On the Chinese lunar calendar

Day 14 of the 8th lunar month, 2026

September 24, 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 xīn chǒu, a Metal Ox day, the 38th 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	September 14, 2027	Tuesday
2028	October 2, 2028	Monday
2029	September 21, 2029	Friday
2030	September 11, 2030	Wednesday
2031	September 30, 2031	Tuesday
2032	September 18, 2032	Saturday
2033	September 7, 2033	Wednesday
2034	September 26, 2034	Tuesday
2035	September 15, 2035	Saturday
2036	October 3, 2036	Friday

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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.