| Denmark – Copenhagen | Mon 08.39 | Thailand – Bangkok | Mon 14.39 | ||
| Dominican Republic | Mon 03.39 | Turkey – Ankara | Mon 09.39 | ||
| Egypt – Cairo | Mon 09.39 | Turkey – Istanbul | Mon 09.39 | ||
| England – London | Mon 07.39 | U.K. – England – London | Mon 07.39 | ||
| Estonia – Tallinn | Mon 09.39 | U.S.A. – Montgomery | Mon 01.39 | ||
| Ethiopia – Addis Ababa | Mon 10.39 | U.S.A. – Anchorage | Sun 22.39 | ||
| Fiji – Suva | Mon 20.39 | U.S.A. – Phoenix | Mon 00.39 | ||
| Finland – Helsinki | Mon 09.39 | U.S.A. – Los Angeles | Sun 23.39 | ||
| France – Paris | Mon 08.39 | U.S.A. – San Francisco | Sun 23.39 | ||
| Germany – Berlin | Mon 08.39 | U.S.A. – Denver | Mon 00.39 | ||
| Germany – Frankfurt | Mon 08.39 | U.S.A. – Washington DC | Mon 02.39 | ||
| Greece – Athens | Mon 09.39 | U.S.A. – Miami | Mon 02.39 | ||
| Guatemala – Guatemala | Mon 01.39 | U.S.A. – Atlanta | Mon 02.39 | ||
| Honduras – Tegucigalpa | Mon 01.39 | U.S.A. – Honolulu | Sun 21.39 | ||
| Hungary – Budapest | Mon 08.39 | U.S.A. – Chicago | Mon 01.39 | ||
| Iceland – Reykjavik | Mon 07.39 | U.S.A. – Indianapolis | Mon 02.39 | ||
| India – Kolkata | Mon 13.09 | U.S.A. – New Orleans | Mon 01.39 | ||
| India – Mumbai | Mon 13.09 | U.S.A. – Boston | Mon 02.39 | ||
| India – New Delhi | Mon 13.09 | U.S.A. – Detroit | Mon 02.39 | ||
| Indonesia – Java – Jakarta | Mon 14.39 | U.S.A. – Minneapolis | Mon 01.39 | ||
| Iran – Tehran | Mon 11.09 | U.S.A. – St. Paul | Mon 01.39 | ||
| Iraq – Baghdad | Mon 10.39 | U.S.A. – New York | Mon 02.39 | ||
| Ireland – Dublin | Mon 07.39 | U.S.A. – Philadelphia | Mon 02.39 | ||
| Israel – Jerusalem | Mon 09.39 | U.S.A. – Houston | Mon 01.39 | ||
| Italy – Rome | Mon 08.39 | U.S.A. – Seattle | Sun 23.39 | ||
| Jamaica – Kingston | Mon 02.39 | Ukraine – Kyiv | Mon 10.39 | ||
| Japan – Tokyo | Mon 16.39 | UAE – Dubai | Mon 11.39 | ||
| Jordan – Amman | Mon 09.39 | Uruguay – Montevideo | Mon 05.39 | ||
| Kenya – Nairobi | Mon 10.39 | Uzbekistan – Tashkent | Mon 12.39 | ||
| Kiribati – Kiritimati | Mon 21.39 | Venezuela – Caracas | Mon 03.09 | ||
| Kuwait – Kuwait City | Mon 10.39 | Vietnam – Hanoi | Mon 14.39 | ||
| Lebanon – Beirut | Mon 09.39 | Yemen – Aden | Mon 10.39 | ||
| Madagascar – Antananarivo | Mon 10.39 | Zimbabwe – Harare | Mon 09.39 | ||
| Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur | Mon 15.39 | ||||
| Mexico – Mexico City | Mon 01.39 |
Chinese (Solar calendar) New Year 2012
Sunday, 5 February 2012, 02:24 Hong Kong time. The solar calendar is used when placing annual Feng Shui cures and not the day you would celebrate the New Year (times below).
