Chinese Lunar & Gregorian Calendar with Zodiac Years & Festivals
Explore the Chinese Lunar and Gregorian Calendar to discover zodiac years, traditional festivals, and lunar dates. Check auspicious days, convert dates, and plan celebrations with our interactive calendar.
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Using this Chinese lunar calendar
The Chinese calendar is lunisolar: months follow new moons, while solar terms keep the year aligned with the seasons. A lunar month has 29 or 30 days; a leap month repeats a month number.
Choose a day in the calendar to read its lunar date. Use the converter for a recorded birthday or a date in another year. Lunar month 1 starts at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January.
Today follows your device’s local date. Chinese calendar boundaries use UTC+8; the Vietnamese calendar option uses UTC+7 and can differ near a new moon.
Check calendar dates against Hong Kong Observatory conversion tables. Our zodiac reference covers 1924–2035 and distinguishes Chinese New Year from the Li Chun convention.
Frequently Asked Questions
Learn more about the Chinese Lunar Calendar and traditional practices.
The Chinese Lunar Calendar is a lunisolar calendar that incorporates both lunar and solar cycles. It tracks months based on the moon's phases and years based on the sun, requiring a leap month every three years to stay in sync with the seasons.
The date changes every year on the Gregorian calendar, but it always falls between late January and mid-February. It begins on the second new moon after the winter solstice.
The Chinese Zodiac is based on a 12-year cycle, with each year represented by an animal (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig). These animals rotate continuously.
In Chinese astrology, auspicious days (lucky days) are specific dates believed to be favorable for important events like weddings, moving into a new house, or signing a contract, based on the alignment of the Earthly Branches and Heavenly Stems.
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