East Asian Calendar
Legend
12.6 Twelfth lunar month, sixth day
L Leap month (Intercalary
month), ex: L7.6: Leap seventh lunar month sixth day
Major New Year's
Celebrations. New Year's Day is known as "Chunjie (春节)"
or "Xinnian (新年)" in China, "Seolnal (설날)"
in Korea and Tết in Vietnam
Major Chinese and Korean
traditional
festivals based on the Lunar Calendar (except Winter
Solstice, which is based on the Day when the daylight is shortest, i.e.
Dec 22 in 2006)
Major jie qi (節氣
절기), not set to specific dates on the lunar calendar, but
according to the sun-earth geometry. They matches more closely to
the Western (Gregorian) Calendar
CHN Festivals celebrated in
China, including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan
HK Festivals celebrated in
Hong Kong
KOR Festivals celebrated in Korea
PB Public Holiday
Full Moon
(approximate) N.B. The actual full moon may occur up to one day before
or after the 15th day of each month on the Lunar Calendar.
New Moon
(approximate) N.B. The actual new moon may occur up to one day before or
after the 1st day of each month on the Lunar Calendar.
Note: Only selected festivals and holidays are
presented
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1
(11.13)
New Year's Day
元旦2
(11.14) 3
(11.15)
4
(11.16) 5
(11.17) 6
(11.18) 7
(11.19)
8
(11.20) 9
(11.21) 10
(11.22) 11
(11.23) 12
(11.24) 13
(11.25) 14
(11.26
15
(11.27) 16
(11.28) 17
(11.29) 18
(11.30) 19
(12.1 )
20
(12.2) 21
(12.3)
22
(12.4) 23
(12.5) 24
(12.6) 25
(12.7) 26
(12.8) 27
(12.9) 28
(12.10)
30
(12.11) 30
(12.12) 31
(12.13)
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1
(12.14) 2
(12.15 )
3
(12.16) Setsubun 節分
(Japan) 4
(12.17) Start of spring
( 立春 )
5
(12.18) 6
(12.19) 7
(12.20) 8
(12.21) 9
(12.22) 10
(12.23) 11
(12.24)
National Foundation Day 建国記念の日 (Japan)
12
(12.25) 13
(12.26) 14
(12.27) Valentine's Day 15
(12.28) 16
(12.29) 17
(12.30)
Lunar New Year's Eve 18
(1.1)
New Year's Day 春節 (설날)
( 丁亥豬年 Dinghai
Year of the Pig)
19
(1.2) 20
(1.3)
Argument Day (Southern China) 21
(1.4) 22
(1.5)
Dumpling Day (Northern China) 23
(1.6) 24
(1.7) Birthday of Common Human 25
(1.8)
26
(1.9) Rain Water
(雨水 ) 27
(1.10) 28
(1.11)
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1
(1.12)
Independence Movement Day (3.1 절)
(South Korea) 2
(1.13) 3
(1.14)
Hinamatsuri 雛祭り
(Japan) 4
(1.15)
Yuanxiao
元宵節
(CHN) )
Daeboreum
大보름
(KOR)
5
(1.16)
6
(1.17) 7
(1.18 ) 8
(1.19) 9
(1.20) 10
(1.21) 11
(1.22)
12
(1.23) 13
(1.24) 14
(1.25) 15
(1.26) 16
(1.27) 17
(1.28) 18
(1.29)
19
(2.1)
20
(2.2) 21
(2.3) Vernal Equinox ( 春分 )
(Chn, Kor)
春分の日(Japan)
22
(2.4) 23
(2.5) 24
(2.6) 25
(2.7)
26
(2.8) 27
(2.9) 28
(2.10) 29
(2.11)
Youth Day
青年節
(Taiwan) 30
(2.12) 31
(2.13)
