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Lantern Festival is coming up.
Saturday, 20 February 2027
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About Lantern Festival
The 15th day of the new year and the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations, with lanterns and sweet rice balls.
From Wikipedia: Lantern Festival, CC BY-SA 4.0
In 2027 it falls on a Saturday; we add later years once their dates are published. Also in February 2027: World Pangolin Day (20 Feb), Trans Men and Transmasculine People Day (20 Feb) and International Pipe Smoking Day (20 Feb). From this page you can add it to your calendar, get an email before it, share the countdown, or show it full screen.
How we work out the date
It’s the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese calendar.
Dates
Saturday, 20 February 2027. We add later years once each date is confirmed.
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