On the Chinese lunar calendar

Day 6 of the 2nd lunar month, 2026

March 24, 2026 was a Tuesday.

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 dīng yǒu, a Fire Rooster day, the 34th 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 13, 2027	Saturday
2028	March 1, 2028	Wednesday
2029	March 20, 2029	Tuesday
2030	March 9, 2030	Saturday
2031	February 26, 2031	Wednesday
2032	March 17, 2032	Wednesday
2033	March 6, 2033	Sunday
2034	March 25, 2034	Saturday
2035	March 15, 2035	Thursday
2036	March 3, 2036	Monday

Your own chart, if you want one

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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.

Same date, deeper readings

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.