New Year's Day in Vietnam: Origins and Why It Became an Official Public Holiday
New Year's Day in Vietnam comes from the Gregorian calendar, adopted in the French colonial period, and later became an official public holiday.
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StartVietnamese lunar calendar
Today's lunar date, what day it is and its good hours, or any other day.
Why two calendars give different lunar dates for the same solar day, and where time zones come in
Two calendars can give different lunar dates for the same solar day because they use different legal time zones, such as Vietnam at UTC+7 and China at UTC+8.
Choosing Year-End Dates: Year-End Gathering, Altar Cleaning, Debt Repayment, and New Year Opening
Year-end dates for the gathering, altar cleaning, debt repayment and New Year opening: lunar calendar principles and flexible use without superstition.
Comparing Lunar New Year of the Kinh, Chôl Chnăm Thmay of the Khmer, and Ethnic Groups Celebrating New Year by Their Own Calendars
Comparing Lunar New Year of the Kinh, Chôl Chnăm Thmay of the Khmer, and ethnic groups with their own calendars: timing, offerings, rituals, and names.
What is Giờ hoàng đạo?
Giờ hoàng đạo are six two-hour slots a day, based on the twelve Earthly Branches and seen in folk practice as favorable for starting important work.
When does Cốc Vũ begin and what customs come with it? Calculation and meaning in the traditional calendar
Cốc Vũ, the sixth solar term beginning 19 or 20 April, marks the rains that feed the rice. Its calculation, meaning and folk customs are explained.
The Vietnamese Lunar Calendar Is Actually a Lunisolar Calendar: Why the Shortened Name 'Lunar Calendar' Causes Misunderstanding
The Vietnamese lunar calendar is actually a lunisolar calendar combining the moon's phases and Earth's orbit around the Sun.
What Is Bạch Lộ (White Dew), When Does It Begin, and What Customs Come With It?
Bạch Lộ (White Dew), the 15th solar term, starts around 7 or 8 September as night vapour condenses into white dew, marking mid-autumn in the calendar.
What Is Lập Đông, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Come With It?
Lập Đông is the 19th of the 24 solar terms, marking the start of winter and usually falling on 7 or 8 November each year.
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms: Why the Solar Calendar Lives Inside the Lunar Almanac, and Why It Ties to Farming
The 24 solar terms are seasonal markers tied to Earth's orbit around the Sun, used as a farming guide in the lunar almanac.
When Does Hạ Chí Begin and What Customs Does It Have?
Hạ Chí begins when the Sun reaches 90 degrees of solar longitude; from 2012 to 2043 it falls on 21 June, Vietnam time. Start times 2025 to 2030, old customs.
What Is Lập Thu, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Come With It?
Lập Thu, tiết khí thứ 13, đánh dấu chuyển hạ sang thu. Bài giải thích cách tính ngày, ba hậu, gốc tích trong Tuế thời quảng ký và tục lệ.
What Is Mang Chủng Solar Term, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Observed?
Mang Chủng is the 9th of the 24 solar terms, usually starting around June 5 or 6 as Tiểu Mãn ends. Its meaning, calendar role, and customs explained.
What's on in Vietnam in October 2026? Festivals, lunar dates and where to go
Vietnam's October 2026 festival calendar: Côn Sơn Kiếp Bạc, Lam Kinh, Katê, Sene Dolta, Hanoi Autumn Festival, Keo Pagoda, plus lunar dates.
What Is a Life Path Number? How to Calculate It and What It Means
What is a Life Path Number? See how to calculate it from your birth date, what each number means, and the special rule for master numbers 11, 22, 33.
What Is Tiểu Thử (Minor Heat)? When Does It Begin and What Customs Are Associated With It?
Tiểu Thử usually begins on July 7 and opens the Mùi month. Start times for 2025 to 2030, the meaning of its name and what classical books record.
What Is Đại Hàn, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Observed?
Đại Hàn is the last of the 24 solar terms, at solar longitude 300 degrees and lasting about 15 days. Here its calculation, customs, and meaning are explained.
Autumn Keo Pagoda Festival in Hưng Yên: Zen Master Không Lộ, boat racing, palanquin procession and festival schedule
The Autumn Keo Pagoda Festival in Hưng Yên honors Zen Master Dương Không Lộ with palanquin processions, the frog dance and boat racing.
What Is Đại Thử (Major Heat), When Does It Begin, and What Customs Come With It?
Đại Thử, the 12th solar term and mid-term of the sixth lunar month, begins when the Sun reaches 120 degrees, on 22 or 23 July. Start times 2025 to 2030.
Eastern Numerology: How to Calculate and the Meaning of Numbers
Eastern numerology uses Yin-Yang and Five Elements ideas, with numbers 1 through 9 each holding an element. See how birth dates are reduced and read.
What Is Hàn Lộ Solar Term, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Does It Have?
Hàn Lộ is the 17th of the 24 solar terms, beginning around October 8 when the Sun reaches 195 degrees. Learn its meaning and customs.
What Is Tiểu Mãn, When Does It Begin, and What Customs Come With It?
Tiểu Mãn, the 8th solar term, begins on 20 or 21 May when the Sun reaches 60 degrees longitude. In 2026 it starts at 07:28 on 21 May, Vietnam time.
What Is Vũ Thủy, the Rain Water Solar Term, When Does It Start, and What Customs Does It Have?
