Here's when the Chinese New Year starts in 2025, how long it lasts, where the Lunar New Year is celebrated and your guide to the Year of the Snake.

The Red Envelopes, or Hongbao is another beloved tradition of the Chinese New Year. Red envelopes filled with money are given to children and unmarried youths by elders. These are offered as symbols of goodwill for the New Year. The envelopes are red, as the color symbolizes fortune, luck, and prosperity.

“Wise mantras for 2025 are: act with diplomacy, avoid causing offence and deal with the facts on hand and not those gleamed from gossip,” she says. “2025 is a year for listening to each other’s needs and making the best endeavour to combine in a happy compromise for to over assert your authority is to jeopardise your own stability.”

Dubai: The Year of the Snake begins on January 29, the date of the second new moon after the winter solstice, as part of a 12-year cycle. The Chinese New Year is determined by a lunisolar calendar, which is based on precise astronomical observation of the sun’s longitude and the phases of the moon.