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Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun
1
(2.14 )
2
(2.15)
3
(2.16) 4
(2.17) 5
(2.18 ) 清明 )
(CHN) 6
(2.19) 7
(2.20) 8
(2.21)
9
(2.22) 10
(2.23) 11
(2.24) 12
(2.25 )
Arbor Day (Dr. Sun Yat-sen's passing)
植樹節
(Taiwan) 13
(2.26) 14
(2.27) 15
(2.28)
16
(2.29) 17
(3.1) 18
(3.2)
19
(3.3) 20
(3.4) 21
(3.5 ) 22
(3.6)
23
(3.7) 24
(3.8 ) 25
(3.9) 26
(3.10) 27
(3.11) 28
(3.12) 29
(3.13)
Greenery Day
みどりの日
(Japan)
30
(3.14)
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1
(3.15)
Labour Day 勞動節
(China, HK, Macau)
2
(3.16 )
3
(3.17)
Constitutional Memorial Day 憲法記念日
(Japan) 4
(3.18) 5
(3.19)
6
(3.20)
7
(3.21) 8
(3.22) 9
(3.23)
Matsu's birthday 觀音誕辰
(Taiwan)
10
(3.24) 11
(3.25) 12
(3.26 )
Mother's Day
13
(3.2 7)
14
(3.28) 15
(3.29) 16
(3. 30) 17
(4.1)
18
(4.2) 19
(4.3) 20
(4.4)
21
(4.5) 22
(4.6) 23
(4.7) 24
(4.8)
Buddha's birthday 佛誕日
(釋迦佛誕) (CHN)
부처님 (KOR)
26
(4.9) 26
(4.10) 27
(4.11)
28
(4.12) 29
(4.13) 30
(4.14) 31
(4.15 )
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Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun
1
(4.16) 2
(4.17) 3
(4.18)
4
(4.19) 5
(4.20) 6
(4.21 ) 현충일 )
(South Korea) 7
(4.22) 8
(4.23) 9
(4.24) 10
(4.25)
11
(4.26) 12
(4.27) 13
(4.28) 14
(4.2 9) 15
(5.1)
16
(5.2) 17
(5.3)
18
(5.4) 19
(5.5)
Dragon Boat Festival 端午節 (CHN)
Spring
Festival (KOR)
20
(5.6) 21
(5.7)
Summer Solstice ( 夏至 )
22
(5.8) 23
(5.9) 24
(5.10)
25
(5.11) 26
(5.12) 27
(5.13)
Kuan Kong's Birthday
關公誕辰
28
(5.14) 29
(5.15)
30
(5.16)
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1
(5.17)
Hong Kong Handover Day (HK)
2
(5.18) 3
(5.19) 4
(5.20) 5
(5.21) 6
(5.22) 7
(5.23) 8
(5.24)
9
(5.25) 10
(5.26 )
11
(5.27) 12
(5.28) 13
(5.29) 14
(6.1) 15
(6.2)
16
(6.3)
17
(6.4)
Constitution Day 제현절 (South
Korea)
Marine Day
海の日
(Japan)
18
(6.5) 19
(6.6) 20
(6.7) 21
(6.8) 22
(6.9)
23
(6.10)
Major Heat
大暑 ) 24
(6.11) 25
(6.12)
26
(6.13) 27
(6.14) 28
(6.15) 29
(6.16)
30
(6.17) 31
( 6. 18 )
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1
(6.19) 2
(6.20) 3
(6.21) 4
(6.22) 5
(6.23)
6
(6.24) 7
(6.25 ) 8
(6.26) 立秋 ) 9
(6.27) 10
(6.28) 11
(6.29) 12
(6.30)
13
(7.1)
14
(7.2) 15
(7.3)
Korean Independence Day 광복절
(KOR) 16
(7.4) 17
(7.5) 18
(7.6) 19
(7.7)
Night of Sevens 七夕
20
(7.8) 21
(7.9) 22
(7.10) 23
(7.11) 24
(7.12)
25
(7.13) 26
(7.14)
Ghost Festival 中元節
(CHN)
27
(7.15)
28
(7.16) 29
(7.17) 30
(7.18) 31
(7.19)
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1
(7.20) 2
(7.21)
3
(7.22) 4
(7.23) 5
(7.24) 6
(7.25) 7
(7.26 )
8
(7.27) 9
(7.28)
10
(7.29) 11
(8.1)
12
(8.2) 13
(8.3) 14
(8.4) 15
(8.5) 16
(8.6)
17
(8.7) 18
(8.8) 19
(8.9) 20
(8.10) 21
(8.11) 22
(8.12)
23
(8.13 ) 秋分 )
秋分の日
(Japan)
24
(8.14) 25
(8.15)
Mid Autumn Festival 中秋節 (CHN)
Harvest
Festival or Thanksgiving Day 추석
