There are 101 days until Lantern Festival 2027, on Saturday, 20 February 2027 (Saturday). 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 Lantern Festival 2027?
Lantern Festival 2027 is on Saturday, 20 February 2027 — Saturday. That is 101 days from today (11 November 2026) — 14 weeks and 3 days, or about 3.3 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: Saturday, 20 February 2027 minus 11 November 2026 is 101 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 Lantern Festival?
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, ending the Chinese New Year celebrations. It has been observed for over 2,000 years.
How Lantern Festival is observed
People hang lanterns, solve riddles written on them and eat tangyuan (sweet glutinous rice balls). It is also traditionally a night for fireworks and moon-watching.
How the date is worked out
Lantern Festival 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.
Lantern Festival dates — 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day of the week |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 March 2026 | Tuesday |
| 2027 | 20 February 2027 | Saturday |
| 2028 | 9 February 2028 | Wednesday |
Lantern Festival 2027 in the calendar
Lantern Festival 2027 is the 51st day of 2027 — a year of 365 days — and it falls in ISO week 7 of the year. There are 314 days left in the year after it, and 28 days in February 2027. 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 Lantern Festival 2027 there are 314 days — 44 weeks — left in 2027.
Planning for Lantern Festival 2027
101 days is 3 months — plenty of time to plan. If Lantern Festival 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 — Saturday 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.
Lantern Festival 2027 falls on a Saturday — a weekend day — so most people get the day without taking time off. The practical effect is that the celebrations spread across the weekend, and the Friday or Monday around it is often taken as well — so if you are booking travel, the whole weekend is the busy period, not just the day itself.
The countdown in other units
The countdown to Lantern Festival 2027 is 101 days — which is 14 weeks and 3 days, 2424 hours, 145,440 minutes, or about 3.3 months. Of those 101 days, 72 are weekdays and 29 are weekend days — so if you are counting working days, there are 72 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.
Lantern Festival 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 Lantern Festival 2027
| When | Task |
|---|---|
| This week | Book travel and request time off, if Lantern Festival means either — fares rise as the date approaches. |
| Two weeks 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 Lantern Festival, you may also be counting down to Christmas Day 2027, New Year's Day 2027, Easter Sunday 2027. And for the same holiday in another year, see Lantern Festival 2026 and Lantern Festival 2028.
Frequently asked questions
When is Lantern Festival 2027?
Lantern Festival 2027 is on Saturday, 20 February 2027 (Saturday). The exact date depends on moon sighting or the local calendar and can shift by a day.
How many days until Lantern Festival 2027?
There are 101 days until Lantern Festival 2027 from 11 November 2026.
What day of the week is Lantern Festival 2027?
Lantern Festival 2027 is a Saturday.
When is Lantern Festival in 2026?
Lantern Festival 2026 is on Tuesday, 3 March 2026 (Tuesday).
Is Lantern Festival a public holiday?
Lantern Festival is widely observed, but whether it is a public holiday depends on the country — check your local calendar.
What is Lantern Festival?
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, ending the Chinese New Year celebrations. It has been observed for over 2,000 years.
How many weeks until Lantern Festival 2027?
There are 14 weeks and 3 days until Lantern Festival 2027 — 101 days in total.
How many working days are left until Lantern Festival 2027?
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 Lantern Festival 2027.
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.