When is Mahayana New Year 2016?

Mahayana New Year 2016 started on Sunday 24th Jan, 2016 (24/01/2016) 2986 days ago

What is Mahayana New Year?

Mahayana New Year

The first full moon in January marks the beginning of the new year in the countries which conform to the Mahayana Buddhism beliefs. Nonetheless, the Buddhist New Year falls on a different day depending on ethnicity and country. For instance, Chinese, Koreans, and Vietnamese hold their celebrations in correspondence with the lunar calendar – either late January or early February. Whereas Tibetans customarily celebrate roughly one month later.

Dates for Mahayana New Year from 2015 to 2025

The next occurrence of Mahayana New Year is marked in red

When is ...?WeekdayDateDays away
Mahayana New Year 2025TuesdayJan 14th in 291 days
Mahayana New Year 2024ThursdayJan 25th 63 days ago
Mahayana New Year 2023SaturdayJan 7th 446 days ago
Mahayana New Year 2022TuesdayJan 18th 800 days ago
Mahayana New Year 2021ThursdayJan 28th 1155 days ago
Mahayana New Year 2020FridayJan 10th 1539 days ago
Mahayana New Year 2019MondayJan 21st 1893 days ago
Mahayana New Year 2018TuesdayJan 2nd 2277 days ago
Mahayana New Year 2017ThursdayJan 12th 2632 days ago
Mahayana New Year 2016SundayJan 24th 2986 days ago
Mahayana New Year 2015MondayJan 5th 3370 days ago
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Quick Facts

Start DateJan 24, 2016
When? Ended 2986 days ago
Duration1 Day
Type Buddhist Holidays

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