On the Chinese lunar calendar

Day 15 of the 12th lunar month, 2025

February 2, 2026 was a Monday.

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 dīng wèi, a Fire Goat day, the 44th 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 22, 2027	Friday
2027	January 11, 2028	Tuesday
2028	January 29, 2029	Monday
2029	January 18, 2030	Friday
2030	January 8, 2031	Wednesday
2031	January 27, 2032	Tuesday
2032	January 15, 2033	Saturday
2033	February 3, 2034	Friday
2034	January 23, 2035	Tuesday
2035	January 12, 2036	Saturday

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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.