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The Chinese lunar new year is here, and 2025 marks the year of the snake. Over 3,500 years old, the Chinese lunar cycle lasts 12 years and is represented by a different animal each year.
The seventh day of the Lunar New Year (February 4, 2025) is said to be when the Chinese mother goddess, Nuwa, created humanity. Thus, it’s called renri/jan jat (the people’s birthday).
Each of the 12 animal zodiac signs corresponds with one of five elements — wood, fire, earth, metal, water — as part of a 60-year cycle of the 60 pillars, making each year different from the next.
Chetri Chandra (Sindhi: چيتي چند, Moon of Chaitra) is a festival that marks the beginning of the Lunar Hindu New Year for Sindhi Hindus. [3] [8] The date of the festival is based on the lunar cycle of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, falling on the first day of the year, in the Sindhi month of Chet (). [3]
The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. [1] The zodiac is very important in traditional Chinese culture and exists as a reflection of Chinese philosophy and culture . [ 2 ]
The same twelve animals are also used to symbolize the cycle of hours in the day, each being associated with a two-hour time period. The hour of the snake is 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., the time when the Sun warms up the Earth, and snakes are said to slither out of their holes.
This year, Lunar New Year starts on January 29, 2025, and ends on February 16, 2026. Celebrations usually end on Feb. 12, 2025. Related: 26 Authentic Recipes to Celebrate Lunar New Year
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. Sign of the Chinese zodiac "Year of the Rabbit" redirects here. For other uses, see Year of the Rabbit (disambiguation). Rabbit "Hare" in regular Chinese characters Chinese 兔 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin tù Wade–Giles t'u ...