The date on your record
Enter a Gregorian birthday in 2027. The day and month are needed to place it on the lunar calendar.
The lunar year at a glance
Chinese Zodiac 2027
See the animal and year-stem element for the lunar year beginning in 2027, then check a birth date against its start.
Lunar year beginning in 2027
- Chinese New Year begins
- Year-stem element
Your birth-date result
The year boundary
Why a 2027 birthday can have an earlier sign
The lunar year starts later
The animal for the lunar year beginning in 2027 takes effect on its published Chinese New Year date, not at midnight on January 1.
The element belongs to a stem
The displayed element follows the lunar year's heavenly stem. It is a year label, not a complete personal birth chart.
Scope & sources
The calendar behind this page
The animal, stem, and New Year boundary are read from the Hong Kong Observatory's Gregorian–Lunar Calendar Conversion Tables. The stem-to-element correspondence follows Shandong University's Center for Zhouyi & Ancient Chinese Philosophy.
This page checks birthdays within 2027. For another birth year, use the Chinese zodiac calculator. To compare two people's lunar-year animals, use Chinese zodiac compatibility.
Common questions
About the 2027 animal and element
What if I was born before Chinese New Year in 2027?
The date checker uses the previous lunar year's animal and stem. The year shown at the top describes the lunar year that begins in 2027.
Does the year-stem element describe my entire birth chart?
No. It labels the year in this calendar. A full birth chart uses more information than this page asks for.
Can I compare a 2027 birth with another person?
Yes. Enter both complete dates on the compatibility page so each animal is checked against its own New Year boundary.