Each Chinese lunar year has a Chinese zodiac sign animal. The Chinese zodiac year's stsarting date is a little different from the Gregorian year. It starts from Chinese New Year. The Chinese zodiac years chart below is provided to help you find out the exact starting and ending dates of the Chinese zodiac years. (This is especially useful for The Chinese zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao or Shu Xiang, features 12 animal signs in this order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. 2025 is the Year of the Snake according to Chinese zodiac, starting from the 2025 Chinese New Year on Jan. 29th and lasting to 2026 Lunar New Year's Eve on Feb. 16. 2026 is the Year of the Horse. The Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) usually falls during 21 January and February 20, if your birthday is during this period in Gregorian date, you may belong to the zodiac sign of the last year. In the following table, the years’ starting and ending dates are clearly shown which help you determine your animal sign correctly. Each person's zodiac sign is decided by their birth year. Traditionally, Chinese people believe that each zodiac sign has fated personality traits and each different zodiac year has a lot to do with personal horoscopes. Below is our Chinese zodiac calculator. You can use it to find out about your Chinese zodiac sign and discover your horoscope Find your year, animal, dates and element (metal, water, wood, fire, earth). Every Chinese zodiac year from 1900–2031, full table and broken down by each zodiac. Chinese New Year The date of Chinese New Year moves every year, in accordance with the moon, falling any time between January 21 and February 20.. Each year is assigned one of 12 zodiac animal signs, with the For the starting date of a zodiac year, there are two schools of thought in Chinese astrology: Chinese New Year or the Start of Spring. Chinese New Year, day 1 of the Chinese lunar year, falls somewhere in the period January 21 st to February 20 th. The Start of Spring is the 1 st of the 24 Solar Terms, beginning on February 3 rd or 4 th. Most The Chinese zodiac includes 12 animal signs, in order they are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, marks the transition from one animal to the next—2024 is the year of the Dragon, which began on February 10th, 2024, and ends on February 24th, 2024. Find Your Chinese Zodiac Sign. Chinese zodiac years are based on the lunar calendar, each zodiac animal's year comes around every 12 years. Everyone has his/her zodiac sign based on the birth year in the lunar calendar. Use the following Chinese zodiac calculator to find your zodiac sign, element, and lucky things. Below are listed the Chinese zodiac 2026 ruling animals and elements for each month of the year.* According to the Chinese New Year 2026 calendar, February 17, 2026 is the Lunar New Year celebration day, which marks the start of the Year of the Fire Horse 2026 (the Horse being the ruling animal of the year 2026) and the first day of the Month The common misconception is that only birth year is needed to acknowledge your chinese zodiac. Chinese calendar differs from common grigorian calendar, and from lunar calendar too. It is based on lunar months, that lasts for 29.5 days, and lunar year lasts for 12 or 13 months. Chinese New Year date is different every year. The lunar calendar is also associated with 12 animal signs in Chinese zodiac, so every 12 years is regarded as a cycle. 2025 is a Year of the Snake, while 2026 turns to be a Year of the Horse. Chinese New Year Calendar (1930 - 2030) Snake is the 6th animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac signs, coming after the Dragon and before the Horse. Recent years of the Snake include 2013, 2001, 1989, 1977, 1965, 1953, and 1941, with the next Snake year in 2025 (Year of the Wood Snake). Snake is associated with the earthly branch symbol si. People born in 1999 is the Earth Rabbit according to Chinese zodiac and Five Elements. In tradition, Chinese people follow lunar calendar. According to Gregorian calendar, the Earth Rabbit year is from February 16, 1999 to February 4, 2000. Those who born from January 1 to February 15 in 1999 are Earth Tiger. In Chinese zodiac, 2001 is the year of the Snake, and according to Chinese Five Elements, the Snake people born in this year belong to Metal Snake. To identify them according to Gregorian calendar, people born from January 24, 2001 to February 11, 2002 are Metal Snake and people born from January 1 to 23 in 2001 belong to Metal Dragon. Tiger is the 3rd animal in the 12-year cycle of the animals of the Chinese zodiac, coming after the Ox and before the Rabbit. Recent years of the Tiger include 2022, 2010, 1998, 1986, 1974, 1962, and 1950, with the next Tiger year in 2034 (Year of the Wood Tiger). In Chinese astrology, the Year of the Tiger corresponds with the earthly branch People born in 1988 are the Earth Dragon based on Chinese Five Elements and Chinese Zodiac. Chinese zodiac follows lunar calendar and the date between lunar calendar and Gregorian calendar is a little different. People born in the year of 1977 (Feb. 18, 1977 - Feb. 06, 1978) which is Ding Si Year are members of the Fire Snake. For those born before Feb. 18, 1977, they belong to the zodiac animal of Fire Dragon. People born in the year of 1970 (Feb. 06, 1970 - Jan. 26, 1971) are members of the Metal Dog. For those born before Feb. 06, 1970, they belong to the zodiac animal of Earth Rooster. How to check: The Animals in the first ‘Zodiac Animals’ line are for male. Animals in the ‘Best Match’, ‘Lively Pair’ and ‘Worst Match’ lines are for Female. By clicking the link in the table, you can get the detailed match results as well as the match scores.
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