What Chinese Zodiac Sign Am I? Birthday Calculator

Enter your date of birth to find your Chinese zodiac animal and element. The calculator uses the real Lunar New Year date for your birth year and also shows your BaZi (Li Chun) sign when the two differ.

How your Chinese zodiac sign is worked out

Your sign depends on your birth year, but the year changes at Lunar New Year, not January 1. Lunar New Year falls between January 21 and February 20, so anyone born in January or early February may belong to the previous year's animal. For example, someone born on January 25, 2026 is a Snake, not a Horse, because the Horse year began on February 17, 2026.

BaZi (Four Pillars) astrology changes the year at Li Chun, the "Start of Spring" solar term around February 4. If you were born between Li Chun and Lunar New Year, your BaZi sign differs from your everyday sign. Lunar New Year vs Li Chun explains the difference.

Your element

Your element comes from your birth year's Heavenly Stem, which follows the last digit of the year: 0–1 Metal, 2–3 Water, 4–5 Wood, 6–7 Fire, 8–9 Earth. Even years are yang and odd years are yin. The same last-digit rule applies at the Lunar New Year boundary, so a January 1967 birthday still counts as 1966, a Fire Horse.

Chinese zodiac years, 1924–2031

What's next

Once you know your sign, see what 2026 holds for every sign or check how you get along with the Horse.