The Lunar New Year is on Jan 29, 2025 Wednesday. The date changes every year because it follows the lunar calendar which is shorter than a solar year. A solar year is 365 days with a calendar month of 30-31 days, while a lunar year is 354 days with a calendar month of 29 days. Wearing red on the lunar new year is believed to be lucky. A superstition is to not clean, sweep, or throw out trash the day before and of, because you are sweeping out your luck and fortune. The countries that celebrate the lunar new year are: China, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.