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Chinese calendar converter

Pick any day to see its lunar date, and when that lunar date falls in the years ahead.

Today in China, or any day from 19 February 1901 to 30 December 2100.

28 October 2026

丙午年九月十九

bǐngwǔ nián jiǔyuè shíjiǔ

The 19th day of the 9th month, Year of the Horse

Lunar date
农历九月十九 nónglì jiǔyuè shíjiǔ
Year
丙午年 bǐngwǔ nián · 马年 mǎ nián Horse
Western date
2026年10月28号 星期三 èr líng èr liù nián shí yuè èr shí bā hào · xīng qī sān

九月十九 in the years ahead

A lunar birthday or anniversary falls on a different Western day each year.

  1. 202718 October 2027
  2. 20285 November 2028
  3. 202926 October 2029
  4. 203015 October 2030
  5. 20313 November 2031

Lunar festivals this year and next

FestivalLunar dateHorse year 2026–27Goat year 2027–28
春节 Chūnjié
Chinese New Year		正月初一17 February 20266 February 2027
元宵节 Yuánxiāojié
Lantern Festival		正月十五3 March 202620 February 2027
龙抬头 Lóng táitóu
Dragon Raises Its Head		二月初二20 March 20269 March 2027
端午节 Duānwǔjié
Dragon Boat Festival		五月初五19 June 20269 June 2027
七夕节 Qīxījié
Qixi, Chinese Valentine’s Day		七月初七19 August 20268 August 2027
中元节 Zhōngyuánjié
Ghost Festival		七月十五27 August 202616 August 2027
中秋节 Zhōngqiūjié
Mid-Autumn Festival		八月十五25 September 202615 September 2027
重阳节 Chóngyángjié
Double Ninth Festival		九月初九18 October 20268 October 2027
腊八节 Làbājié
Laba Festival		腊月初八15 January 20274 January 2028
除夕 Chúxī
Chinese New Year’s Eve		腊月最后一天5 February 202725 January 2028

清明 and 冬至 follow the sun, not the moon: about 5 April and 22 December. Their dates are on Chinese festivals.

The lunar months

  1. 1正月 zhēngyuè
  2. 2二月 èryuè
  3. 3三月 sānyuè
  4. 4四月 sìyuè
  5. 5五月 wǔyuè
  6. 6六月 liùyuè
  7. 7七月 qīyuè
  8. 8八月 bāyuè
  9. 9九月 jiǔyuè
  10. 10十月 shíyuè
  11. 11冬月 dōngyuè
  12. 12腊月 làyuè

How does the Chinese calendar work?

Each month starts on the day of a new moon, so a month has 29 or 30 days and the day of the month tells you the moon: 初一 is the new moon and 十五 the full moon. Twelve months make 354 or 355 days, so about every three years a leap month (闰月) is added to keep the year with the seasons. The new year, 春节, falls between 21 January and 20 February.

What is my Chinese lunar birthday?

Pick the day you were born: the lunar date is your lunar birthday, and the list under it shows the Western day it falls on in the years ahead. Many families, especially older people, still celebrate the lunar birthday.

What do 农历 and 阳历 mean?

农历 (nónglì), “the farming calendar”, is the lunar calendar, used for festivals, birthdays of older people and lucky days. 阳历 (yánglì) or 公历 (gōnglì) is the Western calendar China uses for everything else.

How are lunar dates written?

The months are 正月 (the first), 二月 to 十月, then 冬月 and 腊月 for the eleventh and twelfth. The first ten days are 初一 to 初十, then 十一 to 二十, 廿一 to 廿九 (廿 niàn is twenty), and 三十. So the Mid-Autumn Festival is 八月十五 and Chinese New Year’s Eve is the last day of 腊月.

What are 丙午 and the other year names?

Each year has a two-character name from a cycle of sixty, ten “heavenly stems” (甲 乙 丙 丁 戊 己 庚 辛 壬 癸) with twelve “earthly branches” (子 丑 寅 卯 辰 巳 午 未 申 酉 戌 亥), and each branch is one of the twelve zodiac animals: 午 is the Horse.

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Lunar months from the Hong Kong Observatory’s conversion tables, 1901 to 2100. Nothing you pick is kept.