When is the Chinese New Year 2026?
The 2026 Chinese New Year Day is on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 in China's time zone. This day is the new moon day of the first Chinese lunar month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar system. The exact new moon time is at 20:02 p.m. on 2026-02-17, in the China time zone.
The first day of the Red Horse year is not the Chinese New Year Day in Chinese Astrology. The first day of the Tiger month is the first day of the Chinese Astrology year. This day is called Start of Spring, which is the date when the sun enters the 315th degree on the tropical zodiac. This day is around February 4, each year. 2026 Chinese Red Horse starts on February 4, 2026 in China's time zone. That means the Chinese Lunar New Year is not the first day of Red Fire Horse Year. If a baby is born before February 4, 2026, then the baby's zodiac sign is the Snake, not Horse.
Coming Chinese New Year Days
| Chinese New Year Dates in the China Time Zone | |||
| Year | Zodiac Animal Sign | New Year | First Zodiac |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Green Wood Snake | Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 | February 3, 2025 |
| 2026 | Red Fire Horse | Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 | February 3, 2026 |
| 2027 | Red Fire Sheep | Saturday, Feb. 6, 2027 | February 3, 2027 |
The new moon time determines the new moon date. The new moon time is at 20:02 on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, in the China time zone. Therefore, Chinese New Year Day is Tuesday, February 17, 2026. The new moon time is at 4:02 on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, in the US Pacific time zone. Therefore, the 2026 Chinese New Year Day is on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 in the Pacific Time zone.
| Chinese New Year Dates in US Pacific Time Zone | |||
| Year | Zodiac Animal Sign | New Year | First Zodiac |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Green Wood Snake | Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 | Feb. 3, 2025 |
| 2026 | Red Fire Horse | Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 | Feb. 3, 2026 |
| 2027 | Red Fire Sheep | Saturday, Feb. 6, 2027 | Feb. 3, 2027 |
2026 National Chinese Holidays
How Old is the China?
Some web sites say the year 2026 is the 4724th Chinese year. If you cannot find the explanation, here is a possible answer for you. The Yellow King's inauguration was held in the spring of 2697 B.C. But the calendar of Yellow King used the winter solstice day as the first day of the year. The winter solstice was on around December 23rd, 2698 B.C. Today's January 1st means nothing to Yellow King. If we count that extra eight days in 2698 B.C. for a year, then the year 2026 is the 4724th Chinese year.
2026 is the 4723rd Chinese Year.
However, Chinese civilization is up to 8000 years.
What's meaning of Red Fire Horse?
Bing Wu is the Chinese zodiac name of Stem-Branch calendar for 2026. Each zodiac is labeled with a name of Yin-Yang Five Elements. Bing is Yang Fire. Wu is Horse. Therefore, the name of 2026 is called Yang Fire Horse. Yin is female and Yang is male. The color of Fire is Red. 2026 is the Female Red Fire Horse year.
The first Stem-Branch name is found in the document around 1739 B.C. The original stems and branches only use for counting the days. Using Stem-Branch to count for Month, Hour and Year sequences began around 206 B.C. during Chin dynasty and Han dynasty. Using the season changing information, Chinese Yin Yang Five Element scholars converted all zodiac signs into five elements. The theory of Five Elements becomes the foundation of Chinese fortunetelling.
Yang Fire is the sun, wildfire, or fire tornado, that people cannot approach too closely.
Yang Fire is male. It's flaming, ebullient, untamed, and enthusiastic.
Yang Fire is also connected to mighty, passion, exposure, celebrities, and dignitaries.
Yang Fire is represented as a public figure.
Yang Fire has the ability of leadership.
Yang Fire meets another Yang Fire will compete for the leadership.
Yang Fire provides the energy for trees to grow.
The characteristics of Yang Fire are diligence, eagerness, optimism, sentiment, and righteousness.
The other traits of Yang Fire are impetuous, irritable, unleashed, and offensive.
Since the sun sets every day, its heat is not constant but intermittent.
Yin Metal brings love romance and emotional entanglement to Yang Fire.
Yin Water brings sunny and rainy weather together and makes Yang Fire emotionally unstable.
Wet Wood cannot help Fire to burn.
Yang Fire is the 3rd element of 10 Heavenly Stems.
The color of Yang Fire is red.
The location of the Yang Fire is in the south.
Zodiac Horse is the 7th animal in the Chinese zodiacs.
Seven is an odd number, Horse is supposed to be in the Yang group.
But, Zodiac Horse contains Yin Fire and Yin Earth.
