Astrology
Chinese Zodiac
The year's animal & element · a sixty-year cycle
A twelve-year cycle of animals paired with five elements across a 60-year round; the sign turns at Chinese New Year, not 1 January, so anyone born in January or early February belongs to the year before.
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In UTC at 02:02 on October 27, 2026, this calendar read 🐎 Fire Horse. The reading above is live, in your own time zone.
At a glance
- Type
- Cyclical — twelve animals and five elements in a 60-year round
- Origin
- Chinese tradition, shared across East and Southeast Asia
- Year
- One animal and element a year, turning at Lunar New Year
- Counts from
- No running count; the 60-year cycle repeats
- Where it’s used
- New Year festivities and birth years across East and Southeast Asia
- How it’s worked out here
- The year’s place in the cycle, from your browser’s Chinese calendar data
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