February 2026 almanac

February 1–28, 2026 runs from Month 12, day 14 to Month 1, day 12 of the Chinese year Yi-Si, Bing-Wu. Solar terms this month: Start of Spring, Rain Water. Festivals: Minor New Year, New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year. Select a date to open it in the calendar with the full almanac, lucky hours and moon phase.

Lunar dates

Month 12, day 14 – Month 1, day 12

Month pillar

Ji-Chou / Geng-Yin

Solar terms

Start of Spring, Rain Water

Auspicious days

13 days

February: Start of Spring, Rain Water and the New Year season

Start of Spring falls around 3 to 5 February, most often on the 4th, and opens the cycle of twenty-four solar terms. Rain Water follows around 18 or 19 February, marking the shift from snow to rain. Northern China is still cold, with the odd spring snowfall. Southern China and Hong Kong begin to warm up but often experience 'returning south' weather, when humid air leaves walls and floors damp. Northern Taiwan is often grey and wet while the south stays drier.

Lunar New Year usually falls between late January and mid-February, bringing long holidays in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China along with the reunion dinner, New Year visits and the custom of married daughters visiting their parents on the second day. On the ninth day, temples and households in Taiwan honour the Jade Emperor. The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth usually lands between early February and early March, with lanterns, riddles and sweet rice balls; Taiwan adds the Pingxi sky lanterns and the Yanshui fireworks. Peace Memorial Day on 28 February is a Taiwanese public holiday.

In almanac tradition the new stem-branch year begins at Start of Spring, so zodiac animals and birth charts are usually counted from that day rather than from the first day of the lunar year. Many people visit temples in the New Year period to pay respects to the Tai Sui deity of the year or light blessing lamps. Spring rolls and spring pancakes are eaten to 'bite the spring', and New Year cakes carry wishes for rising fortune.

Solar terms and moon phases

Times are in UTC+8.

Festivals, deity birthdays and holidays

Key day spirits this month

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