Closure expectation
HighChinese New Year is modeled as a public holiday in Singapore; expect office, bank, school, and service-hour changes unless a local exception applies.
Holiday guide
Chinese New Year.
Global holiday guide rooted in Singapore's calendar, observed nationwide.
Next occurrence
February 6, 2027
Saturday · Asia/Singapore
Next occurrence
February 6, 2027
Saturday
Observed in
3 countries
Current holiday dataset
Primary context
Singapore
Public
Planning timezone
Asia/Singapore
UTC+08:00
Countdown
Next: February 6, 2027 (Saturday)
Chinese New Year
92 days away91Days
20Hours
54Min
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Lunar New Year pages matter because the holiday is both culturally expansive and calendar-complex, with reunion travel, school breaks, red-envelope customs, and temple visits all tied to a movable Gregorian date. In the current dataset this holiday appears in 3 country calendars, with the strongest concentration in Asia (2), America (1).
Dates draw from the curated holiday catalog (tracked window 2025-2027); cultural context comes from the source-cited curation library when an entry exists.
Holiday details
Local statutory mode, country coverage, date rule, timezone spread, and related planning context for Chinese New Year.
Primary calendar
Singapore · Public
Cultural family
East Asian lunar festival · Southeast Asia
Observed scope
Nationwide observance
Coverage reach
3 countries in the current holiday dataset
Timezone context
Asia/Singapore (UTC+08:00)
Next date signal
February 6, 2027 · Saturday
Forward window
2025: January 29, 2025 · 2025: January 30, 2025 · 2026: February 17, 2026 · 2026: February 18, 2026
Related planning set
Vesak Day · Hari Raya Haji · New Year's Day
Regional spread
Asia 2 · America 1
Reference posture
5 source-cited dossier references plus catalog dates
Holiday data fingerprint
The rows below are built from this holiday's actual route, country, local-name, date, rule, timezone, observed-country, and adjacent-calendar records. They make Chinese New Year in Singapore distinct from holidays with similar names or the same season.
Route identity
chinese-new-year · Chinese New Year · Singapore · SG
Local name and scope
Chinese New Year · Public · nationwide
Rule and family
East Asian lunar festival · Southeast Asia · lunar / lunisolar
Country/date clusters
February 6, 2027 (3)
Observed type mix
Public: 3
Forward date window
2027: February 6, 2027 (Saturday) · 2027: February 8, 2027 (Monday)
Timezone anchor
Asia/Singapore · Asia/Singapore (UTC+08:00)
Calendar neighbors
previous: New Year's Day (36 days before) · next: Hari Raya Puasa (32 days after)
Source depth
5 curated source citations plus catalog dates
Closure and planning risk register
The practical risk is not just the date. Chinese New Year can affect closure expectations, bridge-day leave, country-specific substitutions, cross-border date drift, and timezone reminders differently in each jurisdiction.
Date confidence
Catalog onlyChinese New Year uses tracked catalog rows for the visible forward window. lunar / lunisolar holidays stay inside the source window when extrapolation would be risky.
Bridge-day pressure
SaturdayChinese New Year next falls on February 6, 2027 (Saturday). Weekend-substitution risk is the main scheduling question; check whether local law grants a weekday substitute.
Cross-border drift
AlignedChinese New Year appears in 3 country calendars with 1 next-date cluster. Do not assume every country observes it on the Singapore date.
Timezone handling
Single zoneSingapore has a single primary timezone in this country record, so date-boundary risk is lower than in multi-zone countries.
Source posture
DossierChinese New Year has 5 curated source citations rendered on the page, plus catalog dates and country metadata.
Source and verification checkpoints
This page keeps the date answer separate from statutory verification. The catalog supplies the tracked date rows; the checkpoints below show which authority, story profile, local specificity, and dossier layer should be reviewed when the holiday affects bookings, payroll, travel, or public-service hours.
Country authority checkpoint
Singapore Ministry of Manpower public holidays; Singapore Holidays Act substitution rules
Story and rule checkpoint
lunar holiday profile: Lunar New Year pages matter because the holiday is both culturally expansive and calendar-complex, with reunion travel, school breaks, red-envelope customs, and temple visits all tied to a movable Gregorian date.
