The Lunar New Year will arrive on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 (1/25/2020), marking the beginning of the lunar calendar and the “Year of the Rat” in the Chinese zodiac cycle.

THE LUNAR NEW YEAR 2020 is approaching this weekend, with millions of people ready to enjoy the second calendar change within a month. When is the lunar new year, and why is 2020 the year of the rat?

The lunar calendar, unlike the Gregorian calendar, uses the phases of the moon to delineate days, weeks and months of the year. A lunar month is the period of time from one new moon to the next ...

Lunar New Year has been listed as a day off on school calendars since 2015 with the exception of 2020, when it also fell on a Sunday, according to the Department of Education.

In recent years, three Massachusetts school districts have changed their school calendars to include Lunar New Year as a day off. In 2020, Brookline added Lunar New Year, followed by Hopkinton and ...

When Lunar New Year begins Saturday, initiating a new Year of the Dragon, some experts anticipate—or even hope for—another dragon-year rise in Chinese birth rates, however slight. “Dragon years are ...

The Chinese calendar operates on a 12-year cycle, with each year linked to one of a dozen animals: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.