Find your animal
Find your Chinese zodiac animal and element from your date of birth, with the Lunar New Year boundary handled correctly. Year tables for all twelve animals.
2026 is the Year of the Horse (Bing-Wu (丙午)).
Date of birth
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The twelve animals
A zodiac year starts at Lunar New Year, not 1 January, so a January or early February birthday can belong to the year before. Bazi counts from Start of Spring instead, about 4 February. In Japan the animal usually follows the calendar year, and Vietnam has the Cat in place of the Rabbit. These are cultural traditions, not scientific findings.