Chinese zodiac calculator

Enter your birth date to find your Chinese zodiac animal and element. The Chinese New Year date of that year is worked out, so births in January and February are placed in the right year.

How the year is found

The Chinese year begins with the second new moon after the winter solstice, between 21 January and 20 February. The twelve animals repeat every 12 years and the five elements, each for two years, every 10, making a 60-year cycle.

A separate tradition

Chinese astrology is a tradition of its own, unrelated to Jyotish. It is offered here because many visitors ask for it.