The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, and the Chinese zodiac assigns an animal to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. Chinese New Year does not start on January 1, but instead on a different date every year (usually some day in January or February). This year, it starts on January 29, 2025.
Note:The calculator is for rough conversions only. If your birthday is in January or February, you need to look up the day Chinese New Year starts for your birth year to make sure you have the correct zodiac
Find out which Chinese Zodiac your birth year belongs to :
I have been asked if there is a difference between Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year. The answer is Yes.
The Chinese calendar is called Nongli (agricultural calendar 農曆 农历) which combines both the Yangli (solar calendar 陽曆 阳历) and Yinli (lunar calendar 陰曆 阴历) and other cycles for agricultural and social purposes. This dates back to over 2000 years ago.
The Chinese Zodiac system assigns an animal to each year in a 12 year cycle, and is based on the Chinese Calendar, not lunar calendar.
Chinese New Year does not start on January 1, but instead on a different date every year.
That's why I noted above that the calculator is for rough conversions only. If your birthday is in January or February, you need to look up the day Chinese New Year starts for your birth year to make sure you have the correct zodiac.
A small reminder to those who want to greet Chinese people Happy New Year. If you say Happy Chinese New Year, it's great! It's also great if you say Happy Nongli New Year (agricultural calender 農曆 农历新年) or Happy Spring Festival. But if you say Happy Lunar New Year (Yinli 陰曆 阴历新年) , it has an unlucky connotation...because in Chinese, Yang (solar) is associated with brightness and life, Yin (lunar) is associated with darkness and afterlife. So it's best to wish someone good luck and brightness 🙂
Happy Chinese New Year!
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