New Year's Eve worshiping ceremony (also known as the Exclusion ceremony) is an important ritual during the Binh Ngo Lunar New Year 2026. This is the moment of "welcoming the old and welcoming the new", saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, welcoming the gods in charge.
According to Vietnamese folk beliefs, New Year's Eve is when yin and yang harmonize, everything enters a new cycle. Therefore, when performing New Year's Eve worship, you must choose the right time to receive prosperity, pray for wealth, luck and peace for the family.
For the Binh Ngo New Year's Eve worshiping ceremony 2026, the most suitable time to perform it is from 11 pm on December 29th of the year At Ty (February 16, 2026 Gregorian calendar) to 1 am on the 1st day of Binh Ngo Tet (February 17, 2026 Gregorian calendar).
Among them, the best time to perform the New Year's Eve worship ceremony is 11:30 PM - 0:30 AM. Especially, exactly 0:00 AM is the moment of transition between the old year and the new year, performing the worship ceremony will be more sacred.
In case the family cannot perform the ceremony at the Rat hour, they can arrange to worship early or after 1 am on the 1st day of Tet. Note, it is necessary to worship New Year's Eve before sunrise.
