Chinese zodiac calculator
What is your Chinese zodiac animal?
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, so a January or February birthday can belong to the year before. Enter your exact date.
The twelve animals
Every year, 1924 to 2043
Colour shows the element:WoodFireEarthMetalWater
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How it is worked out
- Animal: twelve animals repeat in a fixed order, one per year.
- Element: five elements, each ruling two years in a row, so the full cycle is 60 years.
- Start date: Lunar New Year, taken from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, in China's time zone.
- Estimate: some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead.