On the Chinese lunar calendar

Day 20 of the 11th lunar month, 2025

January 8, 2026 was a Thursday.

Lunar year Year of the Wood Snake · your sign, element and year pillar

Year name yǐ sì, the 42nd name in the sixty-year cycle

Worth knowing This date comes before Chinese New Year 2026, so it belongs to the lunar year 2025, and to the Snake, not the animal of 2026.

Day name rén wǔ, a Water Horse day, the 19th name in the sixty-name cycle. In a bazi chart it is this pair, not the year's, that a reader starts from. Cast the full chart from this date

Ink painting of the Snake, the zodiac animal of this lunar year.

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When this lunar date falls, for the next ten years

A lunar date lands on a different Western date every year. That's why your grandmother's calendar has two sets of numbers. Bookmark this page and you'll never miss it.

Lunar year	Western date	Day of week
2026	December 28, 2026	Monday
2027	December 17, 2027	Friday
2028	January 4, 2029	Thursday
2029	December 24, 2029	Monday
2030	December 14, 2030	Saturday
2031	January 2, 2032	Friday
2032	December 22, 2032	Wednesday
2033	December 11, 2033	Sunday
2034	December 30, 2034	Saturday
2035	December 19, 2035	Wednesday

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The traditional count starts at one and ticks at New Year. Born this date? See yours.

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Birth year + a formula from the Eight Mansions school.

Computed astronomically for 1900–2100 following the rules of China's national calendar standard (GB/T 33661-2017), including true leap months, not an approximation formula. Cross-checked against the Hong Kong Observatory conversion tables. Method and sources on the converter page.