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Find out what time Chinese New Year 2020 starts in your country

Are you prepared for 2020?

2020 chinese astrology and feng shui guide

On February 4^th 2020 (China time) we enter a new Lunar Chinese year (year 4718^th) in the Chinese calendar), the year of the Yang Metal Rat (Geng Zi). Please do not get confused with solar and lunar calendars, more on this below.

Chinese New Year 2020:

Chinese New Year (according to the lunar calendar) starts on the 25^th January 2020 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 2020 Chinese New Year falls on Saturday 25 January at 05.42 China (Lunar calendar), Friday 24th at 21.42 United Kingdom, Friday 24th 13.42 California USA, and Friday 24th 22.42 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 table to assist you. This is the date you celebrate the Chinese New Year with Ang Pow, fireworks etc. and not normally the date you use to place your 2020 cures and enhancers, however, in 2020 Chinese New Year and placement of cures for most countries falls on the same day or the day before. Please make sure you check dates and times for correct placement of your cures and enhancers.

The Lunar Chinese New Year Day is very different from the Solar (Hsia) New Year Day. 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 around the sun is the same.

The lunar cycle lasts approximately 29.5 days, and so 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.

While the solar (Hsia) calendar starts the New Year at the beginning of Spring, which normally falls between the 3^rd and 5th of February, the lunar (yueh) calendar marks the New Year on the second New moon after the winter solstice. In 2020 Lunar Chinese New Year also called the ‘Spring Festival’, falls on 25^th January, which is the New Year that is celebrated by all ethnic Chinese. The solar New Year (4th February 2020) is not celebrated at all and only used for Feng Shui placement.

You may have come across a few websites stating that 2020 is the 4719th 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 the year 2020 is the 4718th Chinese year.

Chinese New Year 2020 World times.
Saturday 25^th January 2020, 05.42 Hong Kong time

This is the date that Chinese New Year would be celebrated.

Chinese New Year (Lunar calendar) World times converter.

