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World Times for Chinese New Year 2025 – Year of the Yin Wood Snake

Find out what time Chinese New Year 2025 starts in your country.

Are you prepared for 2025 – The year of the Yin Wood Snake?

On January 29^th 2025 (China time) we enter a new Lunar Chinese year (year 4723^rd in the Chinese calendar), the year of the Yin Wood Snake (Yi Si). Please do not get confused with solar and lunar calendars, more on this below.

Chinese New Year 2025

Chinese New Year (according to the lunar calendar) starts on the 29 January 2025 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 2025 Chinese New Year falls on Wednesday 29^th January at 20.35 China (Lunar calendar), Wednesday 29^th January at 12.35 United Kingdom, Wednesday 29^th January at 04.35 California USA, and Wednesday 29^th January at 13.35 Barcelona Spain. Aa 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 later 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 2025 cures and enhancers. Please make sure you check dates and times for the correct placement of your cures and enhancers.

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 5^th of February, the lunar (yueh) calendar marks the New Year on the second new moon after the winter solstice. In 2025 Lunar Chinese New Year also called the ‘Spring Festival’ falls on 29^th January, which is the New Year that is celebrated by all ethnic Chinese. The solar New Year (3^rd February 2025) is not celebrated at all and only used for Feng Shui placement.

You may have come across a few websites stating that 2025 is the 4724^th 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 23^rd 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 2025 is the 4723^rd Chinese year.

Feng Shui World Time Calculator 2025

Chinese New Year 2025 World times.
Wednesday 29^th January @ 20.35 Hong Kong time.

This is the date that Chinese New Year is celebrated.

Chinese New Year (Lunar calendar) World times converter.

