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Time for Flag-Raising Ceremony at Tiananmen Square

2024 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

July

	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur.	Fri.	Sat.
Flag-raising Flag-lowering		1 04:49 19:47	2 04:49 19:46	3 04:50 19:46	4 04:50 19:46	5 04:51 19:46	6 04:51 19:46
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	7 04:52 19:45	8 04:53 19:45	9 04:53 19:45	10 04:54 19:44	11 04:55 19:44	12 04:55 19:43	13 04:56 19:43
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	14 04:57 19:42	15 04:57 19:42	16 04:58 19:41	17 04:59 19:41	18 05:00 19:40	19 05:01 19:39	20 05:01 19:39
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	21 05:02 19:38	22 05:03 19:37	23 05:04 19:37	24 05:05 19:36	25 05:06 19:35	26 05:07 19:34	27 05:07 19:33
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	28 05:08 19:32	29 05:09 19:31	30 05:10 19:30	31 05:11 19:29

August

	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur.	Fri.	Sat.
Flag-raising Flag-lowering					1 05:12 19:28	2 05:13 19:27	3 05:14 19:26
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	4 05:15 19:25	5 05:16 19:24	6 05:17 19:23	7 05:18 19:22	8 05:18 19:20	9 05:19 19:19	10 05:20 19:18
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	11 05:21 19:17	12 05:22 19:15	13 05:23 19:14	14 05:24 19:13	15 05:25 19:11	16 05:26 19:10	17 05:27 19:09
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	18 05:28 19:07	19 05:29 19:06	20 05:30 19:04	21 05:31 19:03	22 05:32 19:02	23 05:33 19:00	24 05:34 18:59
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	25 05:35 18:57	26 05:36 18:56	27 05:37 18:54	28 05:37 18:53	29 05:38 18:51	30 05:39 18:50	31 05:40 18:48

September

	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur.	Fri.	Sat.
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	1 05:41 18:46	2 05:42 18:45	3 05:43 18:43	4 05:44 18:42	5 05:45 18:40	6 05:46 18:38	7 05:47 18:37
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	8 05:48 18:35	9 05:49 18:34	10 05:50 18:32	11 05:51 18:30	12 05:52 18:29	13 05:53 18:27	14 05:53 18:25
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	15 05:54 18:24	16 05:55 18:22	17 05:56 18:20	18 05:57 18:19	19 05:58 18:17	20 05:59 18:15	21 06:00 18:14
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	22 06:01 18:12	23 06:02 18:10	24 06:03 18:09	25 06:04 18:07	26 06:05 18:06	27 06:06 18:04	28 06:07 18:02
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	29 06:08 18:01	30 06:09 17:59

October

	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur.	Fri.	Sat.
Flag-raising Flag-lowering			1 06:10 17:57	2 06:11 17:56	3 06:12 17:54	4 06:13 17:53	5 06:14 17:51
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	6 06:15 17:49	7 06:16 17:48	8 06:17 17:46	9 06:18 17:45	10 06:19 17:43	11 06:20 17:42	12 06:21 17:40
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	13 06:22 17:38	14 06:23 17:37	15 06:24 17:35	16 06:25 17:34	17 06:26 17:33	18 06:27 17:31	19 06:28 17:30
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	20 06:29 17:28	21 06:30 17:27	22 06:31 17:25	23 06:32 17:24	24 06:33 17:23	25 06:34 17:21	26 06:36 17:20
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	27 06:37 17:19	28 06:38 17:17	29 06:39 17:16	30 06:40 17:15	31 06:41 17:14

November

	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur.	Fri.	Sat.
Flag-raising Flag-lowering						1 06:42 17:12	2 06:43 17:11
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	3 06:45 17:10	4 06:46 17:09	5 06:47 17:08	6 06:48 17:07	7 06:49 17:06	8 06:50 17:05	9 06:51 17:04
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	10 06:53 17:03	11 06:54 17:02	12 06:55 17:01	13 06:56 17:00	14 06:57 16:59	15 06:58 16:58	16 06:59 16:58
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	17 07:01 16:57	18 07:02 16:56	19 07:03 16:55	20 07:04 16:55	21 07:05 16:54	22 07:06 16:53	23 07:07 16:53
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	24 07:08 16:52	25 07:10 16:52	26 07:11 16:51	27 07:12 16:51	28 07:13 16:51	29 07:14 16:50	30 07:15 16:50

December

	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.	Thur.	Fri.	Sat.
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	1 07:16 16:50	2 07:17 16:49	3 07:18 16:49	4 07:19 16:49	5 07:20 16:49	6 07:21 16:49	7 07:22 16:49
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	8 07:22 16:49	9 07:23 16:49	10 07:24 16:49	11 07:25 16:49	12 07:26 16:49	13 07:27 16:49	14 07:27 16:49
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	15 07:28 16:50	16 07:29 16:50	17 07:29 16:50	18 07:30 16:51	19 07:31 16:51	20 07:31 16:51	21 07:32 16:52
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	22 07:32 16:52	23 07:33 16:53	24 07:33 16:53	25 07:34 16:54	26 07:34 16:54	27 07:34 16:55	28 07:35 16:56
Flag-raising Flag-lowering	29 07:35 16:57	30 07:35 16:57	31 07:35 16:58

Timetable of January - June

- Last updated on Mar. 04, 2024 by Gabby Li -

Questions & Answers on Tiananmen Flag-Raising Ceremony

Asked by Jessica | Mar. 02, 2024 22:12

Can you stay in Tiananmen Square after the flag rising to take pictures and wait for things to open?

Or do you have to make another reservation to come in?

Answers (1)

Answered by Gina | Mar. 04, 2024 00:43

If you have made reservation of Tian'anmen, then you can surely stay after the flag rising and take pictures. However, if you want to visit other attractions on the square, you have to make another reservation to enter.

Asked by Anna from ITALY | Nov. 23, 2019 04:41

How long before Tiananmen Square flag rising to arrive

How long shall I arrive before the flag rising ceremony starts? I plan to go on a Tuesday, is it during the week not as busy as on the weekend?

Answers (1)

Answered by Nina from THAILAND | Nov. 25, 2019 02:01

Many people will go there 1-2 hours in advance to occupy a good position.

Asked by tjahjoselo from INDONESIA | Sep. 26, 2018 03:37

is the flag raising ceremony of Tian'anmen Square always crowded?

or only on special occasions?

Answers (1)

Answered by Hannah from USA | Sep. 26, 2018 20:38

Yes, it is always crowded.

Asked by Anna from NETHERLANDS | Aug. 20, 2018 03:19

Is the raising of the flag the same as changing the guards at Tiananmen Square?

Or are these two different ceremonies? And if they are different, at what times do they change the guard?

Answers (1)

Answered by Amy from SINGAPORE | Aug. 23, 2018 00:18

Actually, the guard changing is only available on the first flag-rising day every month.

Asked by SHEILAAKIKO | Aug. 30, 2017 09:32

How long do usually flag rising ceremony on Tiananmen Square takes time?

Answers (1)

Answered by Michelle from AUSTRALIA | Aug. 30, 2017 20:53

Generally speaking, it takes no more than half an hour.