There are 441 days until Chinese New Year 2028, on Wednesday, 26 January 2028 (Wednesday). The exact date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day. This page counts down to the day, explains what it is and how it is observed, and gives the dates for 2026, 2027 and 2028.
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When is Chinese New Year 2028?
Chinese New Year 2028 is on Wednesday, 26 January 2028 — Wednesday. That is 441 days from today (11 November 2026) — 63 weeks and 0 days, or about 14.5 months. It is a Chinese observance. The exact date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day.
How the countdown is worked out
The countdown is the number of days from today to the holiday's date: Wednesday, 26 January 2028 minus 11 November 2026 is 441 days. The count is in calendar days — it counts the days you have to wait, not the number of midnights, and it does not count today. The countdown timer recomputes the number live, second by second, and the days until calculator does the same calculation for any date you choose. If the holiday is in a different time zone from you, the day starts at a different moment — but the date is the date, and the countdown is in days, so the time zone does not change the number.
What is Chinese New Year?
Chinese New Year is the most important festival in the Chinese lunisolar calendar, marking the start of the new year. The exact date moves each year and depends on the lunar calendar, so it can shift by a day.
How Chinese New Year is observed
Families reunite for a reunion dinner, give red envelopes (hongbao) with money, set off fireworks and watch dragon and lion dances. It is a public holiday across China and much of Asia.
How the date is worked out
Chinese New Year follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar, so its date moves each year and the exact date depends on the moon sighting or the local calendar. The dates on this page are the expected dates; they can shift by a day. For planning travel or time off, confirm the date with an official source for your country — and for religious observance, with your local religious authority.
Chinese New Year dates — 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day of the week |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 February 2026 | Tuesday |
| 2027 | 6 February 2027 | Saturday |
| 2028 | 26 January 2028 | Wednesday |
Chinese New Year 2028 in the calendar
Chinese New Year 2028 is the 26th day of 2028 — a leap year of 366 days — and it falls in ISO week 4 of the year. There are 340 days left in the year after it, and 31 days in January 2028. In the Northern Hemisphere it is winter; in the Southern Hemisphere the seasons are reversed.
The week number matters more than people think: in business and government across Europe, dates are often given as week numbers, and the week number finder gives the ISO week for any date. The day-of-year number is used in astronomy, in logistics and in some payroll systems. And the days-left figure is the useful one for planning the rest of the year: after Chinese New Year 2028 there are 340 days — 48 weeks — left in 2028.
Planning for Chinese New Year 2028
441 days is 14 months — plenty of time to plan. If Chinese New Year means travel, book it now: fares and hotels are usually cheapest months in advance, and the popular dates sell out. If it means time off work, put the request in early, especially if the holiday falls on a weekday — Wednesday is a working day for most people, so the day off needs to be booked. And if it means gifts or preparations, the countdown is long enough that a little planning each week is worth more than a rush in the last few days.
Chinese New Year 2028 falls on a Wednesday — a weekday — so most people need to take the day off to mark it properly. Book the time off early, especially if the holiday is one people travel for: the days around a weekday holiday are among the busiest travel days of the year, and the fares rise as the date approaches.
The countdown in other units
The countdown to Chinese New Year 2028 is 441 days — which is 63 weeks and 0 days, 10584 hours, 635,040 minutes, or about 14.5 months. Of those 441 days, 315 are weekdays and 126 are weekend days — so if you are counting working days, there are 315 of them left before the holiday. The days between dates calculator works out the same numbers for any two dates, and the business days calculator counts the working days excluding public holidays.
Chinese New Year around the world
As a Chinese observance, this day follows the lunisolar calendar, so its date moves each year and the exact date can shift by a day. It is a public holiday in China and is observed by Chinese communities around the world. The customs — family reunion, special foods, fireworks, lanterns — are shared across the Chinese-speaking world, but the public holiday position varies by country.
Planning checklist for Chinese New Year 2028
| When | Task |
|---|---|
| Now | Put Wednesday, 26 January 2028 in your calendar, with a reminder three months before. |
| Three months before | Book travel and request time off, if Chinese New Year means either — fares are usually cheapest this far out. |
| One month before | Buy gifts or make preparations, and confirm plans with family. |
| One week before | Check the date once more — lunar dates can shift by a day — and finalise the plan. |
More countdowns
If you are counting down to Chinese New Year, you may also be counting down to Christmas Day 2028, New Year's Day 2028, Easter Sunday 2028. And for the same holiday in another year, see Chinese New Year 2026 and Chinese New Year 2028.
Frequently asked questions
When is Chinese New Year 2028?
Chinese New Year 2028 is on Wednesday, 26 January 2028 (Wednesday). The exact date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day.
How many days until Chinese New Year 2028?
There are 441 days until Chinese New Year 2028 from 11 November 2026.
What day of the week is Chinese New Year 2028?
Chinese New Year 2028 is a Wednesday.
When is Chinese New Year in 2026?
Chinese New Year 2026 is on Tuesday, 17 February 2026 (Tuesday).
Is Chinese New Year a public holiday?
Chinese New Year is widely observed, but whether it is a public holiday depends on the country — check your local calendar.
What is Chinese New Year?
Chinese New Year is the most important festival in the Chinese lunisolar calendar, marking the start of the new year. The exact date moves each year and depends on the lunar calendar, so it can shift by a day.
How many weeks until Chinese New Year 2028?
There are 63 weeks and 0 days until Chinese New Year 2028 — 441 days in total.
How many working days are left until Chinese New Year 2028?
Count the weekdays between today and the holiday: the business days calculator does it, excluding weekends and the public holidays you add. The countdown in other units above gives the weekday count for Chinese New Year 2028.
Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database, via Node.js Intl (
Intl.DateTimeFormatwithtimeZone) — offsets, daylight saving dates and local times in this article were worked out from the IANA database, not typed from memory. - TimeFlow's own time-zone data (
data/cities.ts,data/dst.ts), computed from the IANA database. - Holiday dates: TimeFlow's own holiday data (
data/holidays.ts). Lunar and lunisolar dates are labelled approximate: the exact local date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day. - TimeFlow's countdown timer and days until calculator — the live tools behind the countdown on this page.
- Time-zone and daylight saving rules are set by governments and can change. For flights, deadlines and meetings that cannot move, confirm the time with an official source.