This is a bad news year - it lacks a spring transition date and as such it is viewed as "the year of the widow" and a bad year to marry.
There is a 160-year calendar which gives all the dates from 1900-2060 written by H. Liang. You can download it free from http://lunarcal.tripod.com/Download.html
The Lunar New Year dates from 2600 B.C., when the Emperor Huang Ti introduced the first cycle of the zodiac. Because of cyclical lunar dating, the first day of the year can fall anywhere between late January and the middle of February. This year, it falls on Feb. 9, 2005 -- Lunar Year 4703, the year of the rooster.
Leaving the year of the monkey, entering the year of the rooster, 4702. Now you have something to crow about.