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Asked by yanh from canada | Dec. 23, 2015 14:10

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The year of Monkey starts on the day of Spring

The year of whatever started from the first day of Spring. That is Feb 4th ( approximately- the exact time of beginning time of Spring to be exact). The Chinese new year is based on ⚋ calendar and the Zodiac sign is based on Yang calendar. Please correct the misleading information.

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Answered by Kevin | Dec. 24, 2015 03:49

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Yanh, one thing for sure is that Chinese zodiac signs are based on Chinese lunar calendar (also called Yin Calendar). As for the starting of the new year, many fortune tellers and Chinese experts of folk customs insist that it should begin on the day of "Beginning of Spring".

However, a regulation was implemented in 1912, which required that Chinese New Yer should start on Jan. 1 on Chinese lunar calendar. And this has been observed for more than 100 years. Therefore, these two ways are both correct.

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