Local specificity checkpoint
Singapore's Chinese New Year operates inside a multi-ethnic public-holiday calendar, where Chinatown events, family visits, and business closures sit alongside separate Malay, Indian, and Christian holidays. Singapore planning usually means checking two statutory days, retail and hawker-center opening patterns, Chinatown crowding, and cross-border travel rather than a week-long national shutdown.
Dossier checkpoint
This is the lunar new year — winter-dated, multi-day family festival. Dragon Boat Festival is the 5th day of the 5th lunar month (May or June) — a single-day summer festival. They share Chinese cultural roots and the lunisolar calendar but are distinct events with different practices (reunion dinners and red envelopes vs dragon-boat races and zongzi), different seasons, and different statutory weights (1-2 days vs 1 day in most observing countries). Source citations are rendered in the holiday-specific dossier.
Reference stack
- Singapore Ministry of Manpower public holidays
- Singapore Holidays Act substitution rules
- Korean national holiday calendar
- Lunisolar-calendar references for Seollal and related New Year observances
- Internal curated holiday catalog for tracked date rows
- countries.json and zones.json for country and timezone context
- Wikipedia: Chinese New Year (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year)
- Singapore Ministry of Manpower: Public Holidays
- Malaysia: Holidays Act 1951
- Philippines: Presidential Proclamation No. 295 (2012)
Reliability and cross-border spread
This block separates the local Singapore holiday answer from two common sources of programmatic-calendar confusion: countries that use the same holiday name on different dates, and future rows that are projected from a rule rather than directly tracked.
Cross-border date spread
Chinese New Year lands on the same next observed date across all 3 listed country calendars in this dataset.
Projection reliability
Chinese New Year stays inside the tracked catalog window for forward dates because its lunar / lunisolar rule is not safely extrapolated here. Source posture: 5 curated source citations attached.
Observed next-date clusters
February 6, 2027
3 countries · Philippines, Singapore, Suriname
Observed type mix across countries
Public3
Local names and country context
Name in Singapore
Chinese New Year
The local catalog name and English display name are both Chinese New Year for Singapore.
Country calendar role
Chinese New Year is recorded in Singapore as a public holiday with nationwide scope.
Other local labels in this holiday family
History and significance
The festival comes from lunisolar calendar traditions in which the new moon opens the first month. In China, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, and diaspora communities, that timing anchors reunion dinners, ancestor rites, household cleaning, debt-settling customs, lantern displays, and one of the world's largest recurring travel periods.
Singapore's Chinese New Year operates inside a multi-ethnic public-holiday calendar, where Chinatown events, family visits, and business closures sit alongside separate Malay, Indian, and Christian holidays.
Its planning footprint is broader than a single public holiday: offices may close for several days, transport systems peak before and after the official date, and cross-border teams often need to account for different local names and substitution rules.
Chinese New Year is marked as a nationwide observance in the current Singapore holiday data.
Singapore planning usually means checking two statutory days, retail and hawker-center opening patterns, Chinatown crowding, and cross-border travel rather than a week-long national shutdown.
Date behavior and next years
Chinese New Year follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar tradition, so the Gregorian date changes from year to year. In the tracked data window, the dates land on 2025: January 29, 2025: January 30, 2026: February 17, 2026: February 18, 2027: February 6, 2027: February 8.
Because Chinese New Year follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar, the Gregorian date moves significantly each year and statutory recognition often spans several days, so reading the official block is more useful than the headline date.
The current static build keeps the tracked 2025-2027 date window online for curated holiday detail pages.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | January 29, 2025 | Wednesday |
| 2025 | January 30, 2025 | Thursday |
| 2026 | February 17, 2026 | Tuesday |
| 2026 | February 18, 2026 | Wednesday |
| 2027 | February 6, 2027 | Saturday |
| 2027 | February 8, 2027 | Monday |
Next 2 occurrences and weekday distribution
Rows below come straight from the tracked catalog window (2025-2027). The weekday distribution controls long-weekend math each year.
| Year | Date | Weekday | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | February 6, 2027 | Saturday | Catalog |
| 2027 | February 8, 2027 | Monday | Catalog |
Seasonal placement
Chinese New Year next lands in the winter / year-boundary planning band for Singapore. That matters for school terms, travel season, and whether the holiday sits near year-end, spring religious calendars, summer travel, or autumn civic cycles.
