Begins February 13, 2029 · 355 days long
2029: year of the Earth Rooster
The Rooster year starts on February 13, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 2029 before that date is a Monkey.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 13, 2029 10:32 AM UTC
- In Beijing
- 6:32 PM Tue, Feb 13 · sets the date
- Year of the Rooster
- 355 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Feb 2, 2030 4:08 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 2029: the new moon in your city
The Earth Rooster year opens with the new moon at 10:32 AM UTC on February 13, 2029 — 6:32 PM on February 13 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 5:32 AM on February 13 in New York, 10:32 AM on February 13 in London and 9:32 PM on February 13 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Tue, Feb 13, 2029 |
| Honolulu United States | 12:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 1:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 2:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 3:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 3:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 4:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 4:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 5:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 5:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 5:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 5:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 6:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 7:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 7:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 7:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 10:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 10:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 11:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 11:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 11:32 AM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 12:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 12:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 12:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 1:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 1:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 1:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 2:02 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 2:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 3:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 4:02 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 4:17 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 4:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 5:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 5:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 6:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 6:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 6:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 6:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 7:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 7:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 9:02 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 8:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 9:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 11:32 PM Tue, Feb 13, 2029 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 2029 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Earth Rooster personality
Anyone born from February 13, 2029 through February 2, 2030 is an Earth Rooster: the yin earth stem 己 over the 酉 branch.
Earth feeds the Rooster's own Metal in the five-element cycle, so this Rooster is the best supported of the five. Earth brings steadiness, practicality and patience — traditionally the most reliable version, and the slowest to change direction.
Stem and branch
2029 is 己酉 (Jǐyǒu)
Na yin — the sounding element
Earth of the Great Post Road 大驛土
The broad road of the imperial courier system. Associated with connection, travel and carrying messages — ground that links distant places.
2029 therefore carries earth from its stem and earth from its na yin — the same element twice. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A "blind" year with no spring
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 3, 2029 and February 4, 2030, Beijing time. The Rooster year spans February 13, 2029 to February 2, 2030, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 2029 Rooster
The 酉 branch puts a 2029 Rooster opposite the Rabbit on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Rabbit year after it is 2035. Its harmony partner is the Dragon, due 7 years later, in 2036. How the Rooster and Rabbit get on →
If you were born in 2029
- Born January 1 – February 12, 2029: an Earth Monkey, the animal of 2028.
- Born February 13, 2029 or later in the year: an Earth Rooster.
This is one of the late new years: 43 days, from New Year's Day to February 12, still belong to the Monkey. That is about one US birth in 9 (11.4%, SSA records 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Rooster across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Rooster.
The lunar calendar of 2029
Why 355 days, and not 365
No month is doubled in 2029, so the year ends on February 2, 2030 after twelve months — seven long ones of 30 days and five short ones of 29, 355 days in all.
The 30-day months are the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 11th and 12th.
Festival dates in the 2029 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Tue, Feb 27, 2029 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Sat, Jun 16, 2029 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Thu, Aug 16, 2029 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Fri, Aug 24, 2029 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Sat, Sep 22, 2029 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Tue, Oct 16, 2029 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Fri, Dec 21, 2029 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Fri, Jan 11, 2030 |
The year's first full moon arrives at 1:10 AM on March 1, two days after the Lantern Festival. The festival night of September 22 falls a day before the true full moon, which comes at 12:29 AM Beijing time on September 23 — lunar day 16.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 2029
Lengths differ because a leap month is inserted every two or three years. This is what makes the new year date jump rather than drift.
Only 22 of the 110 new years in the table fall later in the calendar than February 13. Four other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 2017 began on January 28 — marked in lavender with the other Rooster years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 2029: Zodiac Year of the Earth Rooster.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/2029/
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