Chinese New Year 1980

Chinese New Year 1980 is on February 16, 1980, beginning the Year of the Metal Monkey (庚申, Geng Shen), which lasts until February 4, 1981. Until then it is still the Year of the Earth Goat. In BaZi, which counts years from the solar term Start of Spring (Li Chun), the 1980 year begins on February 5, 1980 at 12:09 AM Beijing time (16:09 UTC on February 4). This lunar year has 12 months and no leap month.

1980 is mostly the Year of the Metal Monkey (庚申), from February 16, 1980. Dates before then belong to the Year of the Earth Goat.

In the Year of the Metal Monkey, the signs traditionally said to be in conflict with Tai Sui, the year's ruling deity, are Monkey (birth year), Tiger (clash and punishment), Pig (harm) and Snake (punishment and break).

No. The lunar year beginning in 1980 has 12 months.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, falls on September 23, 1980.

Dates are computed astronomically, following the rules of the modern Chinese calendar (GB/T 33661-2017): days in China Standard Time (UTC+8), months starting on the day of the new moon, the winter solstice always in the eleventh month, and leap months placed in the first month without a principal solar term. Solar terms are the moments the Sun reaches each 15 degree point of its path, computed with the Astronomy Engine library. Years before 1929 used Beijing local time, so a handful of historical dates can differ by one day from older almanacs.