Weekday distribution in this window
Monday1
Saturday1
How Chinese New Year is observed
Chinese New Year sits inside the East Asian lunisolar tradition, which means its Gregorian date moves and its meaning is read through ancestor remembrance, family reunion travel, and seasonal food customs rather than fixed-date civic ceremony.
Searches for Chinese New Year usually want the moving Gregorian date, the official statutory holiday block in Singapore, and travel-window awareness because reunion travel reshapes transport for several days.
Cultural family
East Asian lunar festival
Origin region: Southeast Asia
Statutory mode
Chinese New Year is listed as a public holiday in Singapore (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close.
What makes Chinese New Year distinct
Differentiates from neighbors
This is the lunar new year — winter-dated, multi-day family festival. Dragon Boat Festival is the 5th day of the 5th lunar month (May or June) — a single-day summer festival. They share Chinese cultural roots and the lunisolar calendar but are distinct events with different practices (reunion dinners and red envelopes vs dragon-boat races and zongzi), different seasons, and different statutory weights (1-2 days vs 1 day in most observing countries).
Religious / civic / cultural context
Chinese New Year as observed in Southeast Asia and global diaspora communities preserves the core mainland customs (reunion dinner, hongbao, lion dances, zodiac animals) but is filtered through local multi-ethnic civic frameworks. Singapore's Chingay parade and Malaysia's open-house tradition are post-colonial inventions that frame CNY as one of several co-equal national festivals (alongside Hari Raya, Deepavali, Christmas, and Vesak). The festival's religious dimension blends Confucian ancestor reverence, Buddhist temple visits, and Taoist folk practice — strictly speaking it is cultural rather than religious, which is why officially secular and Muslim-majority states still grant it statutory recognition.
Date rule
Chinese New Year is the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese lunisolar calendar. The Gregorian date varies between January 21 and February 20. Outside mainland China and Taiwan, the public-holiday block is typically 1-2 days (e.g. Singapore observes the first two days; the Philippines observes day 1 only).
Planning impact
In Singapore and Malaysia, retail and F&B outlets close for 1-2 days; Chinatown precincts (e.g. Singapore's Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur's Petaling Street) draw heavy tourism around the eve. Cross-border travel between Singapore and Johor Bahru, and between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, surges during the eve and the first day. Stock exchanges (SGX, Bursa Malaysia, HKEX) close for the statutory days.
Observance mode by jurisdiction
- 1-2 day public holiday in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, and several other ASEAN states with significant Chinese-heritage populations.
- Multi-day public holiday in mainland China and Taiwan (see the chinese-new-year-spring-festival entry for the 7-day statutory framing).
- Recognized but not a federal public holiday in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and most of Europe.
- California (USA, since 2022) and New York City have municipal-level recognition; offices remain open at the federal level.
Country-specific behavior
Only countries whose pattern departs from the headline observance rule are listed.
Singapore
First two days are public holidays; if either falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is a substitute holiday under the Holidays Act.
Malaysia
First two days are federal public holidays; Kelantan and Terengganu observe day 1 only. Open-house tradition (visiting friends of all ethnicities) is a defining national-cohesion practice.
Philippines
Day 1 only is a special non-working public holiday by Presidential Proclamation (since 2012); Manila Chinatown (Binondo, the oldest Chinatown in the world) hosts the largest celebrations.
Indonesia
Day 1 (Imlek) is a national public holiday since 2003 (overturning Suharto-era restrictions); a 'cuti bersama' joint leave day is often added by government decree.
United States
Not a federal holiday. California (since 2022) recognizes it as a state holiday — schools and state offices are not required to close.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Chinese New Year (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year)
- Singapore Ministry of Manpower: Public Holidays
- Malaysia: Holidays Act 1951
- Philippines: Presidential Proclamation No. 295 (2012)
- Indonesia: Presidential Decree on Imlek (Keppres No. 19/2002)
Planning notes for teams, travel, and operations
As a East Asian lunar festival sitting in the Singapore calendar, Chinese New Year matters for planning because office, bank, and school closures stack on the same day. The next tracked occurrence is February 6, 2027 (Saturday), which controls long-weekend math for that year.
Chinese New Year also appears in other country calendars such as Philippines, Singapore, and Suriname. Recorded next dates include Philippines on February 6, 2027, Singapore on February 6, 2027, and Suriname on February 6, 2027 — slight differences across borders are common because each country can apply weekend-substitution or regional-only rules to the same nominal holiday.
