Chinese New Year day or even one moon cycle due to using a meridian based on a different capital city in a different time zone or different placements of intercalary months. Chinese calendar defines the lunar month with winter solstice as the 11th month, which means that Chinese New Year usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice (rarely the third if an intercalary month intervenes). In more than 96% of the years, the Chinese New Year's Day is the closest new moon to lichun () on 4 or 5 February, and the first new moon after Dahan (). In
Chunchanakatte Falls from KRS dam. Brahma Ratotsava (car festival) is held on the day of Makara shankranthi every year. This day falls in January. The cattle festival, which is one of the biggest in this region, is held during January first week. Many water and shore birds can be spotted here. Good place to picnic but the litter around is quite disappointing. Chunchanakatte Falls Chunchanakatte Falls () is a waterfall on the Kaveri River, near the village of Chunchanakatte in krishnarajanagar taluk of Mysore district, Karnataka, India. Water cascades from a height of about 20 meters. It is in the Western Ghats.