2025 CHINESE NEW YEAR

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2025 CHINESE NEW YEAR

January 29, 2025 is a Chinese New Year.  It is the YEAR OF THE SNAKE. 

Chinese New Year will ALWAYS FALL on or between January 21 and February 20.

People born on February 20 ONWARDS would surely have the animal sign of their RESPECTIVE BIRTHYEAR.

Those who were born from January 1 to January 20 would surely have the animal sign of the PREVIOUS YEAR.

If you were born AFTER January 20 and BEFORE February 20 (i.e., January 21~ February 19), YOU SHOULD CHECK on the actual date of the Chinese New Year of your birthyear—might be the PREVIOUS year’s animal sign.  For the year 2025, if you were born BEFORE January 29 your animal sign is that of the DRAGON and NOT of the SNAKE.

Most of the time, Chinese New Year will fall 11 days (or sometimes 10 or 12 days) EARLIER than the previous year.   The reason for this is that a lunar month is about 29.5 days only (about 354 days in a year).  Since a solar year is almost 365.25 days, it means a lunar year is about 11 days SHORTER than a solar year.

If that would take outside of the Chinese New Year range of January 21 to February 20, A LEAP MONTH IS ADDED.  So, Chinese New Year JUMPS 19 days or sometimes 18, or even 20 days (in 1926 and 2007) LATER than the previous date of Chinese New Year.

The leap month’s place in Chinese calendar varies from year to year.  The LAST LEAP MONTH began on March 22, 2023, with the end of month 2 and beginning of intercalary month 2.  The NEXT LEAP MONTH will begin on July 25, 2025, with the end of month 6 and beginning of intercalary month 6.

In the Gregorian calendar, ALL the months (except for February) have the same number of days IN DIFFERENT YEARS.  In the Chinese calendar, a month may have 29 or 30 days IN DIFFERENT YEARS.  A 12-month lunar year (with six 29-day months and six 30-day months) has only 354 days.

While Gregorian calendar adds only ONE LEAP DAY (February 29) every four years, the Chinese calendar adds a WHOLE LEAP MONTH, approximately every three years (7 times in 19 years).  So, SOME Chinese calendar has 13 months (383~385 days).

SSso, ganun nga kaya iyon?

The WRITER in me. Finally, I made up my mind to write an introduction to my “blog” which I have been longing to start for the past several years (procrastination attacks). I don’t think I can write something without reading, again and again and again, on topics that I want to discuss. I guess I am one of those “feeling” writer who cannot just sit in front of the computer and, VOILA, finished an article almost spontaneously. I read a lot on something, repeatedly, copy it, cut some phrases, then write it on my own words and understanding. Thus, the CopyCutWrite. So, anything that I would be putting on this blog is sure to have been reviewed and revised for several times. Though it may still not that flawless, at least it has passed my standards. Anyways, I can always say “I’m still learning” (hahaha). Youtube says, “Note: You're allowed to encourage viewers to subscribe, hit the like button, share, or leave a comment.” It’s a copy-paste this time (hahaha).

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