Lunar New Year Zodiac Years

Pi athikamat pīː ʔà tʰí kà mâːt new year.

Lunar new year zodiac years. The 384 day long years repeat the 30 day long 8th month thus keeping the month count at 12. There are two dates a chinese zodiac year could be said to start on. Chinese new year day 1 of the lunar year which is somewhere in the period january 21 to february 20.

The chinese zodiac is a classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating 12 year cycle. Originating from china the zodiac and its variations remain popular in many east asian and southeast asian countries such as japan south korea. Chinese zodiac years are based on chinese lunar calendar.

For example the thai new year called songkran will begin on april 13 and end on april 15. Synodic months are about 29 to 30 days in length making a lunar year 11 days shorter than a 12 month. Although koreans celebrate both solar and lunar new years lunar new year is one of korea s most important traditional holidays.

The chinese new year spring festival usually falls during 21 january and february 20 if your birthday is during this period in gregorian date you may belong to the zodiac sign of the last year in the following table the years starting and ending dates are clearly shown which help you determine your animal sign correctly. Nevertheless a year of 384 days is called an extra month year thai. At the time of this writing the chinese new year is approaching in just a few days in light of this upcoming occasion i thought it would be fun to take a look at chinese zodiac signs and give a symbolic summary according to the chinese zodiac animal ruling over each year to.

What is chinese zodiac. Traditions and zodiac animals posted by linda on jan 19 2012 in buddhism culture. Chinese zodiac animals and the chinese new years.

Rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse sheep monkey rooster dog and pig. The eastern world is gearing up for lunar new year. The 12 year cycle is an approximation to the 11 85 year orbital period of jupiter.