the Year of the Snake. Rather than following the western Gregorian Calendar with 365-day years, the Chinese New Year follows a lunar calendar based the moon's 12 phases. Each phase cycle spans ...

The Lunar New Year usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice and ... while 2025 is the year of the Wood Snake. "The Wood Snake year is part of a 60-year cycle of the 60 ...

The celebration is of the first new moon of the calendar year ... 2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake, the sixth animal on the 12-year cycle. The snake is meant to symbolize wisdom, growth and ...

It begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends 15 ... The circle of 12 animals — the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is based on cycles of the moon and falls on a different day every year. In 2025, the Year of the Snake begins on Jan. 29.

As the new moon rises this week ... On the Chinese zodiac’s 12-year lunar cycle, 2025 is the Year of the Snake—an animal that symbolizes wisdom and change. These limbless reptiles can be ...

Lunar New Year marks the first new moon of the lunisolar calendar traditional ... In 2025, it's the Year of the Snake. The Snake symbolizes wisdom, intuition and transformation while offering ...

On the Gregorian calendar, Lunar New Year — which lasts from the first new moon to the next full moon ... ended Tuesday and the "Year of the Snake" began. Snakes in Chinese mythology aren ...

It's time to celebrate the year of the Wood Snake! Lunar New Year ... the start of the new year. The Lunar New Year usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice and between ...