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Lunar New Year Is Here! The Year of the Fire Horse, Explained
Nearly a quarter of the world's population celebrates 15 days of Lunar New Year festivities marked by family reunions, parades, and traditional customs, highlighting renewal and opportunity.
- On Feb. 17, 2026, the Lunar New Year began with the new moon, launching a 15-day festival ending at the Lantern Festival on the first full moon.
- Because the festival follows the moon, its date changes yearly within the January 21–February 20 window, with the lunar calendar using 29-day cycles and an about 354-day lunar year.
- Across cities from Beijing to New York, celebrations include lion dances, parades, family gatherings and a humanoid robot dancing with robot dogs at Niangniang Temple, Beijing.
- Nearly a quarter of the world's population pauses to observe the holiday, as many families treat the festival as a cultural reset rooted in renewal, reunion and hope, while zodiac combinations influence traits and the era.
- The year 2026 is being observed as the Year of the Fire Horse, a rare elemental-animal pairing last seen in 1966, linked to energy, momentum and decisive action while advising steady movement and rest to avoid exhaustion.
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Lunar New Year is here! The Year of the Fire Horse, explained
Today (February 17), several Asian countries celebrate the beginning of the Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year. The 15-day festival begins on the first new moon of the lunar calendar cycle and ends 15 days later with the first full moon. This year marks the Year of the Horse
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