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Chinese New Year dates and zodiac years, 1924–2033

Each lunar new year with its animal, element and polarity — and how many early-year birthdays still belong to the previous animal. Computed by AstroHot and free to reuse with a credit.

Records
110
Coverage
1924–2033
Format
CSV 5 KB
Built
9 Oct 2026

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From the data

What the numbers show

  • The lunar new year fell in February in 70 of the 110 years and in January in the other 40.
  • Earliest: 21 January 1966; latest: 20 February 1985. Anyone born before the date belongs to the previous animal.
  • On average 35 of the 59 days of January and February still belong to the previous year’s animal.
Date of the lunar new year, 1924–2033
21 Jan1 Feb20 Feb192419501980201020331924-02-05 — Rat1925-01-24 — Ox1926-02-13 — Tiger1927-02-02 — Rabbit1928-01-23 — Dragon1929-02-10 — Snake1930-01-30 — Horse1931-02-17 — Goat1932-02-06 — Monkey1933-01-26 — Rooster1934-02-14 — Dog1935-02-04 — Pig1936-01-24 — Rat1937-02-11 — Ox1938-01-31 — Tiger1939-02-19 — Rabbit1940-02-08 — Dragon1941-01-27 — Snake1942-02-15 — Horse1943-02-05 — Goat1944-01-25 — Monkey1945-02-13 — Rooster1946-02-02 — Dog1947-01-22 — Pig1948-02-10 — Rat1949-01-29 — Ox1950-02-17 — Tiger1951-02-06 — Rabbit1952-01-27 — Dragon1953-02-14 — Snake1954-02-03 — Horse1955-01-24 — Goat1956-02-12 — Monkey1957-01-31 — Rooster1958-02-18 — Dog1959-02-08 — Pig1960-01-28 — Rat1961-02-15 — Ox1962-02-05 — Tiger1963-01-25 — Rabbit1964-02-13 — Dragon1965-02-02 — Snake1966-01-21 — Horse1967-02-09 — Goat1968-01-30 — Monkey1969-02-17 — Rooster1970-02-06 — Dog1971-01-27 — Pig1972-02-15 — Rat1973-02-03 — Ox1974-01-23 — Tiger1975-02-11 — Rabbit1976-01-31 — Dragon1977-02-18 — Snake1978-02-07 — Horse1979-01-28 — Goat1980-02-16 — Monkey1981-02-05 — Rooster1982-01-25 — Dog1983-02-13 — Pig1984-02-02 — Rat1985-02-20 — Ox1986-02-09 — Tiger1987-01-29 — Rabbit1988-02-17 — Dragon1989-02-06 — Snake1990-01-27 — Horse1991-02-15 — Goat1992-02-04 — Monkey1993-01-23 — Rooster1994-02-10 — Dog1995-01-31 — Pig1996-02-19 — Rat1997-02-07 — Ox1998-01-28 — Tiger1999-02-16 — Rabbit2000-02-05 — Dragon2001-01-24 — Snake2002-02-12 — Horse2003-02-01 — Goat2004-01-22 — Monkey2005-02-09 — Rooster2006-01-29 — Dog2007-02-18 — Pig2008-02-07 — Rat2009-01-26 — Ox2010-02-14 — Tiger2011-02-03 — Rabbit2012-01-23 — Dragon2013-02-10 — Snake2014-01-31 — Horse2015-02-19 — Goat2016-02-08 — Monkey2017-01-28 — Rooster2018-02-16 — Dog2019-02-05 — Pig2020-01-25 — Rat2021-02-12 — Ox2022-02-01 — Tiger2023-01-22 — Rabbit2024-02-10 — Dragon2025-01-29 — Snake2026-02-17 — Horse2027-02-06 — Goat2028-01-26 — Monkey2029-02-13 — Rooster2030-02-03 — Dog2031-01-23 — Pig2032-02-11 — Rat2033-01-31 — Ox

The zigzag repeats every 19 years: 19 solar years are almost exactly 235 lunar months, so the new year returns to nearly the same date.

Source: AstroHot, Chinese New Year dates and zodiac years, 1924–2033.

A sample of the rows

The first rows for recent years — the full file has 110.

yearnew_year_dateweekdayanimalelementpolaritydays_previous_animal
20242024-02-10SaturdayDragonWoodYang40
20252025-01-29WednesdaySnakeWoodYin28
20262026-02-17TuesdayHorseFireYang47
20272027-02-06SaturdayGoatFireYin36
20282028-01-26WednesdayMonkeyEarthYang25
20292029-02-13TuesdayRoosterEarthYin43
20302030-02-03SundayDogMetalYang33
20312031-01-23ThursdayPigMetalYin22
20322032-02-11WednesdayRatWaterYang41
20332033-01-31MondayOxWaterYin30

Columns

year Gregorian year
new_year_date Date of the lunar new year (first day of the first month), Beijing time
weekday Day of the week of the new year
animal Zodiac animal of the year that begins
element Heavenly-stem element of the year
polarity Yin or yang
days_previous_animal Number of days from 1 January before the new year — birthdays on these days belong to the previous year’s animal

How it was computed

New year dates tabulated from the traditional lunisolar calendar (Chinese astronomical almanac data as published by the Hong Kong Observatory). Animal, element and polarity follow the sexagenary cycle; the last column is counted from the date.

How it was checked

Every date falls between 21 January and 20 February, as the calendar rule requires — the new year is the second new moon after the winter solstice, rarely the third.

Download and cite

astrohot-chinese-new-year.csv — 110 rows, 5 KB, UTF-8, comma-separated, one header row.

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: use it anywhere, including commercially, as long as you credit AstroHot and link to this page.

AstroHot (2026). Chinese New Year dates and zodiac years, 1924–2033 [Data set]. https://astrohot.com/datasets/chinese-new-year/

Found an error? Tell us through the contact page with the row and the figure you expected — confirmed corrections go into the next build and are noted on the methodology page.

Where these numbers are used on the site: Chinese zodiac calculator, Chinese zodiac years and Methodology.

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