On the Chinese lunar calendar

Day 26 of the 11th lunar month, 2025

January 14, 2026 was a Wednesday.

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 wù zǐ, a Earth Rat day, the 25th 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 January 3, 2027 Sunday
2027 December 23, 2027 Thursday
2028 January 10, 2029 Wednesday
2029 December 30, 2029 Sunday
2030 December 20, 2030 Friday
2031 January 8, 2032 Thursday
2032 December 28, 2032 Tuesday
2033 December 17, 2033 Saturday
2034 January 5, 2035 Friday
2035 December 25, 2035 Tuesday

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Same date, deeper readings

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.

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