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Time for Flag-Raising Ceremony at Tiananmen Square

2023 Time Arrangement for Flag-raising Ceremony on Tiananmen Square

The boldfaced time is for large-scale flag-raising ceremony with the accompaniment of military band.

See: January - June July - December

January

	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur.	Fri.	Sat.
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	1 07:36 16:59	2 07:36 17:00	3 07:36 17:01	4 07:36 17:02	5 07:36 17:03	6 07:36 17:04	7 07:36 17:05
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	8 07:36 17:06	9 07:36 17:07	10 07:35 17:08	11 07:35 17:09	12 07:35 17:10	13 07:35 17:11	14 07:34 17:12
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	15 07:34 17:13	16 07:34 17:14	17 07:33 17:15	18 07:33 17:16	19 07:32 17:17	20 07:32 17:18	21 07:31 17:20
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	22 07:31 17:21	23 07:30 17:22	24 07:29 17:23	25 7:29 17:24	26 07:28 17:25	27 07:27 17:27	28 07:26 17:28
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	29 07:26 17:29	30 07:25 17:30	31 07:24 17:31

February

	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur.	Fri.	Sat.
Flag-raising Flag-lowering				1 07:23 17:33	2 07:22 17:34	3 07:21 17:35	4 07:20 17:36
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	5 07:19 17:37	6 07:18 17:39	7 07:17 17:40	8 07:16 17:41	9 07:15 17:42	10 07:14 17:43	11 07:12 17:45
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	12 07:11 17:46	13 07:10 17:47	14 07:09 17:48	15 07:08 17:49	16 07:06 17:50	17 07:05 17:52	18 07:04 17:53
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	19 07:02 17:54	20 07:01 17:55	21 07:00 17:56	22 06:58 17:57	23 06:57 17:59	24 06:56 18:00	25 06:54 18:01
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	26 06:53 18:0	27 06:51 18:03	28 06:50 18:04

March

	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur,	Fri.	Sat.
Flag-raising Flag-lowering				1 06:48 18:05	2 06:47 18:06	3 06:45 18:07	4 06:44 18:08
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	5 06:42 18:10	6 06:41 18:11	7 06:39 18:12	8 06:38 18:13	9 06:36 18:14	10 06:35 18:15	11 06:33 18:16
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	12 06:31 18:17	13 06:30 18:18	14 06:28 18:19	15 06:27 18:20	16 06:25 18:21	17 06:23 18:22	18 06:22 18:23
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	19 06:20 18:24	20 06:19 18:25	21 06:17 18:26	22 06:15 18:27	23 06:14 18:28	24 06:12 18:29	25 06:10 18:31
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	26 06:09 18:32	27 06:07 18:33	28 06:06 18:34	29 06:04 18:35	30 06:02 18:36	31 06:01 18:37

April

	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur.	Fri.	Sat.
Flag-raising Flag-lowering							1 05:59 18:38
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	2 05:58 18:39	3 05:56 18:40	4 05:54 18:41	5 05:53 18:42	6 05:51 18:43	7 05:50 18:44	8 05:48 18:45
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	9 05:46 18:46	10 05:45 18:47	11 05:43 18:48	12 05:42 18:49	13 05:40 18:50	14 05:39 18:51	15 05:37 18:52
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	16 05:36 18:53	17 05:34 18:54	18 05:33 18:55	19 05:31 18:56	20 05:30 18:57	21 05:28 18:58	22 05:27 18:59
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	23 05:26 19:00	24 05:24 19:01	25 05:23 19:02	26 05:22 19:03	27 05:20 19:04	28 05:19 19:05	29 05:18 19:06
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	30 05:16 19:07

May

	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur.	Fri.	Sat.
Flag-raising Flag-lowering		1 05:15 19:08	2 05:14 19:09	3 05:13 19:10	4 05:11 19:11	5 05:10 19:12	6 05:09 19:13
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	7 05:08 19:14	8 05:07 19:15	9 05:06 19:16	10 05:05 19:19	11 05:03 19:18	12 05:02 19:19	13 05:01 19:20
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	14 05:00 19:21	15 05:00 19:22	16 04:59 19:23	17 04:58 19:24	18 04:57 19:24	19 04:56 19:25	20 04:55 19:26
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	21 04:54 19:27	22 04:54 19:28	23 04:52 19:29	24 04:52 19:30	25 04:52 19:31	26 04:51 19:31	27 04:50 19:32
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	28 04:50 19:33	29 04:49 19:34	30 04:49 19:35	31 04:48 19:35

June

	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur.	Fri.	Sat.
Flag-raising Flag-lowering					1 04:48 19:36	2 04:47 19:37	3 04:47 19:38
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	4 04:47 19:38	5 04:46 19:39	6 04:46 19:39	7 04:46 19:40	8 04:45 19:41	9 04:45 19:41	10 04:45 19:42
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	11 04:45 19:42	12 04:45 19:43	13 04:45 19:43	14 04:45 19:44	15 04:45 19:44	16 04:45 19:44	17 04:45 19:45
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	18 04:45 19:45	19 04:45 19:45	20 04:45 19:46	21 04:45 19:46	22 04:46 19:46	23 04:46 19:46	24 04:46 19:46
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	25 04:46 19:47	26 04:47 19:47	27 04:47 19:47	28 04:47 19:47	29 04:47 19:47	30 04:47 19:47

Timetable of July - December

- Last updated on Aug. 21, 2023 by Gabby Li -

Questions & Answers on Flag-Raising Ceremony at Tiananmen Square

Asked by Lory from ITALY | Aug. 21, 2023 08:59

Do i need to book to go the flag raising ceremony?

Answers (1)

Answered by Cissy | Aug. 21, 2023 20:26

You don't need to book to see the flag raising ceremony, but you need to book to enter the Tian'anmen Square on its official WeChat account.

Asked by Jay from THE PHILIPPINES | May. 17, 2023 15:12

Taking Photos & Videos

Hello all, is it okay for a foreigner to take out a camera and take photos during the ceremony?
Thank you.

Answers (2)

Answered by Linda | May. 17, 2023 23:00

Yes, of course you can take photos and videos. That's totally allowed.

Answered by Jay | May. 20, 2023 13:18

Thank you very much for responding!

Asked by Andrea V from ITALY | Apr. 13, 2023 19:04

Time in advance

Hi,
My hotel is 20 minutes from Tiananmen, on 4.16 the sunrise will be at 05:36. What about reaching the square at 05:15? is it enough to find a good place?

Answers (1)

Answered by Rita | Apr. 14, 2023 02:13

It's not enough at all. People need to queue up to enter the site one by one which takes some time. Generally, it is advised to get there 1.5-2 hours before the sunrise if you want to find a good place.

Asked by Xin from CHINA | Mar. 30, 2023 18:37

Is the flag raising ceremony happening now in April 2023?

If so is there a schedule? Thanks.

Answers (1)

Answered by Ivy | Apr. 02, 2023 20:19

Yes, it is happening every day. Recently, it takes place around 05:50 and as time passes by it will happen around 05:15 by the end of April. It is in consistent with the local sunrise time.

Asked by Jakob from SWEDEN | Dec. 28, 2015 15:49

Same times 2016?

Hi,
I will be visiting Tiananmen in february 2016. Will the flag cermony be the samt time as the 2015 schedule?

Best regards
Jakob

Answers (1)

Answered by Tom from NETHERLANDS | Dec. 30, 2015 02:18

Yes, as I know, the schedules are the same with the February in 2015. And this page should be updated by then. Keep an eye:)