Why is there no New Year's Eve in the Year of the Tiger in 2022? Illustration of why there is no New Year's Eve

Original title: There will be no New Year's Eve this year! In the next five years, "30" will be absent for consecutive years →

Today (January 17, 2022), the 2022 Spring Festival travel rush officially kicks off, and the Lunar New Year of the Tiger is getting closer.

If you look carefully at the calendar, you will find that the last day of the Year of the Ox (January 31, 2022) is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, which means that there is no "New Year's Eve" during this year's Spring Festival. In fact, this phenomenon is not uncommon. There was no New Year's Eve for five consecutive years from 2025 to 2029. Why is this? Where did New Year's Eve go?

In fact, the cause of all this has to start with the moon...

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The Year of the Ox is missing New Year’s Eve, and the upcoming Year of the Tiger will only have 355 days, which is also closely related to the moon.

Source: CCTV News WeChat Official Account