Chinese New Year 1900
31 January 1900 · Wednesday · Year of the Rat (庚子)
- New Year’s Day
- 31 January 1900Wednesday · 正月初一
- New Year’s Eve
- 30 January 1900Tuesday · 己亥年十二月三十
- Sexagenary year
- Geng Zi庚子 · Rat
- Nayin (year fate)
- Earth on the Wallthe element traditionally linked to this year
- Length of the lunar year
- 384 daysincludes a leap 8th month
- Start of Spring 1900
- 4 February 190013:51 Beijing — the divination year boundary
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Two different “new year” dates
In 1900 the zodiac changes on 4 February by the Start of Spring rule, but on 31 January by the festival rule. Anyone born between those two dates is listed under two different animals depending on the source.
Spring Festival dates around 1900
The date drifts across a 21-day window, from 21 January to 20 February.