Welcome the Year of the Goat.

Your 2027 dates, at a glance

New Year’s Eve falls on February 5. The first day of the lunar year is February 6. The Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, falls on February 20.

If you were born before February 6, 2027, you still fall in the preceding Horse year under this site’s Lunar New Year convention. Enter your complete birthday in the calculator to check.

Planning a visit or a celebration?

The festival date alone cannot tell you when a school, workplace or business will close. Check the relevant local notice and ask your host. This edition has not verified 2027 official public holiday arrangements; this does not mean that an announcement has not been made.

A thoughtful way to take part

Start with a greeting and a little curiosity. If you are visiting, check the timing and any gift preferences with your host. Sharing a meal or learning a family tradition can matter more than getting every custom “right”.

Chinese Spring Festival traditions are one part of a wider set of New Year celebrations in Asia and beyond. Other communities, including those celebrating Seollal or Tết, have their own names and traditions.

A story, a custom, a fact

The tale of Nián, a creature frightened by loud sounds and the color red, is a popular festival legend. It is a story people tell, not a documented explanation of every New Year practice.