Lunar New Year
Glossary · Last updated: 2026-07-26
Chinese Sheng Xiao year animals switch at Lunar New Year (Spring Festival). That date is usually late January through mid-February.
Born on January 10? You may still be the previous year's animal. Our app shows a boundary notice when your birth date sits within three weeks of Lunar New Year.
Example: see it on a birth date
July 5, 2020 is the Year of the Metal Rat under the Chinese Lunar New Year boundary.
January birthdays need that year's festival date before you pick the animal. Tibetan Losar is a different new year. This date's Tibetan year is the Year of the Iron Mouse.
Enter your own date on the Zodiac Sign Calculator.
Different from Losar
Tibetan Losar is a related but separate new-year date. Chinese and Tibetan animals can match. They can still switch on different days.
Related
Main reading and tools
These are the main reading and calculator pages. Use them for a daily note, a birth-sign tool, or a pair check.
- Today's Horoscope hubAll twelve Western sun-sign daily pages, plus links to the seven-tradition reader.
- Horoscope & Zodiac CompatibilityTwo birth dates for Western, Chinese, and Indian Vedic pairing, plus every sun-sign hub.
- Zodiac Sign CalculatorWestern sun sign from birth date, with element, modality, and ruler.
- Rising Sign CalculatorIndian Vedic Lagna estimate when you have birth date, time, and place.
- Moon Sign CalculatorIndian Vedic Janma Rashi and nakshatra when birth time and city are available.