Begins February 3, 2030 · 354 days long
2030: year of the Metal Dog
The Dog year starts on February 3, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 2030 before that date is a Rooster.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 2, 2030 4:08 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 12:08 AM Sun, Feb 3 · sets the date
- Year of the Dog
- 354 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 23, 2031 4:31 AM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 2030: the new moon in your city
The Metal Dog year opens with the new moon at 4:08 PM UTC on February 2, 2030 — 12:08 AM on February 3 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 11:08 AM on February 2 in New York, 4:08 PM on February 2 in London and 3:08 AM on February 3 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Sat, Feb 2, 2030 |
| Honolulu United States | 6:08 AM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 7:08 AM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 8:08 AM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 9:08 AM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 9:08 AM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 10:08 AM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 10:08 AM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 11:08 AM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 11:08 AM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 11:08 AM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 11:08 AM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 12:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 1:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 1:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 1:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 4:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 4:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 5:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 5:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 5:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 6:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 6:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 6:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 7:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 7:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 7:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 7:38 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 8:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 9:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 9:38 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 9:53 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 10:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 11:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 11:08 PM Sat, Feb 2, 2030 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 12:08 AM Sun, Feb 3, 2030 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 12:08 AM Sun, Feb 3, 2030 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 12:08 AM Sun, Feb 3, 2030 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 12:08 AM Sun, Feb 3, 2030 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 1:08 AM Sun, Feb 3, 2030 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 1:08 AM Sun, Feb 3, 2030 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 2:38 AM Sun, Feb 3, 2030 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 2:08 AM Sun, Feb 3, 2030 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 3:08 AM Sun, Feb 3, 2030 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 5:08 AM Sun, Feb 3, 2030 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 2030 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Metal Dog personality
Anyone born from February 3, 2030 through January 22, 2031 is a Metal Dog: the yang metal stem 庚 over the 戌 branch.
The Dog's own Earth feeds Metal here, which drains as much as it gives: productive, but inclined to spend itself. Metal brings discipline, resolve and sharp edges — traditionally the most determined version, and the least willing to bend.
Stem and branch
2030 is 庚戌 (Gēngxū)
Na yin — the sounding element
Gold of Hairpins and Bracelets 釵釧金
Metal made into jewelry. Readings give these years refinement, taste and personal value — worth expressed through beauty and care rather than force.
2030 therefore carries metal from its stem and metal from its na yin — the same element twice. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
An ordinary single-spring year
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 2030 and February 4, 2031, Beijing time. The Dog year spans February 3, 2030 to January 22, 2031, so exactly one of them sits inside it. What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 2030 Dog
The 戌 branch puts a 2030 Dog opposite the Dragon on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Dragon year after it is 2036. Its harmony partner is the Rabbit, due 5 years later, in 2035. How the Dog and Dragon get on →
If you were born in 2030
- Born January 1 – February 2, 2030: an Earth Rooster, the animal of 2029.
- Born February 3, 2030 or later in the year: a Metal Dog.
A year-only calculator mislabels 33 days of 2030, everything from January 1 to February 2. Roughly one US birth in 11 falls on those dates — 8.7% in SSA records for 2000–2014. Check your exact date →
The Dog across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Dog.
The lunar calendar of 2030
Why 354 days, and not 365
No leap month this time: from February 3, 2030 to January 22, 2031, 2030 runs twelve months, six of 30 days and six of 29 — 354 days.
The 30-day months are the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th.
Festival dates in the 2030 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Sun, Feb 17, 2030 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Wed, Jun 5, 2030 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Mon, Aug 5, 2030 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Tue, Aug 13, 2030 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Thu, Sep 12, 2030 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Sat, Oct 5, 2030 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Sun, Dec 22, 2030 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Wed, Jan 1, 2031 |
The year's first full moon arrives at 2:19 PM on February 18, the day after the Lantern Festival. This time the calendar and the sky agree: the Moon is exactly full on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, at 5:17 AM Beijing time on September 12.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 2030
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.
By date, 2030 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 46 fall earlier in the calendar and 60 later. Three other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 2018 began on February 16 — marked in lavender with the other Dog years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 2030: Zodiac Year of the Metal Dog.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/2030/
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