January 29, 2025 takes us into the Lunar New Year of the Wood Snake as the Moon turns new in Aquarius at 4:36AM Pacific Time (8:36PM in China). Also called the Spring Festival, Chinese New Year is the most important festival in China celebrated by Chinese communities around the world. The 15-day celebration starts on New Year’s Eve with a family reunion dinner and ends with the Lantern Festival on the following Full Moon on February 12, 2025.