2007 World Times for Chinese New Year

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On February 4th 2007 we enter a new Chinese year (year 4704th in the Chinese calendar), the year of the fire Pig/Boar (Ding Hai). Please do not get confused with solar and lunar calendars, more on this below.

Chinese New Year 2007

Chinese New Year (according to the lunar calendar) starts on the second New Moon (18th February 2007) after the Winter Solstice and is celebrated by Chinese all over the world. It heralds new beginnings and a fresh start. At a social level, it is very much a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. Chinese New Year falls on February 18th (Sunday) 2007 (Lunar calendar) 00.14 China, 16.14 (Saturday 17th )United Kingdom, 08.14 (Saturday 17th) California USA, 17.14 (Saturday 17th) Barcelona and because the CNY falls close to midnight in China and because of time differences it will fall what appears to be a day early in most countries. I have done a Chinese New Year world time converter table to assist you. This is the date you celebrate the Chinese New Year with Ang Pow, fireworks etc and not the date you use to place your cures and enhancers in Feng Shui (February 4th 2007).

The Lunar Chinese New Year Day is very different from the Solar (Hsia) New Year Day (February 4th 2007). The Lunar Calendar formulates the days of the month according to the cycle of the moon whereas the solar year is governed by the sun. Although the Chinese solar year starts on a different date from the western year, the theory whereby the year is calculated on how long it takes the earth to go round the sun is the same. The lunar cycle lasts approximately 29.5 days and in order that the start of the Lunar New Year is not too far removed from the Solar New Year, the Chinese insert an extra month, this being called an intercalary month, once every few years. This is why Chinese New Year Day falls on a different date in each of the two calendars.

Whilst the solar (Hsia) calendar starts the New Year at the beginning of Spring, which falls normally between the 4th and 5th of February, the lunar (yueh) calendar marks the new year on the second New moon after the winter solstice. In 2007, Lunar Chinese New Year also called the 'Spring Festival', falls on 18th February 2007 which is the New Year that is celebrated by all ethnic Chinese. The solar New Year (4th February 2007) is not celebrated at all and only used for Feng Shui placement.

Why has the Chinese New Year come so late in 2007?

Typically the Chinese New Year falls around January 22nd to February 10th For example, 2006 Chinese New Year Day was on 29 January 2006.

The reason for the late Chinese New Year in 2007 is because 2006 has had extra lunar month double 7th lunar month (Leap Month). Which is on the 7th lunar day of 7th lunar month. It also pushes down the date of Chinese Moon Festival into October 2006. This means that the Chinese New Year Day comes late on February 18, 2007.

Chinese (Solar calendar) New Year 2007 Sunday, 4 February 2007, 13:18 Hong Kong time. The solar calendar is what we use when annual placing Feng Shui cures and not the day you would celebrate the New Year (times below).

Chinese New Year World times converter.

 