Afghanistan – Kabul	Sat 02.12	Morocco – Casablanca	Fri 22.42
Algeria – Algiers	Fri 22.42	Myanmar – Yangon	Sat 04.12
Argentina – Buenos Aires	Fri 18.42	Nepal – Kathmandu	Sat 03.27
Australia – Canberra	Sat 08.42	Netherlands – Amsterdam	Fri 22.42
Australia – Sydney	Sat 08.42	New Zealand – Auckland	Sat 10.42
Australia – Darwin	Sat 07.12	New Zealand – Chatham Islands	Sat 10.42
Australia – Brisbane	Sat 07.42	Nicaragua – Managua	Fri 15.42
Australia – Adelaide	Fri 22.42	Nigeria – Lagos	Fri 22.42
Australia – Melbourne	Sat 08.42	Norway – Oslo	Fri 22.42
Australia – Perth	Sat 05.42	Pakistan – Islamabad	Sat 02.42
Austria – Vienna	Fri 22.42	Pakistan – Karachi	Sat 02.42
Bahamas – Nassau	Fri 16.42	Pakistan – Lahore	Sat 02.42
Bangladesh – Dhaka	Sat 03.42	Paraguay – Asuncion	Fri 18.42
Belarus – Minsk	Sat 00.42	Peru – Lima	Fri 16.42
Belgium – Brussels	Fri 22.42	Philippines – Manila	Sat 05.42
Bolivia – La Paz	Fri 17.42	Poland – Warsaw	Fri 22.42
Brazil – Distrito Federal	Fri 18.42	Portugal – Lisbon	Fri 21.42
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro	Fri 18.42	Puerto Rico – San Juan	Fri 17.42
Brazil – São Paulo	Fri 18.42	Romania – Bucharest	Fri 23.42
Bulgaria – Sofia	Fri 23.42	Russia – Anadyr	Sat 09.42
Canada – Edmonton	Fri 14.42	Russia – Moscow	Sat 00.42
Canada – Vancouver	Fri 13.42	Saudi Arabia – Riyadh	Sat 00.42
Canada – Winnipeg	Fri 15.42	Serbia – Belgrade	Fri 22.42
Canada – St. John’s	Fri 18.12	Singapore	Sat 05.42
Canada – Halifax	Fri 17.42	South Africa – Cape Town	Fri 23.42
Canada – Ottawa	Fri 16.42	South Africa – Johannesburg	Fri 23.42
Canada – Toronto	Fri 16.42	South Korea – Seoul	Sat 06.42
Canada – Montreal	Fri 16.42	Spain – Barcelona	Fri 22.42
Chile – Santiago	Fri 17.42	Spain – Madrid	Fri 22.42
China – Beijing	Sat 05.42	Sudan – Khartoum	Fri 23.42
Colombia – Bogota	Fri 16.42	Sweden – Stockholm	Fri 22.42
Croatia – Zagreb	Fri 22.42	Switzerland Geneva	Fri 22.42
Cuba – Havana	Fri 16.42	Switzerland – Zürich	Fri 22.42
Czech Republic – Prague	Fri 22.42	Taiwan – Taipei	Sat 05.42
Denmark – Copenhagen	Fri 22.42	Thailand – Bangkok	Sat 04.42
Dominican Republic	Fri 17.42	Turkey – Ankara	Sat 00.42
Egypt – Cairo	Fri 23.42	Turkey – Istanbul	Sat 00.42
England – London	Fri 21.42	U.K. – England – London	Fri 21.42
Estonia – Tallinn	Fri 23.42	U.S.A. – Anchorage	Fri 12.42
Ethiopia – Addis Ababa	Sat 00.42	U.S.A. – Phoenix	Fri 14.42
Fiji – Suva	Sat 09.42	U.S.A. – Los Angeles	Fri 13.42
Finland – Helsinki	Fri 23.42	U.S.A. – San Francisco	Fri 13.42
France – Paris	Fri 22.42	U.S.A. – Denver	Fri 14.42
Germany – Berlin	Fri 22.42	U.S.A. – Washington DC	Fri 16.42
Germany – Frankfurt	Fri 22.42	U.S.A. – Miami	Fri 16.42
Greece – Athens	Fri 23.42	U.S.A. – Atlanta	Fri 16.42
Guatemala – Guatemala	Fri 15.42	U.S.A. – Honolulu	Fri 11.42
Honduras – Tegucigalpa	Fri 15.42	U.S.A. – Chicago	Fri 15.42
Hungary – Budapest	Fri 22.42	U.S.A. – Indianapolis	Fri 16.42
Iceland – Reykjavik	Fri 21.42	U.S.A. – New Orleans	Fri 15.42
India – Kolkata	Sat 03.12	U.S.A. – Boston	Fri 16.42
India – Mumbai	Sat 03.12	U.S.A. – Detroit	Fri 16.42
India – New Delhi	Sat 03.12	U.S.A. – Minneapolis	Fri 15.42
Indonesia – Java – Jakarta	Sat 04.42	U.S.A. – New York	Fri 16.42
Iran – Tehran	Sat 01.12	U.S.A. – Philadelphia	Fri 16.42
Iraq – Baghdad	Sat 00.42	U.S.A. – Houston	Fri 15.42
Ireland – Dublin	Fri 21.42	U.S.A. – Seattle	Fri 13.42
Israel – Jerusalem	Fri 23.42	Ukraine – Kyiv	Fri 23.42
Italy – Rome	Fri 22.42	UAE – Dubai	Sat 01.42
Jamaica – Kingston	Fri 16.42	Uruguay – Montevideo	Fri 18.42
Japan – Tokyo	Sat 06.42	Uzbekistan – Tashkent	Sat 02.42
Jordan – Amman	Fri 23.42	Venezuela – Caracas	Fri 17.42
Kenya – Nairobi	Sat 00.42	Vietnam – Hanoi	Sat 04.42
Kiribati – Kiritimati	Sat 11.42	Yemen – Aden	Sat 00.42
Kuwait – Kuwait City	Sat 00.42	Zimbabwe – Harare	Fri 23.42
Lebanon – Beirut	Fri 23.42
Madagascar – Antananarivo	Sat 00.42
Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur	Sat 05.42
Mexico – Mexico City	Fri 15.42
Mexico – Mexico City	Tue 03.02