Vũ Thủy, second of the 24 solar terms, marks damp rain and warming soil after winter. This explains its dates, meaning, and folk customs.
Personal Year Number 6 in Numerology: Energy Cycle and Meaning
Personal Year Number 6 in numerology centers on family, love and responsibility, a cycle for nurturing relationships and balancing giving with receiving.
What Is Bát Trạch (Eight Mansions)? East and West Life Groups and Choosing Auspicious Directions
Bát Trạch feng shui uses your Kua number, from birth year and gender, to sort people into East or West Life Groups and find auspicious directions.
The Origin and Meaning Behind the Name "Tết Nguyên Đán"
The name "Tết Nguyên Đán" comes from "Tiết," a marker in the agricultural calendar, and "Nguyên Đán," meaning the first morning of the new year.
What Is Sương Giáng (Frost's Descent), When Does It Begin, and What Customs Are Observed?
Sương Giáng 2026 begins at 16:39 on 23 October, Vietnam time. The 18th solar term, mid-term of the ninth lunar month: dates, three pentads, customs.
Beliefs and Festivals of the Cham People
The Cham community follows three religious streams: Cham Bàlamôn, Cham Bàni and Chăm Islam, each with its own festivals, from Katê to Ramưwan.
Personal Year Number 8 in Numerology: Energy Cycle and Meaning
Personal Year Number 8 marks a peak of power and career in the 9-year numerology cycle, plus lessons on balancing ambition with ethics.
When Does Lập Xuân Begin and What Customs Mark It?
Lập Xuân, the first solar term of the year, falls on 3 or 4 February (4 February in 2026). How it is calculated, why it changes the year, and its customs.
What Is Tiểu Tuyết (Minor Snow), When Does It Begin, and What Customs Come With It?
Tiểu Tuyết is the 20th of the 24 solar terms, usually beginning on 22 November in Vietnam time; it is the mid-month qi of the month of Hợi (10th lunar month).
When Does Thu Phân Begin and What Customs Mark It? A View from Sui Shi Guang Ji and Calendrical Science
Thu Phân, the 16th of the 24 solar terms, begins on 22 to 24 September as the Sun enters the Thọ Tinh station. Its calendar roots and customs, explained.
Kate Festival: The Grandest Celebration of the Year for the Cham Brahmin People
The Kate Festival is the Cham Brahmin New Year in Ninh Thuận, held in the 7th Cham month to honor deities, kings and ancestors.
What is a Moon Sign and How Does It Differ from the Usual Zodiac Sign?
Discover the Moon Sign in astrology: its definition, how to calculate it, and how it differs from the Sun sign (the usual zodiac sign).
Personal Year Number 2 in Numerology: Energy Cycle and Meaning
Personal Year Number 2 in numerology is a cycle of cooperation, patience and emotion. Here is how to calculate it and use this year well.
How Do the Tropical and Sidereal Zodiacs Differ? Why Does the Same Birth Date Give Two Different Signs?
The tropical zodiac follows the seasons, the sidereal zodiac the stars. Precession has pushed them about 24 degrees apart, enough to change most Sun signs.
Katê Festival and the Indispensable Role of the Raglai People
The Katê Festival in Ninh Thuận centers on the ceremony of receiving Goddess Pô Nưgar's attire, kept by the Raglai and brought down to the Chăm.
Maturity Number 4 in Numerology: Meaning and Calculation
Maturity Number 4 comes from adding your Life Path and Destiny Numbers. It signals discipline, practicality and a stable foundation in your mature years.
Personal Year Number 1 in Numerology: Energy Cycle and Meaning
Personal Year Number 1 in numerology starts a 9-year cycle of independence and new beginnings. See how to sow seeds for new plans and pursue your goals.
What is Số Đường Đời?
Số Đường Đời is numerology's core number, found by reducing your Gregorian birth day, month and year to one digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
The Second Peak in Numerology: Life Stage and Meaning
The second peak in numerology marks a more mature, stable life stage. Calculated from your birth day and year, it reveals lessons in cooperation and patience.
The Third Pinnacle in Numerology: Life Stage and Meaning
Discover the profound meaning of the Third Pinnacle in numerology, when it occurs, and how it shapes your career, relationships, and life purpose.
Offering for the Full Moon of the First Lunar Month on the 14th or 15th, and at What Hour? A Complete Understanding and Practice
The First Lunar Month full moon runs from the 14th night to the end of the 15th; families may offer on the 14th evening or 15th morning, sincerely.
Sun and Moon in Numerology: Why Number 1 Is the Sun and Number 2 the Moon
Number 1 as the Sun and number 2 as the Moon is a convention of modern numerology, spread by Cheiro's 1926 book. We read his text and the test results.
Vietnamese festivals, seasonal feasts and public holidays
Vietnamese folk festivals, seasonal feasts and public holidays, each with its fixed lunar or solar date.
Folk inauspicious days mapped onto solar dates, 2026 to 2035
Every solar day across ten years, showing whether it falls on Tam Nuong, Nguyet Ky, Sat Chu or Tho Tu, with the lunar date and stem-branch for checking.
Tam Tai, Kim Lau and Hoang Oc by birth year and year in question
Every birth year from 1940 to 2010 crossed with every year in question from 2020 to 2050, showing whether the pair falls under Tam Tai, Kim Lau or Hoang Oc, with the arithmetic shown.