When is Chinese New Year 2027?
Chinese New Year, also called the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, falls on Saturday, February 6, 2027. It marks the first day of the first month in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, so its Gregorian date changes every year, landing somewhere between late January and the middle of February. The countdown above runs to the first minute of that day on your own device's clock.
The celebrations do not end on day one. Festivities traditionally continue for about two weeks and close with the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.
Start a Lunar New Year countdown of your own
- Open the creator from the button with the bright Celebration design and the festival date ready, and set the time zone of the city where your family gathers.
- Pick your moment: midnight, the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve or the start of a parade or fireworks show. Then write a title and a warm wish for the new year.
- Send the link to relatives near and far, or show the QR code on a screen at the party so guests can follow the final minutes on their phones.
Festive ways to use the countdown
- Count down to the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, the most important family meal of the festival, and put the time and place in the message.
- Family members who live abroad can follow the same countdown and join by video call when the timer reaches zero.
- Pair the last days with traditions such as cleaning the house to sweep away bad luck, hanging red decorations and preparing dumplings together.
- Schools, restaurants and community groups can make a public countdown to a performance, a lion dance or a lantern display.
- Create a second countdown to the Lantern Festival so the celebration has a clear finale.
- Keep the page as a memory after the day arrives, as a small record of how you welcomed the new year.
For tips on organizing a shared countdown to midnight, read our guide to planning a shared midnight timer.
Wishes for your countdown message
A short greeting makes the page feel festive. "Xin nian kuai le" means "Happy New Year" in Mandarin, and "Gong xi fa cai", or "Kung hei fat choi" in Cantonese, wishes the reader prosperity. Red is the traditional color of luck and celebration, so the warm tones of the Celebration design suit the occasion well. Add the names of the family members you will celebrate with, and the countdown becomes a small digital red envelope of good wishes.
A date that moves with the moon
The Chinese calendar combines the cycles of the moon and the sun. New Year's Day usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice, which is why it can be weeks apart from one year to the next. Each year is also linked to one of twelve zodiac animals, and many families look forward to learning which animal the coming year belongs to.
That moving date is the reason to skip the Repeat Automatically option for this festival: it would bring the timer back on an identical January or February day, while the new year will have shifted. A fresh countdown each winter is more accurate, and this page itself switches to the following festival as soon as that date is published here.