Global holiday guide rooted in Coreia do Sul's calendar, observed nationwide
Next occurrence
February 6, 2027
Saturday
Observed in
2 countries
Current holiday dataset
Primary context
Coreia do Sul
Public
Planning timezone
Asia/Seoul
UTC+09:00
Next: February 6, 2027 (Saturday)
Lunar New Year pages matter because the holiday is both culturally expansive and calendar-complex, with the Gregorian date shifting from year to year. In the current dataset this holiday appears in 2 country calendars, with the strongest concentration in Asia (2).
The festival comes from lunisolar calendar traditions and anchors a wide range of family reunion, ancestor respect, food, and travel customs across East and Southeast Asia.
Even where local names and customs differ, the holiday reliably creates one of the strongest annual travel and closure signals in the region.
Lunar New Year is marked as a nationwide observance in the current Coreia do Sul holiday data.
Lunar 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 28, 2025: January 29, 2025: January 30, 2026: February 16, 2026: February 17, 2026: February 18, 2027: February 6, 2027: February 8, 2027: February 9.
The current static build keeps the tracked 2025-2027 date window online for curated holiday detail pages.
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | January 28, 2025 | Tuesday |
| 2025 | January 29, 2025 | Wednesday |
| 2025 | January 30, 2025 | Thursday |
| 2026 | February 16, 2026 | Monday |
| 2026 | February 17, 2026 | Tuesday |
| 2026 | February 18, 2026 | Wednesday |
| 2027 | February 6, 2027 | Saturday |
| 2027 | February 8, 2027 | Monday |
| 2027 | February 9, 2027 | Tuesday |
In Coreia do Sul, Lunar New Year appears in the calendar as a public holiday. People usually search this page to confirm whether the day changes working hours, whether it creates a long weekend, and how it fits with the broader holiday season in the country.
Country-specific view
Coreia do Sul treats this as a nationwide observance.
Operational note
If you are planning travel, payroll, or customer support around Lunar New Year, use the next-occurrence date and the local timezone block together.
Lunar New Year works as more than a date check in Coreia do Sul; it is a public marker that affects staffing, support coverage, school calendars, and travel timing. The next tracked occurrence is February 6, 2027, so this page acts as a quick planning note as well as a historical explainer.
Lunar New Year also appears in other country calendars such as Hong Kong and South Korea. The next recorded dates across that wider footprint include Hong Kong on February 6, 2027 and South Korea on February 6, 2027, which helps explain why airline schedules, payroll calendars, and global customer-support shifts often treat the holiday as a regional wave rather than a single-country event.
Coreia do Sul plans this holiday primarily around Asia/Seoul. Lunar New Year also tends to be planned alongside Chuseok, New Year's Day, and Independence Movement Day, because people rarely make calendar decisions about one public holiday in isolation.
Lunar New Year appears in 2 country calendars in the current dataset.
Asia
2 countries
These country rows help explain why the same holiday can matter differently across regions even when the holiday name looks familiar. The next-date column is especially useful for travel, payroll, and support teams that plan across multiple jurisdictions.
| Country | Next date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | February 6, 2027 | Public |
| South Korea | February 6, 2027 | Public |
Lunar New Year falls on February 16, 2026 (Monday) in 2026.
Lunar 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 28, 2025: January 29, 2025: January 30, 2026: February 16, 2026: February 17, 2026: February 18, 2027: February 6, 2027: February 8, 2027: February 9.
Lunar New Year is listed as a public holiday in Coreia do Sul and is marked as nationwide.
Lunar New Year appears in 2 country calendars in the current dataset, including Hong Kong, South Korea.
Coreia do Sul uses Asia/Seoul (UTC+09:00) for local planning.
Lunar New Year is often compared with Chuseok, New Year's Day, Independence Movement Day on the Coreia do Sul calendar.