Chinese Zodiac Calculator

Chinese zodiac years start at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January, so a January birthday usually belongs to the previous animal. Enter a birth date between 1900 and 2050 and you get the animal, the heavenly stem that carries its element and yin or yang polarity, the full year pillar and its place in the sixty year cycle, along with the exact dates that zodiac year ran. Adding a birth hour gives the earthly branch of the hour as well. A second mode compares two birth dates against the traditional trine, harmony and clash pairings. Month and day pillars are not calculated, because they need a full Chinese calendar conversion.