Chinese Horoscope Calendar depends on luni solar oriented calculations where each of the years, months and days are composed according to the principles managed by the standards of the astronomical calculations.
this logbook framework is utilized consistently by every one of the general population of the nation to celebrate all the customary occasions and functions. For instance, if one needs to discover the date of a conventional occasion, or alter a date for a wedding, or maybe a burial service, or for beginning another try, or for moving to another home, or for migration, then individuals still fall back on the traditional type of timetable framework.
On the other hand, for all the official purposes the nation has proceeded onward to the modern system of calendar and timetable framework as built up by the Gregorian logbook for the purpose of accommodation and to keep in pace with the universal norms. In informal expression, the Chinese individuals have now named the Traditional Chinese New Year schedule as the Rural Calendar.
- A brief description of the Chinese Calendar System:
According to the customs adhered to by the Chinese logbook framework, every day starts at midnight, and proceeds till the appearance of the following midnight. Then again, for the purpose of accommodating common purposes, individuals regularly consider a day to start at the beginning of the sunrise.
The beginnings of each of the Chinese months are ascertained from the times of the new moon, and these reach an end at the following period of the new moon. The Chinese trust that a New Year starts on the new moon that is closest to the vernal beginning. From the times immemorial, the old Chinese individuals have trusted that the sunlight based terms have assumed an essential part in the definition and the molding of the Chinese date-book framework.
Regularly one month of the Chinese timetable sees one, two or even three sun oriented terms. Notwithstanding, it ought to be borne in mind that the Chinese timetable has not been a work of a day – it has developed with the progression of time. Researchers from the antiquated times to the current days have contributed in the plan of the Chinese schedule, each in their own particular manner, and have considered occasional variables, characteristic marvel, periods of the moon, the ebbs and tides of the moon and numerous other such points of interest, finally taking shape of the last form of the Chinese Calendar.
If the historical backdrop of the development and advancement of the Chinese calendar framework can be followed, then it might be found that there are over a hundred different adaptations of the Chinese timetable, and if one studies the qualities and elements of each of these variants, then one should locate an extensive thought regarding the way of the advancement of the Chinese date-book. Different forms of these still prevail as distinctive nations have adopted distinctive forms of the luni solar based Chinese Calendar System.

Chinese Horoscope Calendar
- Structure of Chinese Calendar System:
As per the Chinese calendar framework, one sun based year is termed from the season of one winter solstice to the season of the following one. As indicated by the sun based terms of estimations, year can be isolated into twenty four sun powered terms, each of which compares to the fifteen degree edge along the way of the ecliptic. Several of these sunlight based terms conjoin come together to form the framework of climate. Traditional Chinese individuals allude to the first term as the pre climatic one while the last term is known as the mid climatic one.
The first day of each of the month according to the Chinese calendar needs to concur with the day of the new moon and finishes on the day preceding the following new moon. The times of the months are computed in a manner that the first quarter moon is noticeable on the seventh or the eighth day of every month. Amid the fifteenth or the sixteenth day of each of the Chinese months the full moon can be noticeable throughout the night. On the twenty second or the twenty third day of the Chinese month, individuals can see the last quarter of the moon either at late night or at a young hour in the morning.
Each of the months of the Chinese calendar has twenty nine or thirty days, and accordingly the length of each of the months is continually gliding. The months with thirty days are known as the long months while those with twenty nine days are known as the short months. The days in each of the months are stamped in the standard ordinal way beginning with 1. The months of the Chinese calendar are isolated into three sections which are known as xún. The initial ten days of the month are known as the fore xún, the following 10 days of the month are known as the mid xún, while the last nine or ten days of the month are known as the back xún.
- Chinese calendar in its present form — Shíxiàncalendar:
As discussed earlier, the Chinese calendar system has experienced numerous changes. The Chinese date-book in its present day modern structure takes after, for the most part, the standards set around the Shíxiàn timetable, which holds fast to the importance of seasonal changes. Be that as it may, the benchmark has been changed to the Chinese Standard Time. Likewise the speculative perceptions and hypotheses have been supplanted by the galactic information provided by advanced researchers. The advancement of the Chinese calendar timetable framework has been a long process and the most conspicuous patron in it has been Kao Ping-tse, a prominent Chinese space expert. As indicated by his proposition, the quantities of the month are figured before the new moons and the solar based terms got adjusted to day. This streamlining brings together the Chinese date-book framework at par with all the different time zones across the globe.
- Chinese New Year Calendar 2019:
Chinese New Year in the year 2019 begins on Feb 05, 2019, as per the modern day calendar.

