Chinese New Year


 2009 is the Year of the Ox,
which is also known by its formal name of Ji Chou.

  • 2009 is Year 4706 in the Chinese Calendar

    • At some web sites, the year quoted may be off by one year.

  • Chinese calendar

      • Chinese calendar has been in continuous use for centuries. It predates the International Calendar (based on the Gregorian Calendar) in use at the present, which goes back only some 430 years. Basically, a calendar is a system we use to measures the passage of time, from short durations of minutes and hours, to intervals of time measured in days, months, years and centuries. These are fundamentally based on the astronomical observations of the movement of the Sun, Moon and stars.
      Days are measured by the duration of time of one self rotation of the earth. Months are measured by the duration of time of rotation of the moon around the earth. Years are measured by the duration of time it takes for the earth to rotate around the Sun.


    January 26, 2009 is the first day of the Chinese new year.

    2009 is the Year of Ji Chou.

  • Chinese New Year Days

    • 2005 Feb 9
    • 2006 Jan 29
    • 2007 Feb 18
    • 2008 Feb 7
    • 2009 Jan 26
    • 2010 Feb 14
    • 2011 Feb 3
    • 2012 Jan 23