On the Chinese lunar calendar

Day 20 of the 3rd lunar month, 2026

May 6, 2026 was a Wednesday.

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 gēng chén, a Metal Dragon day, the 17th 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	April 26, 2027	Monday
2028	April 14, 2028	Friday
2029	May 3, 2029	Thursday
2030	April 22, 2030	Monday
2031	April 11, 2031	Friday
2032	April 29, 2032	Thursday
2033	April 19, 2033	Tuesday
2034	May 8, 2034	Monday
2035	April 27, 2035	Friday
2036	April 16, 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.