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Chinese Calendar

Peter M. Geiser

The Chinese calendar is based on the lunar year. 60 lunar years form a cycle. The cycle consists of a combination of celestial and terrestrial stems that together form the year in the cycle.

CelestialJia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui
TerrestrialZi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai

Together, these form the name of the cycle.

Each terrestrial branch was assigned an animal sign. The years for the last century and the following years are:

ZiMouse1900191219241936194819601972198419962008
ChouOx1901191319251937194919611973198519972009
YinTiger 1902191419261938195019621974198619982010
MaoRabbit1903191519271939195119631975198719992011
ChenDragon1904191619281940195219641976198820002012
SiSnake1905191719291941195319651977198920012013
WuHorse1906191819301942195419661978199020022014
WeiGoat1907191919311943195519671979199120032015
ShenMonkey1908192019321944195619681980199220042016
You Cock1909192119331945195719691981199320052017
XuDog1910192219341946195819701982199420062018
Hai Pig1911192319351947195919711983199520072019

Since the lunar year does not follow our Western calendar, the Chinese New Year occurs on different date in our calendar each year. The next Chinese New Years will be:

29 January 2006SundayDogBing-Xu
18 February 2007SundayPigDing-Hai
7 February 2008ThursdayMouseWu-Zi
26 January 2009MondayOxJi-Chou
14 February 2010SundayTigerGeng-Yin
3 February 2011ThursdayRabbitXin-Mao
23 January 2012MondayDragonRen-Chen
10 February 2013SundaySnakeGui-Si
31 January 2014FridayHorseJia-Wu
19 February 2015ThursdayGoatYi-Wei
8 February 2016MondayMonkeyBing-Shen


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