Singapore plans this holiday primarily around Asia/Singapore. Because Chinese New Year follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar, the Gregorian date moves significantly each year and statutory recognition often spans several days, so reading the official block is more useful than the headline date. Teams often line Chinese New Year up with Vesak Day, Hari Raya Haji, and New Year's Day when blocking off the broader holiday window.
Holiday planning depth
What the Chinese New Year entry signals
A compact read of the holiday catalog row: rule kind, observance scope, country reach, and what curated context (if any) is attached. Useful before deciding whether the headline date alone answers a planning question.
Calendar fingerprint
Chinese New Year is tracked as a public entry in Singapore (nationwide). It reads as a East Asian lunar festival with origins in Southeast Asia; the date follows a lunar / lunisolar rule.
Date and rhythm
Next tracked occurrence is February 6, 2027 (Saturday). Forward dates: 2027: February 6, 2027 (Saturday) and 2027: February 8, 2027 (Monday).
Cross-country reach
Chinese New Year appears in 3 country calendars, including Philippines, Singapore, and Suriname. Adjacent planning entries on the same calendar include Vesak Day, Hari Raya Haji, and New Year's Day.
Local planning anchor
Singapore plans this holiday around Asia/Singapore. The page treats the country-level closure rule (public) as the headline operational signal, not a generic public-holiday template.
Curation depth
A curated dossier is attached: 5 source citations accompany this entry, summarized as: Chinese New Year as observed in Southeast Asia and global diaspora communities preserves the core mainland customs (reunion dinner, hongbao, lion dances, zodiac animals) but is filtered through local multi-ethnic civic f. Planning impact: In Singapore and Malaysia, retail and F&B outlets close for 1-2 days; Chinatown precincts (e.g. Singapore's Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur's Petaling Street) draw heavy tourism around the eve. Cross-border travel between Singapore and Johor Bahru, and between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, surges during the eve and the first day. Stock exchanges (SGX, Bursa Malaysia, HKEX) close for the statutory days.
Distinct from neighbors
Distinguishing it from neighbors: This is the lunar new year — winter-dated, multi-day family festival. Dragon Boat Festival is the 5th day of the 5th lunar month (May or June) — a single-day summer festival. They share Chinese cultural roots and the lunisolar calendar but are distinct events with different practices (reunion dinners and red envelopes vs dragon-boat races and zongzi), different seasons, and different statutory weights (1-2 days vs 1 day in most observing countries).
Date rule, in detail
Chinese New Year is the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese lunisolar calendar. The Gregorian date varies between January 21 and February 20. Outside mainland China and Taiwan, the public-holiday block is typically 1-2 days (e.g. Singapore observes the first two days; the Philippines observes day 1 only).
Statutory and projection cautions
Weekend substitution is country-specific: Singapore may observe the nominal date, grant a substitute weekday, or apply regional-only rules depending on the statute and year. Chinese New Year lands on the same next observed date across all 3 listed country calendars in this dataset. Chinese New Year stays inside the tracked catalog window for forward dates because its lunar / lunisolar rule is not safely extrapolated here. Source posture: 5 curated source citations attached.
Local-name context
The local catalog name and English display name are both Chinese New Year for Singapore.
Holiday calendars drift year over year as governments revise statutory observance rules; treat the tracked window as a reliable reference and verify the exact local rule before committing to long-range schedules.
Previous and next observed holidays
The closest observed holidays before and after Chinese New Year in the Singaporecalendar show the local scheduling neighborhood for 2027.
Previous holiday
New Year's Day
January 1, 2027 · Public
36 days before Chinese New Year.
Next holiday
Hari Raya Puasa
March 10, 2027 · Public
32 days after Chinese New Year.
Local calendar neighborhood
These are the closest holidays around Chinese New Year in the Singaporecalendar for 2027. They help separate this guide from holidays in the same season or religious/civic family.
Hari Raya Puasa
March 10, 2027 · Public
32 days after Chinese New Year.
New Year's Day
January 1, 2027 · Public
36 days before Chinese New Year.
Good Friday
March 26, 2027 · Public
48 days after Chinese New Year.
Labour Day
May 1, 2027 · Public
84 days after Chinese New Year.
