the year of the snake will start soon, here is the date

If in France and, generally, in the West, we celebrated the new year on January 1, 2025 and since then, we have exchanged wishes for success and health, this is not the case everywhere on the planet.

Indeed, in Chinethe new year, celebrated during the Chinese New Year, has not yet started. This is also the case in several Asian countries such as Indonesia or Vietnam.

The fault is a notable difference in calendar: we use the Gregorian calendarimmutable, because it is based on the rotation of the Earth around the Sun. While the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, as we wrote in a previous article. It is therefore more changeable, and varies depending on the Moon.

Chinese New Year on January 29, 2025

In fact, the Chinese calendar is based both on the movements of the Earth around the Sun and on the cycles of the Moon to count the months and to set the dates of festivals and important events.

And on the first day of every lunar month begins on the new moon and lasts approximately 29.5 days. In fact, Chinese New Year falls between mid-January and mid-February. This year it will be Wednesday January 29, 2025.

2025 is the year of the snake

This new year will be under the snake signas Arielle Dombasle clearly spotted, who mentions it in a video published on Instagram.

The Chinese zodiac is based on twelve different signs : the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig. Each animal returns every twelve years – which allows you to know your Chinese astrological sign, based on your year of birth – as follows:

• Rat : 1900, 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020 ;
• Ox-Ox: 1901, 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021;
• Tigre : 1902, 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022 ;
• Lapland Chat : 1903, 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023 ;
• Dragon : 1904, 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024 ;
• Serpent : 1905, 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025 ;
• Cheval : 1906, 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026 ;
• Goat (goat-sheep): 1907, 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027.
• Singe : 1908, 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028.
• Coq : 1909, 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029.
• Chien : 1910, 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030.
• Pig: 1911, 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031.

2024 was the year of the dragon. 2025 will be that of the snake and 2026 will be dedicated to the horse.

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