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What Is the Current Year in the Chinese Calendar?

The current 60-year cycle started on 2 Feb 1984. That date bears the name bing-yin in the 60-day cycle, and the first month of that first year bears the name gui-chou in the 60-month cycle.

This means that the year wu-yin, the 15th year in the 78th cycle, started on 28 Jan 1998. The 20th year in the 78th cycle, started on 1 Feb 2003. The following are dates for Chinese/Lunar New Year’s day:

|Chinese year |Zodiac animal |Gregorian calendar |

|4693 |Boar |January 31, 1995 |

|4694 |Rat |February 19, 1996 |

|4695 |Ox |February 7, 1997 |

|4696 |Tiger |January 28, 1998 |

|4697 |Hare/Rabbit |February 16, 1999 |

|4698 |Dragon |February 5, 2000 |

|4699 |Snake |January 24, 2001 |

|4700 |Horse |February 12, 2002 |

|4701 |Ram/Sheep |February 1, 2003 |

|4702 |Monkey |January 22, 2004 |

|4703 |Rooster |February 9, 2005 |

|4704 |Dog |January 29, 2006 |

|4705 |Boar |February 18, 2007 |

|4706 |Rat |February 7, 2008 |

|4707 |Ox |January 26, 2009 |

|4708 |Tiger |February 10, 2010 |

|4709 |Hare/Rabbit |February 3, 2011 |

|4710 |Dragon |January 23, 2012 |

|4711 |Snake |February 10, 2013 |

|4712 |Horse |January 31, 2014 |

|4713 |Ram/Sheep |February 19, 2015 |

|4714 |Monkey |February 9, 2016 |

|4715 |Rooster |January 28, 2017 |

|4716 |Dog |February 16, 2018 |

|4717 |Boar |February 5, 2019 |

|4718 |Rat |January 25, 2020 |

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What year were you born in the Chinese zodiac calendar?

Browse the calendar to find your birth year and more about your Chinese zodiac sign :

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The 3 animals which are evenly spaced from one another in the zodiac circle are generally considered to be good matches. Rat, Dragon and Monkey [pic]; Ox, Snake and Rooster [pic]; Tiger and Horse and Dog [pic]; Rabbit, Sheep and Pig [pic]are suitable for one another. Matching symbols on the Zodiac chart indicate compatible signs.

The signs that are opposite each other in the Zodiac Circle chart are poor matches!

Generally a Rat and Horse; Ox and Goat; Tiger and Monkey; Rabbit and Rooster; Dragon and Dog; Snake and Pig will not get along with each other. These signs make poor partners in love and in business. Family members who have opposite signs may experience friction and disharmony in the home.

Each person is a combination of the sign of the year they are born in as well as influences of the time of day and the larger cycles of the zodiac. You may find that even though a person was born in a year that would seem to make you a poor match, the other influences that you share balance the ill effects of incompatible signs and make for a very good relationship — or cause problems in even the most compatible signs!

Chinese Zodiac

|[pic] 2013 is the Year of the Snake according to Chininese zodiac. The Year of the Snake starts from Feb. 10, 2013 (the Lunar New |

|Year / Spring Festival of China) and lasts to Jan. 30, 2014. |

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What is my zodiac animal sign?

The Chinese Zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao in Chinese, is based on a twelve year cycle, each year in that cycle related to an animal sign. These animal signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. It is calculated according to Chinese lunar calendar . You can use the tool on the right to search for your Chinese zodiac. Select your Gregorian date of birth, and you'll reveal your date of birth according to Chinese lunar calendar together with your Chinese zodiac sign.

[pic] Origin

Similar to the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches, animals in Chinese zodiac were also created for counting years as the system that is now universally accepted based on the Christian calendar was as yet non-existent. The selection and order of the animals that influence people's lives very much was originated in the Han Dynasty (206 – 220) and based upon each animal's character and living habits. The old time division was mostly related to number 12: one ji equals 12 years, one year has 12 months, one day has 12 time periods called shi chen. Ancient people observe that there are 12 full moons within one year. So, its origin is associated with astronomy. Each animal sign is usually related with an earthly branch, so the animal years were called zi rabbit, chou ox, yin tiger, mao rabbit, chen dragon, si snack, wu horse, wei sheep, shen monkey, you rooster, xu dog and hai pig.

[pic] 12 Animal Signs

For a long time there has been a special relationship between humans and the 12 zodiacal animals. It is believed that the years represented by the animals affect the characters of people in the same manner as the sign of zodiac adopted by western civilizations. Click the following signs to know information on the characters of persons under different signs. Interesting facts like zodiac years, strengths, weaknesses, best matches and fortune of 2011 of each sign are introduced.

[pic] 12 Animal Signs Compatibility                   

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|Year of  |Year of  |Year of  |Year of  |Year of  |Year of  |

|the Rat |the Ox |the Tiger |the Rabbit |the Dragon |the Snake |

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|Year of  |Year of  |Year of  |Year of  |Year of  |Year of  |

|the Horse |the Sheep |the Monkey |the Rooster |the Dog |the Pig |

[pic] Chinese Zodiac Stories

Legend has it that one day the gods ordered that animals be designated as signs of each year and the twelve that arrived first were selected...

[pic] Benming Nian (Year of Birth) 

The animal year when a person was born is called his/her Benming Nian (year of birth). The distinctive zodiacal way of calculating years based on the lunar calendar decides that every once in every twelve year cycle people will meet their birth sign.  

According to Chinese Solar Terms, the Beginning of Spring is the first solar term regarded as the start of a new year. So, years should be divided by this day. Now, Chinese New Year's Day is commonly adopted as the division of two animal years.

It is said that in one's year of birth, he will offend 'Taisui', a mysterious power or celestial body that could control people's fortune. That is, he will meet either exultation or misery during that year. The best way to avoid miserable events is to wear red clothes, a waistband, or decorations such as a red bracelet and necklace as a talisman that must be purchased by others. If the person himself buys them, the function of the talisman is greatly reduced.

This may be due to the people's special affection for red since the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220). In the Han people's wedding ceremony, the bride was picked up by her bridegroom's red sedan, the new couple wore red clothes, and their rooms were decorated with red candles, red carpets and red lanterns. When an army won a battle, victory would be reported with a red flag; and when a candidate passed the imperial examination, he would wear red flowered clothes. Thus redness has become the token of festivities, success, bravery, rightness, and exorcism. From another point of view, there are just more and greater changes in the birth year than in other years, which are not always ominous. A change to one's fate to ensure the predomination of good fortune requires both effort and a firm belief.





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