Yin Fire represents torch, candle fire, light bulbs, stove flames, high temperatures, magnetic field, laser, civilization and moon.
Yin Earth relates to soil, ground, farmland.
Horse Month rules the month of June, which includes the summer solstice.
Horse Hour spans from 11:00 a.m. to 13:00 p.m., when the sun is at its peak.
The Horse brings vital energy to the farmland, helping plants grow.
Horses are active throughout the day, from sunrise to sunset.
They are the fastest land animals for long-distance travel, symbolizing momentum and freedom.
The Horse loves competition and often seeks leadership roles.
They chase success, victory, power, reputation, and wealth.
The Horse is considered a Romantic Star, bringing charm and attraction.
The Dragon represents dominance in the sky, and the Horse represents conquest on land.
Both are symbols of strong leadership and indicate great potential for career success
The Yang Fire Horse, also known as the Red Horse, is the 43rd sign in the cycle of the 60 Chinese zodiac animals. Belonging to the Fire group, the Horse embodies both Yin Fire and Yin Earth elements.
Yang Fire represents the sun, symbolizing energy, passion, and integrity.
Yin Fire reflects the warmth of campfire, stove fire, high temperatures, and intense heat.
Yin Earth is associated with flatlands, farmlands, and fertility, symbolizing endurance and stability.
Yang Fire is the fire in the sky, while the Horse is the fire on the land.
Together, the Yang Fire Horse is like a Horse running across the earth in midsummer under the blazing sun.
They symbolize the intensity of extreme heat and fiery energy.
This intense Fire can bring positive energy and good fortune to those whose astrology birth charts lack Fire, helping them achieve greater balance.
The Zodiac Horse is easy-going, open-minded, affectionate, popular, smart, cheerful, confident, and independent. Horses are often talented in many areas and skilled at managing wealth.
However, they can sometimes be overly relaxed or easily persuaded. They may require firm guidance and can be difficult to tame. Additionally, Horses can be talkative, arrogant, stubborn, or even rude at times.
2026 Chinese Horoscope Forecasts
Chinese Fortune Calendar provides two different 2026 predictions. The first method is the simple Chinese Zodiac Prediction to analyze the relationship between Red Horse and your zodiac sign. The second method is the traditional Chinese Five Element Astrology. It will read your complete Chinese Astrology birth chart, Find Your Lucky Element, then forecast your luck in the Red Horse year. This way is required your correct birthday and birth time.
Chinese New Year Festival Before and After
2026 Chinese Lunar Calendar
Chinese New Year Day is the first lunar day of the first Chinese lunar month. That means the new moon day is the first lunar day. The new moon day could fall to a different day in a different time zone. Therefore, lunar months have different patterns between China and the USA time zones. This will impact the Chinese Baby Gender Selection calendar.
Chinese lunar calendar is quite complicate. Actually, it has to work with the solar calendar. A lunar month has 29 or 30 days long. In order to match up the solar cycle, the Chinese lunar calendar has to add additional 7 lunar months every 19 years. The following topics are the detail explanations of Chinese Lunar calendar.
- 2026 China & USA Chinese Lunar Months
- List Starting and Ending Lunar Month Dates
- List Chinese Lunar Months with Leap Month
- What is Chinese Lunar Calendar?
- What is Chinese Leap Months?
- The History of Chinese Lunar Calendar
2026 Complete Chinese Calendars
2026 Chinese Baby Gender Calendar
2026 Feng Shui for Chinese New Year
The 1-White Star flies into the center palace of the 9-Star diagram in 2026. Therefore, the kua number of 2026 is 1-White.
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Lucky directions are
1 (White) is connected to Business, Romance, Social
Relationships.
4 (Green) is connected to Intelligence, Academic Achievement.
6 (White) is connected to Windfall, Money, Power, Position.
8 (White) is connected to Money, Wealth.
9 (Purple) is connected to Happiness, Marriage.
Unlucky directions are
2 (Black) is connected to Illness and Sickness.
3 (Green) is connected to Quarrel, Dispute, Lawsuit.
5 (Yellow) is connected to Sick, Trouble, Bad Luck.
7 (Red) is connected to Robbery, Villain.
The most unlucky direction is Yellow 5 at southern side. Do not have any
remodeling in the western area of your house.
List 2026 Rich, Romantic, Wisdom Houses using Feng Shui Flying Stars
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Chinese Horoscopes
Your Chinese Astrology Birth Chart
2026 Chinese Horse Year Prediction
Five Elements
10-God Chinese Astrology Birth Chart
The Meaning of Ten God Astrology
2026 Yearly Five Element Charts