On the Chinese lunar calendar

Day 24 of the 1st lunar month, 2026

March 12, 2026 was a Thursday.

Lunar year Year of the Fire Horse · your sign, element and year pillar

Year name bǐng wǔ, the 43rd name in the sixty-year cycle

Day name yǐ yǒu, a Wood Rooster day, the 22nd 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 Horse, 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
2027	March 1, 2027	Monday
2028	February 18, 2028	Friday
2029	March 8, 2029	Thursday
2030	February 26, 2030	Tuesday
2031	February 15, 2031	Saturday
2032	March 5, 2032	Friday
2033	February 23, 2033	Wednesday
2034	March 14, 2034	Tuesday
2035	March 3, 2035	Saturday
2036	February 20, 2036	Wednesday

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Your birth date, if you want the chart

A handful of letters a year, and one click off at the bottom of every one. Your birth details stay with your chart here; they are never sold or handed on.

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The big reading

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Your whole life as one chart: decades, strong years, peak window. This date carries over.

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Your Chinese age

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

Feng shui

Your kua number and lucky directions

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.