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World Times for Chinese New Year 2016 year of the Monkey

Find out what time Chinese New Year 2016 starts in your country

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On February 8th 2016 (China time) we enter a new Lunar Chinese year (year 4714th in the Chinese calendar), the year of the Yang Fire Monkey (Bing Shen). Please do not get confused with solar and lunar calendars, more on this below.

Chinese New Year 2016:

Chinese New Year (according to the lunar calendar) starts on the 8th February 2016 and is hugely celebrated worldwide by the Chinese. The Chinese New Year heralds new beginnings and a fresh start for all. On a social level, Chinese New Year is very much a family event and is a time of reunion, forgiveness, sharing and thanksgiving with festivities. In 2016 Chinese New Year falls on Monday 8th February 2016 at 22.39 (pm) China (Lunar calendar), Monday 8th at 14.39 United Kingdom, Monday 8th 06.39 California USA, and Monday 8th 15.39 Barcelona Spain, a full list of all the other countries can be found below.

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 2016 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 2016 cures and enhancers in Feng Shui (February 4th 2016).

The Lunar Chinese New Year Day is very different from the Solar (Hsia) New Year Day (February 4th 2016). 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 2016, Lunar Chinese New Year also called the ‘Spring Festival’, falls on 8th February 2016 which is the New Year that is celebrated by all ethnic Chinese. The solar New Year (4th February 2016) is not celebrated at all and only used for Feng Shui placement.

You may have come across a few websites stating that 2016 is the 4713th 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 2016 is the 4714th Chinese year.

Chinese New Year 2016 World times.

Monday 8th February 2016, 22:39 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 19.09	Morocco – Casablanca	Mon 14.39
Algeria – Algiers	Mon 15.39	Myanmar – Yangon	Thu 21:09
Argentina – Buenos Aires	Mon 11.39	Nepal – Kathmandu	Mon 20.24
Australia – Canberra	Tue 01.39	Netherlands – Amsterdam	Mon 15.39
Australia – Sydney	Tue 01.39	New Zealand – Auckland	Tue 03.39
Australia – Darwin	Tue 00.09	New Zealand – Chatham Island	Tue 04.24
Australia – Brisbane	Tue 00.39	Nicaragua – Managua	Wed 08:39
Australia – Adelaide	Tue 01.09	Nigeria – Lagos	Mon 15.39
Australia – Melbourne	Tue 01.39	Norway – Oslo	Mon 15.39
Australia – Perth	Mon 22.39	Pakistan – Islamabad	Mon 19.39
Austria – Vienna	Mon 15.39	Pakistan – Karachi	Mon 19.39
Bahamas – Nassau	Mon 09.39	Pakistan – Lahore	Mon 19.39
Bangladesh – Dhaka	Mon 20.39	Paraguay – Asuncion	Mon 11.39
Belarus – Minsk	Mon 17.39	Peru – Lima	Mon 09.39
Belgium – Brussels	Mon 15.39	Philippines – Manila	Mon 22.39
Bolivia – La Paz	Mon 10.39	Poland – Warsaw	Mon 15.39