(KOR)
26
(8.16) 27
(8.17) 28
(8.18) 29
(8.19) 30
(8.20)
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1
(8.21)
National Day of the People's Republic of China 2
(8.22) 3
(8.23)
National Foundation Day 개천절
(South Korea) 4
(8.24) 5
(8.25) 6
(8.26)
7
(8.27)
8
(8.28) 9
(8.29)
Health and Sports Day 体育の日
(Japan) 10
(8.30)
Republic Day 雙十節
(PB in Taiwan) 11
(9.1)
12
(9.2) 13
(9.3) 14
(9.4)
15
(9.5) 16
(9.6) 17
(9.7) 18
(9.8) 19
(9.9)
Chongyang Festival 重陽節 20
(9.10) 21
(9.11)
Overseas Chinese Day (Taiwan)
22
(9.12)
23
(9.13) 24
(9.14) 25
(9.15)
Taiwan Retrocession Day 台灣光復節 26
(9.16) 27
(9.17) 28
(9.18)
29
(9.19) 30
(9.20 ) 31
(9.21)
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1
(9.22) 2
(9.23) 3
(9.24)
Culture Day 文化の日
(Japan) 4
(9.25)
5
(9.26) 6
(9.27) 7
(9.28) 8
(9.29) 9
(9.30) 10
(10.1)
11
(10.2)
12
(10.3)
Sun Yat-sen's Birthday 國父誕辰紀念日
(Taiwan) 13
(10.4) 14
(10.5) 15
(10.6) 16
(10.7) 17
(10.8) 18
(10.9)
19
(10.10) 20
(10.11) 21
(10.12) 22
(10.13) 23
(10.14) 24
(10.15)
25
(10.16)
26
(10.17) 27
(10.18) 28
(10.19) 29
(10.20) 30
(10.21)
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1
(10.22) 2
(10.23)
3
(10.24) 4
(10.25) 5
(10.26 )
6
(10.27) 7
(10.28 ) 8
(10.29) Immaculate
Conception (Macau) 9
(10.30)
10
(11.1)
11
(11.2) 12
(11.3) 13
(11.4) 14
(11.5) 15
(11.6) 16
(11.7)
17
(11.8) 18
(11.9) 19
(11.10) 20
(11.11)
Macau Handover Day (Macau) 21
(11.12) 22
( 11.13 )
Winter Solstice 冬至 23
(11.14)
Emperor's Birthday 天皇誕生日 (Japan)
24
(11.15)
Silent Night 25
(11.16)
Christmas Day (PB in HK, Macau, Korea)
Constitutional Day (PB in Taiwan) 26
(11.17)
Boxing Day 27
(11.18) 28
(11.19) 29
(11.20) 30
(11.21)
31
(11.22)
New Year's Eve
Omisoka 大晦日
(Japan)
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1
(11. 2 3)
New Year's Day 元旦 2
(11.24) 3
(11.25 )
4
(11.26) 5
(11.27) 6
(11.28)
7
(11.29) 8
(11.30) 9
(12.1)
10
(12.2) 11
(12.3) 12
(12.4) 13
(12.5)
14
(12.6) 15
(12.7) 16
(12.8) 17
(12.9) 18
(12.10) 19
(12.11)
20
(12.12)
21
(12.13) 22
(12.14) 23
(12.15)
24
(12.16) 25
(12.17) 26
(12.18) 27
(12.19)
28
(12.20) 29
(12.21) 30
(12.22) 31
(12.23)
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1
(12.24) 2
(12.25 )
3
(12.26) Setsubun 節分
(Japan)
4
(12.27) Start of spring
( 立春 ) 5
(12.28) 6
(12.29)
Lunar New Year's Eve 7
(1.1) (1.1)
New Year's Day 春節 (설날)
( 己子 鼠年
Ziji
Year of the Rat)
8
(1.2) 9
(1.3)
Argument Day (Southern China) 10
(1.4)
11
(1.5)
Dumpling Day (Northern China) 12
(1.6) 13
(1.7) Birthday of Common Human 14
(1.8) Valentine's Day 15
(1.9) 16
(1.10) 17
(1.11)
17
(1.12)
19
(1.13) 20
(1.14)
21
(1.15)
Yuanxiao
元宵節
(CHN) )
Daeboreum
大보름
(KOR)
22
(1.16)
23
(1.17) 24
(1.18)
25
(1.19) 26
(1.20) 27
(1.21) 28
(1.22)
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