About the Chinese Calendar

The Chinese Calendar is based on the lunar system with a period of twelve years. Therefore, it deviates from the Gregorian Calendar, a solar calendar. Each Chinese year, beginning with the Chinese New Year's Day, is related to one of the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac. The Chinese New Year's Day - also known as Spring Festival - moves slightly between January and February in the solar calendar. Please, look in the following list to find your personal animal sign of the Chinese Zodiac! The list gives the date of the Chinese New Year's Day in the common solar calendar.

Example: if you are born in 1922 earlier than Jan. 28th (according to solar calendar) your animal sign is rooster, if you are born on Jan. 28th or later in that year your animal sign is dog.