Afghanistan – Kabul	Wed 17.05	Morocco – Casablanca	Wed 13.35
Algeria – Algiers	Wed 13.35	Myanmar – Yangon	Wed 19.05
Argentina – Buenos Aires	Wed 09.35	Nepal – Kathmandu	Wed 18.20
Australia – Canberra	Wed 23.35	Netherlands – Amsterdam	Wed 13.35
Australia – Sydney	Wed 23.35	New Zealand – Auckland	Thu 01.35
Australia – Darwin	Wed 22.05	New Zealand – Chatham Islands	Thu 02:20
Australia – Brisbane	Wed 22.35	Nicaragua – Managua	Wed 10:35
Australia – Adelaide	Wed 23.05	Nigeria – Lagos	Wed 13.35
Australia – Melbourne	Wed 23.35	Norway – Oslo	Wed 13.35
Australia – Perth	Wed 20.35	Pakistan – Islamabad	Wed 17.35
Austria – Vienna	Wed 13.35	Pakistan – Karachi	Wed 17.35
Bahamas – Nassau	Wed 07.35	Pakistan – Lahore	Wed 17.35
Bangladesh – Dhaka	Wed 18.35	Paraguay – Asuncion	Wed 09.35
Belarus – Minsk	Wed 15.35	Peru – Lima	Wed 07.35
Belgium – Brussels	Wed 13.35	Philippines – Manila	Wed 20.35
Bolivia – La Paz	Wed 08.35	Poland – Warsaw	Wed 13.35
Brazil – Distrito Federal	Wed 09.35	Portugal – Lisbon	Wed 12.35
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro	Wed 09.35	Puerto Rico – San Juan	Wed 08.35
Brazil – São Paulo	Wed 09.35	Romania – Bucharest	Wed 14.35
Bulgaria – Sofia	Wed 14.35	Russia – Anadyr	Thu 00.35
Canada – Edmonton	Wed 05.35	Russia – Moscow	Wed 15.35
Canada – Vancouver	Wed 04.35	Saudi Arabia – Riyadh	Wed 15.35
Canada – Winnipeg	Wed 06.35	Serbia – Belgrade	Wed 13.35
Canada – St. John’s	Wed 09.05	Singapore	Wed 20.35
Canada – Halifax	Wed 08.35	South Africa – Cape Town	Wed 14.35
Canada – Ottawa	Wed 07.35	South Africa – Johannesburg	Wed 13.35
Canada – Toronto	Wed 07.35	South Korea – Seoul	Wed 21.35
Canada – Montreal	Wed 07.35	Spain – Barcelona	Wed 13.35
Chile – Santiago	Wed 13.35	Spain – Madrid	Wed 13.35
China – Beijing	Wed 20.35	Sudan – Khartoum	Wed 14.35
Colombia – Bogota	Wed 07.35	Sweden – Stockholm	Wed 13.35
Croatia – Zagreb	Wed 13.35	Switzerland Geneva	Wed 13.35
Cuba – Havana	Wed 07.35	Switzerland – Zürich	Wed 13.35
Czech Republic – Prague	Wed 13.35	Taiwan – Taipei	Wed 20.35
Denmark – Copenhagen	Wed 13.35	Thailand – Bangkok	Wed 19.35
Dominican Republic	Wed 08.35	Turkey – Ankara	Wed 15.35
Egypt – Cairo	Wed 14.35	Turkey – Istanbul	Wed 15.35
England – London	Wed 12.35	U.K. – England – London	Wed 12.35
Estonia – Tallinn	Wed 14.35	U.S.A. – Anchorage	Wed 03.35
Ethiopia – Addis Ababa	Wed 15.35	U.S.A. – Phoenix	Wed 05.35
Fiji – Suva	Thu 00.35	U.S.A. – Los Angeles	Wed 04.35
Finland – Helsinki	Wed 14.35	U.S.A. – San Francisco	Wed 04.35
France – Paris	Wed 13.35	U.S.A. – Denver	Wed 05.35
Germany – Berlin	Wed 13.35	U.S.A. – Washington DC	Wed 07.35
Germany – Frankfurt	Wed 13.35	U.S.A. – Miami	Wed 07.35
Greece – Athens	Wed 14.35	U.S.A. – Atlanta	Wed 07.35
Guatemala – Guatemala	Wed 06.35	U.S.A. – Honolulu	Wed 02.35
Honduras – Tegucigalpa	Wed 06.35	U.S.A. – Chicago	Wed 06.35
Hungary – Budapest	Wed 13.35	U.S.A. – Indianapolis	Wed 07.35
Iceland – Reykjavik	Wed 12.35	U.S.A. – New Orleans	Wed 06.35
India – Kolkata	Wed 18.05	U.S.A. – Boston	Wed 07.35
India – Mumbai	Wed 18.05	U.S.A. – Detroit	Wed 07.35
India – New Delhi	Wed 18.05	U.S.A. – Minneapolis	Wed 06.35
Indonesia – Java – Jakarta	Wed 19.35	U.S.A. – New York	Wed 07.35
Iran – Tehran	Wed 16.05	U.S.A. – Philadelphia	Wed 07.35
Iraq – Baghdad	Wed 15.35	U.S.A. – Houston	Wed 06.35
Ireland – Dublin	Wed 12.35	U.S.A. – Seattle	Wed 04.35
Israel – Jerusalem	Wed 14.35	Ukraine – Kyiv	Wed 14.35
Italy – Rome	Wed 13.35	UAE – Dubai	Wed 16.35
Jamaica – Kingston	Wed 07.35	Uruguay – Montevideo	Wed 09.35
Japan – Tokyo	Wed 21.35	Uzbekistan – Tashkent	Wed 17.35
Jordan – Amman	Wed 15.35	Venezuela – Caracas	Wed 08.35
Kenya – Nairobi	Wed 15.35	Vietnam – Hanoi	Wed 19.35
Kiribati – Kiritimati	Thu 02.35	Yemen – Aden	Wed 15.35
Kuwait – Kuwait City	Wed 15.35	Zimbabwe – Harare	Wed 14.35
Lebanon – Beirut	Wed 14.35
Madagascar – Antananarivo	Wed 15.35
Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur	Wed 20.35
Mexico – Mexico City	Wed 06.35

