Find Your Chinese Zodiac Sign
Enter your birth date. Add the month and day if you were born in January or February.
Month and day are optional. Add them if you were born in January or February. See January and February Chinese zodiac.
Which Chinese Zodiac Animal Is January?
No animal belongs to January itself. Your sign follows Lunar New Year, which never falls before Jan 21. So anyone born from Jan 1 to Jan 20 has the animal of the year before, in every year from 1900 to 2036. From Jan 21 to Jan 31 it depends on the year.
Take Jan 15, 1990. The calendar year is 1990, but Lunar New Year came on Jan 27, so this birthday is still in the Chinese year 1989, the Year of the Snake. A birthday on Jan 28, 1990 is a Horse.
Which Chinese Zodiac Animal Is February?
February depends on the year. Lunar New Year never falls after Feb 20, so a birthday on Feb 21 or later always takes the animal of that calendar year. Between Feb 1 and Feb 20, check that year’s date: Lunar New Year was Feb 5 in 2000 and Feb 19 in 2015, but Jan 28 in 1998.
The earliest date in the data is Jan 21 (1966) and the latest is Feb 20 (1920 and 1985). Across 1900 to 2036, Lunar New Year fell in January in 49 years and in February in 88.
How to Check Your Sign in Three Steps
Compare your birthday with Lunar New Year of your birth year. Born on or after that date, you take that year’s animal. Born before it, you take the animal of the year before. The calculator above does this for you.
- Find your birth year in the grid below and read its Lunar New Year date.
- Compare it with your birthday.
- Pick the animal shown for “from” if you are on or after the date, or “before” if you are earlier.
- 1970 Chinese zodiacDog from Feb 6Rooster before
- 1971 Chinese zodiacPig from Jan 27Dog before
- 1972 Chinese zodiacRat from Feb 15Pig before
- 1973 Chinese zodiacOx from Feb 3Rat before
- 1974 Chinese zodiacTiger from Jan 23Ox before
- 1975 Chinese zodiacRabbit from Feb 11Tiger before
- 1976 Chinese zodiacDragon from Jan 31Rabbit before
- 1977 Chinese zodiacSnake from Feb 18Dragon before
- 1978 Chinese zodiacHorse from Feb 7Snake before
- 1979 Chinese zodiacGoat from Jan 28Horse before
- 1980 Chinese zodiacMonkey from Feb 16Goat before
- 1981 Chinese zodiacRooster from Feb 5Monkey before
- 1982 Chinese zodiacDog from Jan 25Rooster before
- 1983 Chinese zodiacPig from Feb 13Dog before
- 1984 Chinese zodiacRat from Feb 2Pig before
- 1985 Chinese zodiacOx from Feb 20Rat before
- 1986 Chinese zodiacTiger from Feb 9Ox before
- 1987 Chinese zodiacRabbit from Jan 29Tiger before
- 1988 Chinese zodiacDragon from Feb 17Rabbit before
- 1989 Chinese zodiacSnake from Feb 6Dragon before
- 1990 Chinese zodiacHorse from Jan 27Snake before
- 1991 Chinese zodiacGoat from Feb 15Horse before
- 1992 Chinese zodiacMonkey from Feb 4Goat before
- 1993 Chinese zodiacRooster from Jan 23Monkey before
- 1994 Chinese zodiacDog from Feb 10Rooster before
- 1995 Chinese zodiacPig from Jan 31Dog before
- 1996 Chinese zodiacRat from Feb 19Pig before
- 1997 Chinese zodiacOx from Feb 7Rat before
- 1998 Chinese zodiacTiger from Jan 28Ox before
- 1999 Chinese zodiacRabbit from Feb 16Tiger before
- 2000 Chinese zodiacDragon from Feb 5Rabbit before
- 2001 Chinese zodiacSnake from Jan 24Dragon before
- 2002 Chinese zodiacHorse from Feb 12Snake before
- 2003 Chinese zodiacGoat from Feb 1Horse before
- 2004 Chinese zodiacMonkey from Jan 22Goat before
- 2005 Chinese zodiacRooster from Feb 9Monkey before
- 2006 Chinese zodiacDog from Jan 29Rooster before
- 2007 Chinese zodiacPig from Feb 18Dog before
- 2008 Chinese zodiacRat from Feb 7Pig before
- 2009 Chinese zodiacOx from Jan 26Rat before
- 2010 Chinese zodiacTiger from Feb 14Ox before
The grid covers 1970 to 2010. For other years, the Chinese zodiac years chart lists every year from 1900 to 2035 with its full start and end dates.
Birthday Examples Near Lunar New Year
The same calendar year can give two different animals. These eight birthdays sit on either side of Lunar New Year, so each pair shows the switch happening within a day or two.
| Born | Lunar New Year that year | Chinese year | Animal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 1990 | Jan 27, 1990 | 1989 Chinese zodiac (previous year) | Snake |
| Feb 10, 1990 | Jan 27, 1990 | 1990 Chinese zodiac | Horse |
| Jan 27, 1998 | Jan 28, 1998 | 1997 Chinese zodiac (previous year) | Ox |
| Jan 28, 1998 | Jan 28, 1998 | 1998 Chinese zodiac | Tiger |
| Feb 4, 2000 | Feb 5, 2000 | 1999 Chinese zodiac (previous year) | Rabbit |
| Feb 5, 2000 | Feb 5, 2000 | 2000 Chinese zodiac | Dragon |
| Feb 18, 2015 | Feb 19, 2015 | 2014 Chinese zodiac (previous year) | Horse |
| Feb 19, 2015 | Feb 19, 2015 | 2015 Chinese zodiac | Goat |
The day before Lunar New Year still belongs to the old animal. Lunar New Year day itself starts the new one.
Why Does Lunar New Year Move Every Year?
The Chinese calendar follows the moon, so Lunar New Year is the new moon that falls between Jan 21 and Feb 20. A lunar year is about 11 days shorter than a solar year, which is why the date shifts from year to year. Dates on this site use China Standard Time.
Most people go by their calendar birthday where they were born. If you were born on the day before or the day of Lunar New Year, you may want to check the time in China too. For how the dates are produced, see the methodology. Lunar age also changes on Lunar New Year, as the lunar age calculator shows, and the next date is on the Chinese New Year 2027 page.