Chinese New Year (solar calendar) World times converter.
| Afghanistan – Kabul | Sat 22:54 | Morocco – Casablanca | Sat 18:24 | ||
| Algeria – Algiers | Sat 19:24 | Myanmar – Yangon | Sun 00:54 | ||
| Argentina – Buenos Aires | Sat 15:24 | Nepal – Kathmandu | Sun 00:09 | ||
| Australia – Canberra | Sun 05:24 | Netherlands – Amsterdam | Sat 19:24 | ||
| Australia – Sydney | Sun 05:24 | New Zealand – Auckland | Sun 07:24 | ||
| Australia – Darwin | Sun 03:54 | New Zealand – Chatham Island | Sun 08:09 | ||
| Australia – Brisbane | Sun 04:24 | Nicaragua – Managua | Sat 12:24 | ||
| Australia – Adelaide | Sun 04:54 | Nigeria – Lagos | Sat 19:24 | ||
| Australia – Melbourne | Sun 05:24 | Norway – Oslo | Sat 19:24 | ||
| Australia – Perth | Sun 02:24 | Pakistan – Islamabad | Sat 23:24 | ||
| Austria – Vienna | Sat 19:24 | Pakistan – Karachi | Sat 23:24 | ||
| Bahamas – Nassau | Sat 13:24 | Pakistan – Lahore | Sat 23:24 | ||
| Bangladesh – Dhaka | Sun 00:24 | Paraguay – Asuncion | Sat 15:24 | ||
| Belarus – Minsk | Sat 21:24 | Peru – Lima | Sat 13:24 | ||
| Belgium – Brussels | Sat 19:24 | Philippines – Manila | Sun 02:24 | ||
| Bolivia – La Paz | Sat 14:24 | Poland – Warsaw | Sat 19:24 | ||
| Brazil – Distrito Federal | Sat 16:24 | Portugal – Lisbon | Sat 18:24 | ||
| Brazil – Rio de Janeiro | Sat 16:24 | Puerto Rico – San Juan | Sat 14:24 | ||
| Brazil – São Paulo | Sat 16:24 | Romania – Bucharest | Sat 20:24 | ||
| Bulgaria – Sofia | Sat 20:24 | Russia – Anadyr | Sun 06:24 | ||
| Canada – Edmonton | Sat 11:24 | Russia – St Petersburg | Sat 22:24 | ||
| Canada – Vancouver | Sat 10:24 | Russia – Moscow | Sat 22:24 | ||
| Canada – Winnipeg | Sat 12:24 | Russia – Vladivostok | Sun 05:24 | ||
| Canada – St. John’s | Sat 14:54 | Saudi Arabia – Riyadh | Sat 21:24 | ||
| Canada – Halifax | Sat 14:24 | Serbia – Belgrade | Sat 19:24 | ||
| Canada – Ottawa | Sat 13:24 | Singapore – Singapore | Sun 02:24 | ||
| Canada – Toronto | Sat 13:24 | South Africa – Cape Town | Sat 20:24 | ||
| Canada – Montreal | Sat 13:24 | South Africa – Johannesburg | Sat 20:24 | ||
| Chile – Santiago | Sat 15:24 | South Korea – Seoul | Sun 03:24 | ||
| China – Beijing | Sun 02:24 | Spain – Barcelona | Sat 19:24 | ||
| China – Hong Kong | Sun 02:24 | Spain – Madrid | Sat 19:24 | ||
| China – Shanghai | Sun 02:24 | Sudan – Khartoum | Sat 21:24 | ||
| Colombia – Bogota | Sat 13:24 | Sweden – Stockholm | Sat 19:24 | ||
| Croatia – Zagreb | Sat 19:24 | Switzerland – Geneva | Sat 19:24 | ||
| Cuba – Havana | Sat 13:24 | Switzerland – Zürich | Sat 19:24 | ||