Chinese (Solar calendar) New Year 2025

Monday 3rd February 2025 @ 22:08 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	Mon 18.38	Morocco – Casablanca	Mon 15.08
Algeria – Algiers	Mon 15.08	Myanmar – Yangon	Mon 20.38
Argentina – Buenos Aires	Mon 11.08	Nepal – Kathmandu	Mon 19.53
Australia – Canberra	Tue 01.08	Netherlands – Amsterdam	Mon 15.08
Australia – Sydney	Tue 01.08	New Zealand – Auckland	Tue 03.08
Australia – Brisbane	Tue 00.08	Nicaragua – Managua	Mon 08.08
Australia – Adelaide	Tue 00.08	Nigeria – Lagos	Mon 15.08
Australia – Melbourne	Tue 01.08	Norway – Oslo	Mon 15.08
Australia – Perth	Mon 22.08	Pakistan – Islamabad	Mon 19.08
Austria – Vienna	Mon 15.08	Pakistan – Karachi	Mon 19.08
Bahamas – Nassau	Mon 09.08	Pakistan – Lahore	Mon 19.08
Bangladesh – Dhaka	Mon 20.08	Paraguay – Asuncion	Mon 11.08
Belarus – Minsk	Mon 17.08	Peru – Lima	Mon 09.08
Belgium – Brussels	Mon 15.08	Philippines – Manila	Mon 22.08
Bolivia – La Paz	Mon 10.08	Poland – Warsaw	Mon 15.08
Brazil – Distrito Federal	Mon 11.08	Portugal – Lisbon	Mon 14.08
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro	Mon 11.08	Puerto Rico – San Juan	Mon 10.08
Brazil – São Paulo	Mon 11.08	Romania – Bucharest	Mon 16.08
Bulgaria – Sofia	Mon 16.08	Russia – Anadyr	Tue 02.08
Canada – Edmonton	Mon 07.08	Russia – Moscow	Mon 17.08
Canada – Vancouver	Mon 06.08	Saudi Arabia – Riyadh	Mon 17.08
Canada – Winnipeg	Mon 08.08	Serbia – Belgrade	Mon 15.08
Canada – St. John’s	Mon 10.38	Singapore	Mon 22.08
Canada – Halifax	Mon 10.08	South Africa – Cape Town	Mon 16.08
Canada – Ottawa	Mon 09.08	South Africa – Johannesburg	Mon 16.08
Canada – Toronto	Mon 09.08	South Korea – Seoul	Mon 23.08
Canada – Montreal	Mon 09.08	Spain – Barcelona	Mon 15.08
Chile – Santiago	Mon 11.08	Spain – Madrid	Mon 15.08
China – Beijing	Mon 22.08	Sudan – Khartoum	Mon 16.08
China – Hong Kong	Mon 22.08	Sweden – Stockholm	Mon 15.08
China – Shanghai	Mon 22.08	Switzerland – Geneva	Mon 15.08
Colombia – Bogota	Mon 09.08	Switzerland – Zürich	Mon 15.08
Croatia – Zagreb	Mon 15.08	Taiwan – Taipei	Mon 22.08
Cuba – Havana	Mon 09.08	Thailand – Bangkok	Mon 21.08
Czech Republic – Prague	Mon 15.08	Turkey – Ankara	Mon 17.08
Denmark – Copenhagen	Mon 15.08	Turkey – Istanbul	Mon 17.08
Dominican Republic	Mon 10.08	U.K. – England – London	Mon 14.08
Egypt – Cairo	Mon 16.08	U.S.A. – Anchorage	Mon 05.08
England – London	Mon 14.08	U.S.A. – Phoenix	Mon 07.08
Estonia – Tallinn	Mon 16.08	U.S.A. – Los Angeles	Mon 06.08
Ethiopia – Addis Ababa	Mon 17.08	U.S.A. – San Francisco	Mon 06.08
Fiji – Suva	Tue 02.08	U.S.A. – Denver	Mon 07.08
Finland – Helsinki	Mon 16.08	U.S.A. – Washington DC	Mon 09.08
France – Paris	Mon 15.08	U.S.A. – Miami	Mon 09.08
Germany – Berlin	Mon 15.08	U.S.A. – Atlanta	Mon 09.08
Germany – Frankfurt	Mon 15.08	U.S.A. – Honolulu	Mon 04.08
Greece – Athens	Mon 16.08	U.S.A. – Chicago	Mon 08.08
Guatemala – Guatemala	Mon 08.08	U.S.A. – Indianapolis	Mon 09.08
Honduras – Tegucigalpa	Mon 08.08	U.S.A. – New Orleans	Mon 08.08
Hungary – Budapest	Mon 15.08	U.S.A. – Boston	Mon 09.08
Iceland – Reykjavik	Mon 14.08	U.S.A. – Detroit	Mon 09.08
India – Kolkata	Mon 19.38	U.S.A. – Minneapolis	Mon 08.08
India – Mumbai	Mon 19.38	U.S.A. – New York	Mon 09.08
India – New Delhi	Mon 19.38	U.S.A. – Philadelphia	Mon 09.08
Indonesia – Java – Jakarta	Mon 21.08	U.S.A. – Houston	Mon 08.08
Iran – Tehran	Mon 17.38	U.S.A. – Seattle	Mon 06.08
Iraq – Baghdad	Mon 17.08	Ukraine – Kyiv	Mon 16.08
Ireland – Dublin	Mon 14.08	UAE – Dubai	Mon 18.08
Israel – Jerusalem	Mon 16.08	Uruguay – Montevideo	Mon 11.08
Italy – Rome	Mon 15.08	Uzbekistan – Tashkent	Mon 19.08
Jamaica – Kingston	Mon 09.08	Venezuela – Caracas	Mon 10.08
Japan – Tokyo	Mon 23.08	Vietnam – Hanoi	Mon 21.08
Jordan – Amman	Mon 17.08	Yemen – Aden	Mon 17.08
Kenya – Nairobi	Mon 17.08	Zimbabwe – Harare	Mon 16.08
Kiribati – Kiritimati	Tue 04.08
Kuwait – Kuwait City	Mon 17.08
Lebanon – Beirut	Mon 16.08
Madagascar – Antananarivo	Mon 17.08
Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur	Mon 22.08
Mexico – Mexico City	Mon 08.08