LUNAR NEW YEAR If the lunar new year is the first new moon after the northern winter solstice. The times in GMT/UT are: 1995-01-01 10:56 1996-01-20 12:15 1997-01-09 04:26 1997-12-29 16:57 1999-01-17 15:47 2000-01-06 18:14 2000-12-25 17:22 2002-01-13 13:29 2003-01-02 20:23 2003-12-23 09:44 2005-01-10 12:03 2005-12-31 03:12 2007-01-19 04:01 2008-01-08 11:38 2008-12-27 12:23 2010-01-15 07:12 2011-01-04 09:03 2011-12-24 18:07 2013-01-11 19:44