Hari Raya Haji (Tentative Date)
May 17, 2027 · Public
100 days after Chinese New Year.
National Day
August 9, 2027 · Public
184 days after Chinese New Year.
Observed countries and regions
Chinese New Year appears in 3 country calendars in the current dataset.
Asia
2 countries
America
1 country
Country-by-country timing snapshot
Chinese New Year reads differently across the 3 listed jurisdictions: a East Asian lunar festival can carry one statutory weight in Singapore and another in neighboring countries that copied the date but kept different observance rules.
| Country | Next date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Philippines | February 6, 2027 | Public |
| Singapore | February 6, 2027 | Public |
| Suriname | February 6, 2027 | Public |
Related holidays in Singapore
Related links are selected from the same country calendar first, with family matches such as Easter-cycle or lunisolar festivals preferred before nearby-date filler.
Vesak Day
May 12, 2025 · Public
East Asian lunar festival
See 2025 calendar
Hari Raya Haji
June 7, 2025 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2025 calendar
New Year's Day
January 1, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
Hari Raya Puasa
March 20, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
Open curated guide
Good Friday
April 3, 2026 · Public
Nearby in the country calendar
See 2026 calendar
Related countdowns
FAQ
Is Chinese New Year a public holiday in Singapore?▾
Yes — Chinese New Year is listed as a public holiday in Singapore on a nationwide basis.
When is Chinese New Year in Singapore in 2027?▾
In 2027, Chinese New Year in Singapore falls on February 6, 2027 (Saturday). Subsequent dates: 2027 February 8, 2027.
How is the date for Chinese New Year determined?▾
Chinese New Year follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar tradition, so the Gregorian date changes from year to year. In the tracked data window, the dates land on 2025: January 29, 2025: January 30, 2026: February 17, 2026: February 18, 2027: February 6, 2027: February 8. Because Chinese New Year follows a lunar or lunisolar calendar, the Gregorian date moves significantly each year and statutory recognition often spans several days, so reading the official block is more useful than the headline date.
What kind of holiday is Chinese New Year?▾
Chinese New Year is listed as a public holiday in Singapore (nationwide), which usually means government offices, banks, and most schools close. It reads as a East Asian lunar festival with origins tied to Southeast Asia.
What is the local name for Chinese New Year in Singapore?▾
The local catalog name and English display name are both Chinese New Year for Singapore.
Where is Chinese New Year observed?▾
Chinese New Year appears in 3 country calendars in the current dataset, including Philippines, Singapore, Suriname.
What timezone should I use for Chinese New Year planning in Singapore?▾
Singapore uses Asia/Singapore (UTC+08:00) for local planning.
What do people do for Chinese New Year in Singapore?▾
Chinese New Year as observed in Southeast Asia and global diaspora communities preserves the core mainland customs (reunion dinner, hongbao, lion dances, zodiac animals) but is filtered through local multi-ethnic civic frameworks. Singapore's Chingay parade and Malaysia's open-house tradition are post-colonial inventions that frame CNY as one of several co-equal national festivals (alongside Hari Raya, Deepavali, Christmas, and Vesak). The festival's religious dimension blends Confucian ancestor reverence, Buddhist temple visits, and Taoist folk practice — strictly speaking it is cultural rather than religious, which is why officially secular and Muslim-majority states still grant it statutory recognition. In Singapore and Malaysia, retail and F&B outlets close for 1-2 days; Chinatown precincts (e.g. Singapore's Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur's Petaling Street) draw heavy tourism around the eve. Cross-border travel between Singapore and Johor Bahru, and between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, surges during the eve and the first day. Stock exchanges (SGX, Bursa Malaysia, HKEX) close for the statutory days.
How is Chinese New Year different from related holidays?▾
This is the lunar new year — winter-dated, multi-day family festival. Dragon Boat Festival is the 5th day of the 5th lunar month (May or June) — a single-day summer festival. They share Chinese cultural roots and the lunisolar calendar but are distinct events with different practices (reunion dinners and red envelopes vs dragon-boat races and zongzi), different seasons, and different statutory weights (1-2 days vs 1 day in most observing countries).
Which holidays are commonly planned alongside Chinese New Year?▾
Chinese New Year is often compared with Vesak Day, Hari Raya Haji, New Year's Day on the Singapore calendar.