Chinese (Solar calendar) New Year 2020

Tuesday, 4 February 2020, 17:02 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	Tue 13.32	Morocco – Casablanca	Tue 10.02
Algeria – Algiers	Tue 10.02	Myanmar – Yangon	Tue 15.32
Argentina – Buenos Aires	Tue 06.02	Nepal – Kathmandu	Tue 14.47
Australia – Canberra	Tue 20.02	Netherlands – Amsterdam	Tue 10.02
Australia – Sydney	Tue 20.02	New Zealand – Auckland	Tue 22.02
Australia – Brisbane	Tue 19.02	Nicaragua – Managua	Tue 03.02
Australia – Adelaide	Tue 19.32	Nigeria – Lagos	Tue 10.02
Australia – Melbourne	Tue 20.02	Norway – Oslo	Tue 10.02
Australia – Perth	Tue 17.02	Pakistan – Islamabad	Tue 14.02
Austria – Vienna	Tue 10.02	Pakistan – Karachi	Tue 14.02
Bahamas – Nassau	Tue 04.02	Pakistan – Lahore	Tue 14.02
Bangladesh – Dhaka	Tue 15.02	Paraguay – Asuncion	Tue 06.02
Belarus – Minsk	Tue 12.02	Peru – Lima	Tue 04.02
Belgium – Brussels	Tue 10.02	Philippines – Manila	Tue 17.02
Bolivia – La Paz	Tue 05.02	Poland – Warsaw	Tue 10.02
Brazil – Distrito Federal	Tue 06.02	Portugal – Lisbon	Tue 09.02
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro	Tue 06.02	Puerto Rico – San Juan	Tue 05.02
Brazil – São Paulo	Tue 06.02	Romania – Bucharest	Tue 11.02
Bulgaria – Sofia	Tue 11.02	Russia – Anadyr	Tue 21.02
Canada – Edmonton	Tue 02.02	Russia – Moscow	Tue 12.02
Canada – Vancouver	Tue 01.02	Saudi Arabia – Riyadh	Tue 12.02
Canada – Winnipeg	Tue 03.02	Serbia – Belgrade	Tue 10.02
Canada – St. John’s	Tue 05.32	Singapore	Tue 17.02
Canada – Halifax	Tue 05.02	South Africa – Cape Town	Tue 11.02
Canada – Ottawa	Tue 04.02	South Africa – Johannesburg	Tue 11.02
Canada – Toronto	Tue 04.02	South Korea – Seoul	Tue 18.02
Canada – Montreal	Tue 04.02	Spain – Barcelona	Tue 10.02
Chile – Santiago	Tue 06.02	Spain – Madrid	Tue 10.02
China – Beijing	Tue 17.02	Sudan – Khartoum	Tue 11.02
China – Hong Kong	Tue 17.02	Sweden – Stockholm	Tue 10.02
China – Shanghai	Tue 17.02	Switzerland – Geneva	Tue 10.02
Colombia – Bogota	Tue 04.02	Switzerland – Zürich	Tue 10.02
Croatia – Zagreb	Tue 10.02	Taiwan – Taipei	Tue 17.02
Cuba – Havana	Tue 04.02	Thailand – Bangkok	Tue 16.02
Czech Republic – Prague	Tue 10.02	Turkey – Ankara	Tue 12.02
Denmark – Copenhagen	Tue 10.02	Turkey – Istanbul	Tue 12.02
Dominican Republic	Tue 05.02	U.K. – England – London	Tue 09.02
Egypt – Cairo	Tue 11.02	U.S.A. – Anchorage	Tue 00.02
England – London	Tue 09.02	U.S.A. – Phoenix	Tue 02.02
Estonia – Tallinn	Tue 11.02	U.S.A. – Los Angeles	Tue 01.02
Ethiopia – Addis Ababa	Tue 12.02	U.S.A. – San Francisco	Tue 01.02
Fiji – Suva	Tue 21.02	U.S.A. – Denver	Tue 02.02
Finland – Helsinki	Tue 11.02	U.S.A. – Washington DC	Tue 04.02
France – Paris	Tue 10.02	U.S.A. – Miami	Tue 04.02
Germany – Berlin	Tue 10.02	U.S.A. – Atlanta	Tue 04.02
Germany – Frankfurt	Tue 10.02	U.S.A. – Honolulu	Mon 23.02
Greece – Athens	Tue 11.02	U.S.A. – Chicago	Tue 03.02
Guatemala – Guatemala	Tue 03.02	U.S.A. – Indianapolis	Tue 04.02
Honduras – Tegucigalpa	Tue 03.02	U.S.A. – New Orleans	Tue 03.02
Hungary – Budapest	Tue 10.02	U.S.A. – Boston	Tue 04.02
Iceland – Reykjavik	Tue 09.02	U.S.A. – Detroit	Tue 04.02
India – Kolkata	Tue 14.32	U.S.A. – Minneapolis	Tue 03.02
India – Mumbai	Tue 14.32	U.S.A. – New York	Tue 04.02
India – New Delhi	Tue 14.32	U.S.A. – Philadelphia	Tue 04.02
Indonesia – Java – Jakarta	Tue 16.02	U.S.A. – Houston	Tue 03.02
Iran – Tehran	Tue 12.32	U.S.A. – Seattle	Tue 01.02
Iraq – Baghdad	Tue 12.02	Ukraine – Kyiv	Tue 11.02
Ireland – Dublin	Tue 09.02	UAE – Dubai	Tue 13.02
Israel – Jerusalem	Tue 11.02	Uruguay – Montevideo	Tue 06.02
Italy – Rome	Tue 10.02	Uzbekistan – Tashkent	Tue 14.02
Jamaica – Kingston	Tue 04.02	Venezuela – Caracas	Tue 05.02
Japan – Tokyo	Tue 18.02	Vietnam – Hanoi	Tue 16.02
Jordan – Amman	Tue 11.02	Yemen – Aden	Tue 12.02
Kenya – Nairobi	Tue 12.02	Zimbabwe – Harare	Tue 11.02
Kiribati – Kiritimati	Tue 23.02
Kuwait – Kuwait City	Tue 12.02
Lebanon – Beirut	Tue 11.02
Madagascar – Antananarivo	Tue 12.02
Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur	Tue 17.02
Mexico – Mexico City	Tue 03.02