Happy Chinese New Year (CNY). 2025 is the year of the snake. In the west we measure the year by the sun, China also uses the moon, and other cycles. Apparently it’s quite complicated to arrive at the date for CNY. The Chinese didn’t start using the Gregorian calendar until 1912..

For the Chinese calendar, the moon is pivotal. They also don’t count years to infinity, but use a cycle of 60. It incorporates zodiacs, and cultural repetition, aligning solar and lunar activity. Happy Chinese New Year for tomorrow, Wednesday the 29th of January 2025. Today is new year’s eve.