| Czech Republic – Prague | Sat 19:24 | Taiwan – Taipei | Sun 02:24 | ||
| Denmark – Copenhagen | Sat 19:24 | Thailand – Bangkok | Sun 01:24 | ||
| Dominican Republic | Sat 14:24 | Turkey – Ankara | Sat 20:24 | ||
| Egypt – Cairo | Sat 20:24 | Turkey – Istanbul | Sat 20:24 | ||
| England – London | Sat 18:24 | U.K. – England – London | Sat 18:24 | ||
| Estonia – Tallinn | Sat 20:24 | U.S.A. – Montgomery | Sat 12:24 | ||
| Ethiopia – Addis Ababa | Sat 21:24 | U.S.A. – Anchorage | Sat 09:24 | ||
| Fiji – Suva | Sun 07:24 | U.S.A. – Phoenix | Sat 11:24 | ||
| Finland – Helsinki | Sat 20:24 | U.S.A. – Los Angeles | Sat 10:24 | ||
| France – Paris | Sat 19:24 | U.S.A. – San Francisco | Sat 10:24 | ||
| Germany – Berlin | Sat 19:24 | U.S.A. – Denver | Sat 11:24 | ||
| Germany – Frankfurt | Sat 19:24 | U.S.A. – Washington DC | Sat 13:24 | ||
| Greece – Athens | Sat 20:24 | U.S.A. – Miami | Sat 13:24 | ||
| Guatemala – Guatemala | Sat 12:24 | U.S.A. – Atlanta | Sat 13:24 | ||
| Honduras – Tegucigalpa | Sat 12:24 | U.S.A. – Honolulu | Sat 08:24 | ||
| Hungary – Budapest | Sat 19:24 | U.S.A. – Chicago | Sat 12:24 | ||
| Iceland – Reykjavik | Sat 18:24 | U.S.A. – Indianapolis | Sat 13:24 | ||
| India – Kolkata | Sat 23:54 | U.S.A. – New Orleans | Sat 12:24 | ||
| India – Mumbai | Sat 23:54 | U.S.A. – Boston | Sat 13:24 | ||
| India – New Delhi | Sat 23:54 | U.S.A. – Detroit | Sat 13:24 | ||
| Indonesia – Java – Jakarta | Sun 01:24 | U.S.A. – Minneapolis | Sat 12:24 | ||
| Iran – Tehran | Sat 21:54 | U.S.A. – St. Paul | Sat 12:24 | ||
| Iraq – Baghdad | Sat 21:24 | U.S.A. – New York | Sat 13:24 | ||
| Ireland – Dublin | Sat 18:24 | U.S.A. – Philadelphia | Sat 13:24 | ||
| Israel – Jerusalem | Sat 20:24 | U.S.A. – Houston | Sat 12:24 | ||
| Italy – Rome | Sat 19:24 | U.S.A. – Seattle | Sat 10:24 | ||
| Jamaica – Kingston | Sat 13:24 | Ukraine – Kyiv | Sat 21:24 | ||
| Japan – Tokyo | Sun 03:24 | UAE – Dubai | Sat 22:24 | ||
| Jordan – Amman | Sat 20:24 | Uruguay – Montevideo | Sat 16:24 | ||
| Kenya – Nairobi | Sat 21:24 | Uzbekistan – Tashkent | Sat 23:24 | ||
| Kiribati – Kiritimati | Sun 08:24 | Venezuela – Caracas | Sat 13:54 | ||
| Kuwait – Kuwait City | Sat 21:24 | Vietnam – Hanoi | Sun 01:24 | ||
| Lebanon – Beirut | Sat 20:24 | Yemen – Aden | Sat 21:24 | ||
| Madagascar – Antananarivo | Sat 21:24 | Zimbabwe – Harare | Sat 20:24 | ||
| Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur | Sun 02:24 | ||||
| Mexico – Mexico City | Sat 12:24 |
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