Lunar New Year 2027 Is Saturday, Feb. 6: Year of the Goat Dates, Zodiac Chart and Free Printable Calendars
Chinese New Year 2027 falls on Saturday, Feb. 6, starting the Year of the Fire Goat. Festival dates, Seollal on Feb. 7, a zodiac chart and four printables.
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Lunar New Year 2027 Calendar
All 16 days from New Year's Eve on Feb. 5 to the Lantern Festival on Feb. 20, with traditions and space for plans.
Chinese Zodiac Chart, 1924 to 2031
Every zodiac year from 1924 to 2031 with the exact date it began and its element. Find any birth year's animal at a glance.
Chinese Lunar Calendar 2027
The 2027 year at a glance with the lunar day under every date, the start of each lunar month, festivals and solar terms.
Chinese Festivals and Solar Terms 2027
Dates of 12 traditional festivals in 2027, from Laba to Dongzhi, and all 24 solar terms with their meanings.
In this article
Lunar New Year 2027 falls on Saturday, Feb. 6, the first day of the Year of the Goat. New Year’s Eve, with its reunion dinner, is Friday, Feb. 5, and the 15-day season ends with the Lantern Festival on Saturday, Feb. 20. Korea marks Seollal one day later, on Sunday, Feb. 7. The dates come from the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), which publishes the official conversion between the Chinese lunar calendar and the Gregorian one.
Lunar New Year 2027 dates
| Day | Date | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Little New Year (north) | Saturday, Jan. 30 | Kitchen God sent off; spring cleaning begins |
| New Year’s Eve | Friday, Feb. 5 | Reunion dinner, staying up to see the year in |
| Lunar New Year | Saturday, Feb. 6 | First day of the Year of the Goat |
| Seollal (Korea) | Sunday, Feb. 7 | Korean public holidays Feb. 6 to 9 |
| Fifth day | Wednesday, Feb. 10 | Welcoming the God of Wealth; many shops reopen |
| Renri | Friday, Feb. 12 | The seventh day, “everyone’s birthday” |
| Lantern Festival | Saturday, Feb. 20 | Lanterns and tangyuan end the season |
Because New Year’s Day lands on a Saturday, most families in the United States can hold the Eve dinner on Friday night after work, sleep in, and then spend the whole weekend on visits, meals and the first round of red envelopes without taking a day off. The printable festival calendar lays out all 16 days, from Eve to the Lantern Festival, with room to write in visits and plans.
Why the date changes every year
The Chinese calendar is lunisolar: months follow the Moon, while the year is kept in step with the seasons. New Year’s Day is usually the second new moon after the winter solstice, so it always lands between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20.
In 2027 that new moon comes at 15:56 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. In Beijing it is 11:56 p.m., just four minutes before midnight, so Feb. 6 is New Year’s Day in China. Four minutes decide it. In Seoul the clock already reads 12:56 a.m. on Feb. 7, which is why Korea’s Seollal comes a day later. Vietnam’s Tet follows the same calculation for Hanoi time, where the new moon falls at 10:56 p.m. on Feb. 6.
The same new moon also matters for Ramadan 2027, which begins two days later, and it brings an annular solar eclipse over South America and West Africa.
Year of the Goat: who is a Goat?
2027 is a Fire Goat year, called ding-wei in Chinese. The Goat (also translated Sheep or Ram) is the eighth of the 12 animals, after the Horse and before the Monkey.
| Goat year | Started on | Element |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Jan. 24, 1955 | Wood |
| 1967 | Feb. 9, 1967 | Fire |
| 1979 | Jan. 28, 1979 | Earth |
| 1991 | Feb. 15, 1991 | Metal |
| 2003 | Feb. 1, 2003 | Water |
| 2015 | Feb. 19, 2015 | Wood |
| 2027 | Feb. 6, 2027 | Fire |
Zodiac years start at Lunar New Year, not Jan. 1. That trips people up. Someone born on Jan. 20, 1979, for example, is a Horse, because the Goat year began eight days later. Our zodiac chart lists every year from 1924 to 2031 with its exact start date, taken from the HKO tables, so January and February birthdays can be checked quickly.
Chinese calendar 2027: festivals
| Festival | 2027 date | Lunar date |
|---|---|---|
| Laba Festival | Friday, Jan. 15 | 8th day, 12th month |
| Lunar New Year | Saturday, Feb. 6 | 1st day, 1st month |
| Lantern Festival | Saturday, Feb. 20 | 15th day, 1st month |
| Qingming (Tomb-Sweeping Day) | Monday, April 5 | Solar term |
| Dragon Boat Festival | Wednesday, June 9 | 5th day, 5th month |
| Qixi Festival | Sunday, Aug. 8 | 7th day, 7th month |
| Mid-Autumn Festival | Wednesday, Sept. 15 | 15th day, 8th month |
| Double Ninth Festival | Friday, Oct. 8 | 9th day, 9th month |
| Dongzhi (Winter Solstice) | Wednesday, Dec. 22 | Solar term |
The Mid-Autumn Festival on Sept. 15 is also Korea’s Chuseok and falls on the same day as the 2027 Harvest Moon. Our moon phases 2027 calendar has the time of every full moon. There is no leap month in 2027. The lunar year that began on Feb. 6 has 12 months and ends on Jan. 25, 2028. The Year of the Monkey starts on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2028.
Planning the season
If you are hosting, Friday, Feb. 5 is the night for the reunion dinner, and red envelopes are traditionally handed out from New Year’s Day. A February 2027 printable calendar is handy for the 15 days of visits; for the January run-up, use a January 2027 calendar. For the whole year, including the festival dates above, see our 2027 printable yearly calendar or the Chinese lunar calendar in the downloads.
Frequently asked questions
When is Chinese New Year 2027?
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2027, according to the Hong Kong Observatory's Gregorian-Lunar conversion table. New Year's Eve is Friday, Feb. 5.
What animal is 2027 in the Chinese zodiac?
The Goat, also translated as the Sheep or Ram. 2027 is a Fire Goat year (ding-wei). It replaces the Year of the Horse, which began on Feb. 17, 2026.
I was born in January 2027. Am I a Goat?
No. Zodiac years begin at Lunar New Year, not Jan. 1, so anyone born from Jan. 1 through Feb. 5, 2027 belongs to the Year of the Horse. The Goat year runs from Feb. 6, 2027 to Jan. 25, 2028.
Why is Korean New Year on Feb. 7 in 2027?
The new moon that starts the year comes at 15:56 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on Feb. 6. That is 11:56 p.m. in Beijing but 12:56 a.m. on Feb. 7 in Seoul, so Korea's official calendar puts Seollal on Sunday, Feb. 7, with holidays from Feb. 6 to 9.
When is the Lantern Festival 2027?
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2027, the 15th day of the first lunar month and the last day of the New Year season.
When is Chinese New Year 2028?
Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2028, starting the Year of the Monkey.
Sources
- Gregorian-Lunar Calendar Conversion Table of 2027 (Hong Kong Observatory)
- Gregorian-Lunar Calendar Conversion Tables (Hong Kong Observatory)
- Workers rejoice: Next year brings 10 long weekends and 119 days off (The Korea Herald, 2026-06-29)
- Phases of the Moon (U.S. Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications Department)
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