Chinese Calendar
Find below the list of years and the associated elements for the 12 Zodiac animal signs, as per the Chinese Horoscope Calendar:
Rat
01/31/1900 to 02/18/1901 – Metal
02/18/1912 to 02/05/1913 – Water
02/05/1924 to 01/24/1925 – Wood
01/24/1936 to 02/10/1937 – Fire
02/10/1948 to 01/28/1949 – Earth
01/28/1960 to 02/14/1961 – Metal
02/15/1972 to 02/02/1973 – Water
02/02/1984 to 02/19/1985 – Wood
02/19/1996 to 02/06/1997 – Fire
02/07/2008 to 01/25/2009 – Earth
Ox
02/19/1901 to 02/07/1902 – Metal
02/06/1913 to 01/25/1914 – Water
01/25/1925 to 02/12/1926 – Wood
02/11/1937 to 01/30/1938 – Fire
01/29/1949 to 02/16/1950 – Earth
02/15/1961 to 02/04/1962 – Metal
02/03/1973 to 01/22/1974 – Water
02/20/1985 to 02/08/1986 – Wood
02/07/1997 to 01/27/1998 – Fire
01/26/2009 to 02/13/2010 – Earth
Tiger
02/08/1902 to 01/28/1903 – Water
01/26/1914 to 02/13/1915 – Wood
02/13/1926 to 02/01/1927 – Fire
01/31/1938 to 02/18/1939 – Earth
02/17/1950 to 02/05/1951 – Metal
02/05/1962 to 01/24/1963 – Water
01/23/1974 to 02/10/1975 – Wood
02/09/1986 to 01/28/1987 – Fire
01/28/1998 to 02/15/1999 – Earth
02/14/2010 to 02/02/2011 – Metal
Rabbit
01/29/1903 to 02/15/1904 – Water
02/14/1915 to 02/02/1916 – Wood
02/02/1927 to 01/22/1928 – Fire
02/19/1939 to 02/07/1940 – Earth
02/06/1951 to 01/26/1952 – Metal
01/25/1963 to 02/12/1964 – Water
02/11/1975 to 01/30/1976 – Wood
01/29/1987 to 02/16/1988 – Fire
02/16/1999 to 02/04/2000 – Earth
02/03/2011 to 01/22/2012 – Metal
Dragon
02/19/1904 to 02/03/1905 – Wood
02/03/1916 to 01/22/1917 – Fire
01/23/1928 to 02/09/1929 – Earth
02/08/1940 to 01/26/1941 – Metal
01/27/1952 to 02/13/1953 – Water
02/13/1964 to 02/01/1965 – Wood
01/31/1976 to 02/17/1977 – Fire
02/17/1988 to 02/05/1989 – Earth
02/05/2000 to 01/23/2001 – Metal
01/23/2012 to 02/09/2013 – Water
Snake
02/04/1905 to 01/24/1906 – Wood
01/23/1917 to 02/10/1918 – Fire
02/10/1929 to 01/29/1930 – Earth
01/27/1941 to 02/14/1942 – Metal
02/14/1953 to 02/02/1954 – Water
02/21/1965 to 01/20/1966 – Wood
02/18/1977 to 02/06/1978 – Fire
2/06/1989 to 01/26/1990 – Earth
01/24/2001 to 02/11/2002 – Metal
02/10/2013 to 01/30/2014 – Water
Horse
01/25/1906 to 02/12/1907 – Fire
02/11/1918 to 01/31/1919 – Earth
01/30/1930 to 02/16/1931 – Metal
02/15/1942 to 02/04/1943 – Water
02/03/1954 to 01/23/1955 – Wood
01/21/1966 to 02/08/1967 – Fire
02/07/1978 to 01/27/1979 – Earth
01/27/1990 to 02/14/1991 – Metal
02/12/2002 to 01/31/2003 – Water
01/31/2014 to 02/18/2015 – Wood
Goat
02/13/1907 to 02/01/1908 – Fire
02/01/1919 to 02/19/1920 – Earth
02/17/1931 to 02/05/1932 – Metal
02/05/1943 to 01/24/1944 – Water
01/24/1955 to 02/11/1956 – Wood
02/09/1967 to 01/29/1968 – Fire
01/28/1979 to 02/15/1980 – Earth
02/15/1991 to 02/03/1992 – Metal
02/01/2003 to 01/21/2004 – Water
02/19/2015 to 02/07/2016 – Wood
Monkey
02/02/1908 to 01/21/1909 – Earth
02/20/1920 to 02/07/1921 – Metal
02/06/1932 to 01/25/1933 – Water
01/25/1944 to 02/12/1945 – Wood
02/12/1956 to 01/30/1957 – Fire
01/29/1968 to 02/16/1969 – Earth
02/16/1980 to 02/04/1981 – Metal
02/04/1992 to 01/22/1993 – Water
01/22/2004 to 02/08/2005 – Wood
02/08/2016 to 01/27/2017 – Fire
Rooster
01/22/1909 to 02/09/1910 – Earth
02/08/1921 to 01/27/1922 – Metal
01/26/1933 to 02/13/1934 – Water
02/13/1945 to 02/01/1946 – Wood
01/31/1957 to 02/17/1958 – Fire
02/17/1969 to 02/05/1970 – Earth
02/05/1981 to 01/24/1982 – Metal
01/23/1993 to 02/09/1994 – Water
02/09/2005 to 01/28/2006 – Wood
01/28/2017 to 02/15/2019 – Fire
Dog
02/10/1910 to 01/29/1911 – Metal
01/28/1922 to 02/15/1923 – Water
02/14/1934 to 02/03/1935 – Wood
02/02/1946 to 01/21/1947 – Fire
02/18/1958 to 02/07/1959 – Earth
02/06/1970 to 01/26/1971 – Metal
01/25/1982 to 02/12/1983 – Water
02/10/1994 to 01/30/1995 – Wood
01/29/2006 to 02/17/2007 – Fire
02/16/2019 to 02/04/2019 – Earth
Pig
01/30/1911 to 02/17/1912 – Metal
02/16/1923 to 02/04/1924 – Water
02/04/1935 to 01/23/1936 – Wood
01/22/1947 to 02/09/1948 – Fire
02/08/1959 to 01/27/1960 – Earth
01/27/1971 to 02/14/1972 – Metal
02/13/1983 to 02/01/1984 – Water
01/31/1995 to 02/18/1996 – Wood
02/18/2007 to 02/06/2008 – Fire
02/05/2019 to 01/24/2020 – Earth