Brazil – Distrito Federal	Mon 12.39	Portugal – Lisbon	Mon 14.39
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro	Mon 12.39	Puerto Rico – San Juan	Mon 10.39
Brazil – São Paulo	Mon 12.39	Romania – Bucharest	Mon 16.39
Bulgaria – Sofia	Mon 16.39	Russia – Anadyr	Tue 02.39
Canada – Edmonton	Mon 07.39	Russia – Moscow	Mon 17.39
Canada – Vancouver	Mon 06.39	Saudi Arabia – Riyadh	Mon 17.39
Canada – Winnipeg	Mon 08.39	Serbia – Belgrade	Mon 15.39
Canada – St. John’s	Mon 11.09	Singapore	Mon 22.39
Canada – Halifax	Mon 10.39	South Africa – Cape Town	Mon 16.39
Canada – Ottawa	Mon 09.39	South Africa – Johannesburg	Mon 16.39
Canada – Toronto	Mon 09.39	South Korea – Seoul	Mon 23.39
Canada – Montreal	Mon 09.39	Spain – Barcelona	Mon 15.39
Chile – Santiago	Mon 11.39	Spain – Madrid	Mon 15.39
China – Beijing	Mon 22.39	Sudan – Khartoum	Mon 17.39
Colombia – Bogota	Mon 09.39	Sweden – Stockholm	Mon 15.39
Croatia – Zagreb	Mon 15.39	Switzerland Geneva	Mon 15.39
Cuba – Havana	Mon 09.39	Switzerland – Zürich	Mon 15.39
CzechRepublic – Prague	Mon 15.39	Taiwan – Taipei	Mon 22.39
Denmark – Copenhagen	Mon 15.39	Thailand – Bangkok	Mon 21.39
Dominican Republic	Mon 10.39	Turkey – Ankara	Mon 16.39
Egypt – Cairo	Mon 16.39	Turkey – Istanbul	Mon 16.39
England – London	Mon 14.39	U.K. – England – London	Mon 14.39
Estonia – Tallinn	Mon 16.39	U.S.A. – Anchorage	Mon 05.39
Ethiopia – Addis Ababa	Mon 17.39	U.S.A. – Phoenix	Mon 07.39
Fiji – Suva	Tue 02.39	U.S.A. – Los Angeles	Mon 06.39
Finland – Helsinki	Mon 16.39	U.S.A. – San Francisco	Mon 06.39
France – Paris	Mon 15.39	U.S.A. – Denver	Mon 07.39
Germany – Berlin	Mon 15.39	U.S.A. – Washington DC	Mon 09.39
Germany – Frankfurt	Mon 15.39	U.S.A. – Miami	Mon 09.39
Greece – Athens	Mon 16.39	U.S.A. – Atlanta	Mon 09.39
Guatemala – Guatemala	Mon 08.39	U.S.A. – Honolulu	Mon 04.39
Honduras – Tegucigalpa	Mon 08.39	U.S.A. – Chicago	Mon 08.39
Hungary – Budapest	Mon 15.39	U.S.A. – Indianapolis	Mon 09.39
Iceland – Reykjavik	Mon 14.39	U.S.A. – New Orleans	Mon 08.39
India – Kolkata	Mon 20.09	U.S.A. – Boston	Mon 09.39
India – Mumbai	Mon 20.09	U.S.A. – Detroit	Mon 09.39
India – New Delhi	Mon 20.09	U.S.A. – Minneapolis	Mon 08.39
Indonesia – Java – Jakarta	Mon 21.39	U.S.A. – New York	Mon 09.39
Iran – Tehran	Mon 18.09	U.S.A. – Philadelphia	Mon 09.39
Iraq – Baghdad	Mon 17.39	U.S.A. – Houston	Mon 08.39
Ireland – Dublin	Mon 14.39	U.S.A. – Seattle	Mon 06.39
Israel – Jerusalem	Mon 16.39	Ukraine – Kyiv	Mon 16.39
Italy – Rome	Mon 15.39	UAE – Dubai	Mon 18.39
Jamaica – Kingston	Mon 09.39	Uruguay – Montevideo	Mon 11.39
Japan – Tokyo	Mon 23.39	Uzbekistan – Tashkent	Mon 19.39
Jordan – Amman	Mon 16.39	Venezuela – Caracas	Mon 10.09
Kenya – Nairobi	Mon 17.39	Vietnam – Hanoi	Mon 21.39
Kiribati – Kiritimati	Tue 04.39	Yemen – Aden	Mon 17.39
Kuwait – KuwaitCity	Mon 17.39	Zimbabwe – Harare	Mon 16.39
Lebanon – Beirut	Mon 16.39
Madagascar – Antananarivo	Mon 17.39