Afghanistan - Kabul	Sun 09:48			Morocco - Casablanca	Sun 05:18
Algeria - Algiers	Sun 06:18			Myanmar - Yangon	Sun 11:48
Argentina - Buenos Aires	Sun 02:18			Nepal - Kathmandu	Sun 11:03
Australia - Canberra	Sun 16:18			Netherlands - Amsterdam	Sun 06:18
Australia - Sydney	Sun 16:18			New Zealand - Auckland	Sun 18:18
Australia - Darwin	Sun 14:48			New Zealand - Chatham Island	Sun 19:03
Australia - Brisbane	Sun 15:18			Nicaragua - Managua	Sat 23:18
Australia - Adelaide	Sun 15:48			Nigeria - Lagos	Sun 06:18
Australia - Melbourne	Sun 16:18			Norway - Oslo	Sun 06:18
Australia - Perth	Sun 14:18			Pakistan - Islamabad	Sun 10:18
Austria - Vienna	Sun 06:18			Pakistan - Karachi	Sun 10:18
Bahamas - Nassau	Sun 00:18			Pakistan - Lahore	Sun 10:18
Bangladesh - Dhaka	Sun 11:18			Paraguay - Asuncion	Sun 02:18
Belarus - Minsk	Sun 07:18			Peru - Lima	Sun 00:18
Belgium - Brussels	Sun 06:18			Philippines - Manila	Sun 13:18
Bolivia - La Paz	Sun 01:18			Poland - Warsaw	Sun 06:18
Brazil - Distrito Federal	Sun 03:18			Portugal - Lisbon	Sun 05:18
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro	Sun 03:18			Puerto Rico - San Juan	Sun 01:18
Brazil - São Paulo	Sun 03:18			Romania - Bucharest	Sun 07:18
Bulgaria - Sofia	Sun 07:18			Russia - Anadyr	Sun 17:18
Canada - Edmonton	Sat 22:18			Russia - Kamchatka	Sun 17:18
Canada - Vancouver	Sat 21:18			Russia - Moscow	Sun 08:18
Canada - Winnipeg	Sat 23:18			Russia - Vladivostok	Sun 15:18
Canada - St. John's	Sun 01:46			Saudi Arabia - Riyadh	Sun 08:18
Canada - Halifax	Sun 01:18			Serbia - Belgrade	Sun 06:18
Canada - Ottawa	Sun 00:18			Singapore - Singapore	Sun 13:18
Canada - Toronto	Sun 00:18			South Africa - Cape Town	Sun 07:18
Canada - Montreal	Sun 00:18			South Africa - Johannesburg	Sun 07:18
Chile - Santiago	Sun 02:18			South Korea - Seoul	Sun 14:18
China - Beijing	Sun 13:18			Spain - Barcelona	Sun 06:18
China - Hong Kong	Sun 13:18			Spain - Madrid	Sun 06:18
China - Shanghai	Sun 13:18			Sudan - Khartoum	Sun 08:18
Colombia - Bogota	Sun 00:18			Sweden - Stockholm	Sun 06:18
Croatia - Zagreb	Sun 06:18			Switzerland - Geneva	Sun 06:18
Cuba - Havana	Sun 00:18			Switzerland - Zürich	Sun 06:18
Czech Republic - Prague	Sun 06:18			Taiwan - Taipei	Sun 13:18
Denmark - Copenhagen	Sun 06:18			Thailand - Bangkok	Sun 12:18
Dominican Republic	Sun 01:18			Turkey - Ankara	Sun 07:18
Egypt - Cairo	Sun 07:18			Turkey - Istanbul	Sun 07:18
England - London	Sun 05:18			U.K. - England - London	Sun 05:18
Estonia - Tallinn	Sun 07:18			U.S.A. - Montgomery	Sat 23:18
Ethiopia - Addis Ababa	Sun 08:18			U.S.A. - Anchorage	Sat 20:18
Fiji - Suva	Sun 17:18			U.S.A. - Phoenix	Sat 22:18
Finland - Helsinki	Sun 07:18			U.S.A. - Los Angeles	Sat 21:18
France - Paris	Sun 06:18			U.S.A. - San Francisco	Sat 21:18
Germany - Berlin	Sun 06:18			U.S.A. - Denver	Sat 22:18
Germany - Frankfurt	Sun 06:18			U.S.A. - Washington DC	Sun 00:18
Greece - Athens	Sun 07:18			U.S.A. - Miami	Sun 00:18
Guatemala - Guatemala	Sat 23:18			U.S.A. -  Atlanta	Sun 00:18
Honduras - Tegucigalpa	Sat 23:18			U.S.A. - Honolulu	Sat 19:18
Hungary - Budapest	Sun 06:18			U.S.A. - Chicago	Sat 23:18
Iceland - Reykjavik	Sun 05:18			U.S.A. - Indianapolis	Sun 00:18
India - Kolkata	Sun 10:48			U.S.A. - New Orleans	Sat 23:18
India - Mumbai	Sun 10:48			U.S.A. - Boston	Sun 00:18
India - New Delhi	Sun 10:48			U.S.A. - Detroit	Sun 00:18
Indonesia - Java - Jakarta	Sun 12:18			U.S.A. - Minneapolis	Sat 23:18
Iran - Tehran	Sun 08:48			U.S.A. - St. Paul	Sat 23:18
Iraq - Baghdad	Sun 08:18			U.S.A. - New York	Sun 00:18
Ireland - Dublin	Sun 05:18			U.S.A. - Philadelphia	Sun 00:18
Israel - Jerusalem	Sun 07:18			U.S.A. - Houston	Sat 23:18
Italy - Rome	Sun 06:18			U.S.A. -  Seattle	Sat 21:18
Jamaica - Kingston	Sun 00:18			Ukraine - Kyiv	Sun 07:18
Japan - Tokyo	Sun 14:18			Ukraine - Odesa	Sun 07:18
Jordan - Amman	Sun 07:18			UAE - Dubai	Sun 09:18
Kenya - Nairobi	Sun 08:18	Uruguay - Montevideo	Sun 03:18
Kiribati - Kiritimati	Sun 19:18	Uzbekistan - Tashkent	Sun 10:18
Kuwait - Kuwait City	Sun 08:18	Venezuela - Caracas	Sun 01:18
Lebanon - Beirut	Sun 07:18	Vietnam - Hanoi	Sun 12:18
Madagascar - Antananarivo	Sun 08:18	Yemen - Aden	Sun 08:18
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur	Sun 13:18	Zimbabwe - Harare	Sun 07:18
Mexico - Mexico City	Sat 23:18

  Chinese New Year 2007 World times. Sunday, 18 February 2007, 00:14 Hong Kong time. This is the date that Chinese New Year would be celebrated.