Chinese New YearSaturday February 102 months, 11 days or 72 days

Valentines DayWednesday February 142 months, 15 days or 76 days

Presidents DayMonday February 192 months, 20 days or 81 days

Chinese New Year for the year 2024 is celebrated/ observed on Saturday, February 10. This year the animal sign is the Dragon.

Chinese New Year is the first day of the New Year in the Chinese lunisolar calendar (Chinese traditional calendar). It is also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival. The first day of the festival begins on the New Moon sometime each year between January 21st and February 20th. The holiday/festival lasts 16 days from New Year鈥檚 Eve to the 15th day of the New Year which also happens to be the Lantern Festival.

The lunisolar calendar uses the location of the sun and the moon relative to the earth to determine dates on the calendar. The Gregorian calendar, which is the most widely used calendar in the world today uses the location of the sun relative to the earth to determine the dates on the calendar.

Many countries around the world that have ethnic Chinese people celebrate Chinese New Year including America, Canada, many European countries, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippine鈥檚 and more. Many of the local communities around the world are called Chinatown like in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sydney.

Saturday, February 10th is day number 41 of the 2024 calendar year with 2 months, 11 days until Chinese New Year 2024.