Chinese (Solar calendar) New Year 2016

Thursday, 4 February 2016, 17:46 Hong Kong time. The solar calendar is what we use 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	Thu 14.16	Morocco – Casablanca	Thu 09.46
Algeria – Algiers	Thu 10.46	Myanmar – Yangon	Thu 16.16
Argentina – Buenos Aires	Thu 06.46	Nepal – Kathmandu	Thu 15.31
Australia – Canberra	Thu 20.46	Netherlands – Amsterdam	Thu 10.46
Australia – Sydney	Thu 20.46	New Zealand – Auckland	Thu 22.46
Australia – Brisbane	Thu 19.46	Nicaragua – Managua	Thu 03.46
Australia – Adelaide	Thu 20.16	Nigeria – Lagos	Thu 10.46
Australia – Melbourne	Thu 20.46	Norway – Oslo	Thu 10.46
Australia – Perth	Thu 17.46	Pakistan – Islamabad	Thu 14.46
Austria – Vienna	Thu 10.46	Pakistan – Karachi	Thu 14.46
Bahamas – Nassau	Thu 04.46	Pakistan – Lahore	Thu 14.46
Bangladesh – Dhaka	Thu 15.46	Paraguay – Asuncion	Thu 06.46
Belarus – Minsk	Thu 12.46	Peru – Lima	Thu 04.46
Belgium – Brussels	Thu 10.46	Philippines – Manila	Thu 17.46
Bolivia – La Paz	Thu 05.46	Poland – Warsaw	Thu 10.46
Brazil – DistritoFederal	Thu 07.46	Portugal – Lisbon	Thu 09.46
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro	Thu 07.46	Puerto Rico – San Juan	Thu 05.46
Brazil – São Paulo	Thu 07.46	Romania – Bucharest	Thu 11.46
Bulgaria – Sofia	Thu 11.46	Russia – Anadyr	Thu 21.46
Canada – Edmonton	Thu 02.46	Russia – Moscow	Thu 12.46
Canada – Vancouver	Thu 01.46	Saudi Arabia – Riyadh	Thu 12.46
Canada – Winnipeg	Thu 03.46	Serbia – Belgrade	Thu 10.46
Canada – St. John’s	Thu 06.16	Singapore	Thu 17.46
Canada – Halifax	Thu 05.46	South Africa – Cape Town	Thu 11.46
Canada – Ottawa	Thu 04.46	South Africa – Johannesburg	Thu 11.46
Canada – Toronto	Thu 04.46	South Korea – Seoul	Thu 18.46
Canada – Montreal	Thu 04.46	Spain – Barcelona	Thu 10.46
Chile – Santiago	Thu 06.46	Spain – Madrid	Thu 10.46
China – Beijing	Thu 17.46	Sudan – Khartoum	Thu 12.46
China – Hong Kong	Thu 17.46	Sweden – Stockholm	Thu 10.46
China – Shanghai	Thu 17.46	Switzerland – Geneva	Thu 10.46
Colombia – Bogota	Thu 04.46	Switzerland – Zürich	Thu 10.46
Croatia – Zagreb	Thu 10.46	Taiwan – Taipei	Thu 17.46
Cuba – Havana	Thu 04.46	Thailand – Bangkok	Thu 16.46
CzechRepublic – Prague	Thu 10.46	Turkey – Ankara	Thu 11.46
Denmark – Copenhagen	Thu 10.46	Turkey – Istanbul	Thu 11.46
Dominican Republic	Thu 05.46	U.K. – England – London	Thu 09.46
Egypt – Cairo	Thu 11.46	U.S.A. – Anchorage	Thu 00.46
England – London	Thu 09.46	U.S.A. – Phoenix	Thu 02.46
Estonia – Tallinn	Thu 11.46	U.S.A. – Los Angeles	Thu 01.46
Ethiopia – Addis Ababa	Thu 12.46	U.S.A. – San Francisco	Thu 01.46
Fiji – Suva	Thu 21.46	U.S.A. – Denver	Thu 02.46
Finland – Helsinki	Thu 11.46	U.S.A. – WashingtonDC	Thu 04.46
France – Paris	Thu 10.46	U.S.A. – Miami	Thu 04.46
Germany – Berlin	Thu 10.46	U.S.A. – Atlanta	Thu 04.46
Germany – Frankfurt	Thu 10.46	U.S.A. – Honolulu	Wed 23.46
Greece – Athens	Thu 11.46	U.S.A. – Chicago	Thu 03.46
Guatemala – Guatemala	Thu 03.46	U.S.A. – Indianapolis	Thu 04.46
Honduras – Tegucigalpa	Thu 03.46	U.S.A. – New Orleans	Thu 03.46
Hungary – Budapest	Thu 10.46	U.S.A. – Boston	Thu 04.46
Iceland – Reykjavik	Thu 09.46	U.S.A. – Detroit	Thu 04.46
India – Kolkata	Thu 15.16	U.S.A. – Minneapolis	Thu 03.46
India – Mumbai	Thu 15.16	U.S.A. – New York	Thu 04.46
India – New Delhi	Thu 15.16	U.S.A. – Philadelphia	Thu 04.46
Indonesia – Java – Jakarta	Thu 16.46	U.S.A. – Houston	Thu 03.46
Iran – Tehran	Thu 13.16	U.S.A. – Seattle	Thu 01.46
Iraq – Baghdad	Thu 12.46	Ukraine – Kyiv	Thu 11.46
Ireland – Dublin	Thu 09.46	UAE – Dubai	Thu 13.46
Israel – Jerusalem	Thu 11.46	Uruguay – Montevideo	Thu 06.46
Italy – Rome	Thu 10.46	Uzbekistan – Tashkent	Thu 14.46
Jamaica – Kingston	Thu 04.46	Venezuela – Caracas	Thu 05.16
Japan – Tokyo	Thu 18.46	Vietnam – Hanoi	Thu 16.46
Jordan – Amman	Thu 11.46	Yemen – Aden	Thu 12.46
Kenya – Nairobi	Thu 12.46	Zimbabwe – Harare	Thu 11.46
Kiribati – Kiritimati	Thu 23.46
Kuwait – KuwaitCity	Thu 12.46
Lebanon – Beirut	Thu 11.46
Madagascar – Antananarivo	Thu 12.46
Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur	Thu 17.46
Mexico – Mexico City	Thu 03.46