Chinese New Year is commonly called as Lunar New Year because it is based on the lunisolar chinese calendar. Chinese new year begins on the first day of the first month in the chinese calendar and ends on the 15th. Chinese New Year usually falls on the second new moon. In the Gregorian calendar Chinese New Year falls on different dates each year, a date between January 21 and February 20.
These are the Chinese New Year dates from 1996 to 2019:
February 19, 1996 ( year of rat)
February 7 , 1997 ( year of the ox)
January 28, 1998 ( year of the tiger)
February 16, 1999 (year the rabbit)
February 5 , 2000 ( year of the dragon )
January 24, 2001 ( year of the snake)
February 12, 2002 ( year of the horse)
February 1 , 2003 ( year of the sheep )
January 22, 2004 ( year of the Monkey)
February 9 , 2005 ( year of the Rooster)
January 29, 2006 ( year of the Dog)
February 18, 2007 ( year of the pig )
February 7, 2008 ( year of the rat )
January 26 , 2009 (year of the ox)
February 14 , 2010 ( year of the tiger )
February 3, 2011 ( year of the rabbit)
January 23 , 2012 ( year of the Dragon )
February 10, 2013 ( year of the snake)
January 31 , 2014 ( year of horse)
February 19, 2015 ( year of the Sheep )
February 8, 2016 ( year of the Monkey )
January 28, 2017 ( year of the rooster)
February 16 , 2018 ( year of the dog )
February 5 , 2019 (year of the pig)
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