The date according to the Western calendar changes every year, but on the Lunar calendar, Chinese New Year always falls on the first day of the first month.
Chinese do not have three birthdays. What might be confusing to some is that many of the Chinese will celebrate their lunar calendar birthday instead of their western calendar birthday. Some may even celebrate both. The lunar calendar is based on the moon and it's cycle so the date is different each year in correspondence with the western calendar.
The Chinese use a lunar calendar instead of a solar calendar.
The Chinese new year is on a different date every year because it is based on the Chinese calendar, known as the lunisolar calendar. Typically date systems are usually based upon the Gregorian calendar.
Spring begins (立春, lìchūn) each year around Feb 4th (Western calendar) The first day of Chinese New Year starts on the new moon closest to spring. (That's why Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival.)http://www.living-chinese-symbols.com/chinese-new-year-dates.html
04/24/2012
Christmas is not tied to the Hebrew calendar. Since it's tied to the Western calendar, it falls on a different date every year on the Hebrew calendar. (The opposite of Jewish holidays, which are the same date every year on the Hebrew calendar, but different dates on the Western calendar. Here are Hebrew Dates for Christmas for the next 5 Years: 2013 = 22 Tevet 5774 2014 = 3 Tevet 5775 2015 = 13 Tevet 5776 2016 = 25 Kislev 5777 2017 = 7 Tevet 5778
The Chinese traditional Lantern Festival, Yuanxiao Festival in Chinese, which is on 15th day of the Chinese Lunar Calendar.
China does not necessarily have a different calendar. They use the common calender as most of the world does (same number of months and weeks, etc), but also uses the Lunar Calender. If you are referring to the Chinese zodiac, well, that is not their calendar.
April 10, 1955 Western, using the Gregorian Calendar April 17, 1955 Eastern Orthodox, using the Gregorian Calendar April 4, 1955 Eastern Orthodox, using the Julian Calendar Note: In the Gregorian Calendar the dates differ by seven days (Sunday to Sunday) The Julian and Gregorian Calendars have different dates. Most dates are reckoned using the Gregorian calendar now.
feb 18, 2011
According to Solar Calendar, it is 2010 for the Chinese too, but according to Lunar Calendar, it is still 2009 for the Chinese. Until after Chinese Spring Festival, it enters the year 2010 on the Lunar Calendar formally. It is also called the "Tiger" year from生肖(shēnɡxiāo) the zodiac year.