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Chinese Calendar Converter
农历 nónglì · the lunar calendar
Turn any Western date into its Chinese lunar date, or a lunar date back into a Western one, from 1900 to 2100. Find your lunar birthday too.
Convert a date
- Western date
- Chinese date
- Lunar year
- Festival · term
- Lunar birthday
The answer
The Chinese calendar is lunisolar: months start on the new moon and last 29 or 30 days, and a leap month is added about every three years to keep pace with the seasons. Chinese New Year 2027 falls on 6 February 2027. Enter any date from 1900 to 2100 to convert it either way.
Coming up in the Chinese calendar
The next festivals, with their lunar dates. Full lists are on each year’s page.
- Dec222026
Winter Solstice冬至
solar term · 11th month, day 14
Dumplings or tangyuan, depending on the region. Set by the sun.
- Jan152027
Laba Festival腊八节
12th month, day 8
Laba congee; the start of the run-up to New Year.
- Feb52027
Chinese New Year’s Eve除夕
12th month, day 29
Last day of the lunar year: reunion dinner and the CMG Spring Festival Gala.
- Feb62027
Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)春节
1st month, day 1
First day of the lunar year and the biggest family holiday of the year.
- Feb202027
Lantern Festival元宵节
1st month, day 15
Lanterns, riddles and tangyuan; it closes the New Year season.
- Apr52027
Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)清明节
solar term · 2nd month, day 29
Families visit and tidy ancestors’ graves. Set by the sun, not the moon.
Chinese calendar by year
Each year’s page has Chinese New Year and every festival date, the lunar months with their lengths, and the 24 solar terms.
How the Chinese calendar works
Each month begins on the day of the new moon in Beijing time and lasts 29 or 30 days. Twelve months fall about 11 days short of a solar year, so a leap month, which repeats the number of the month before it, is added seven times every 19 years.
The year is also divided into 24 solar terms (节气) that follow the sun, such as the Start of Spring around 4 February. The rule that the month containing the Winter Solstice is always the 11th month keeps the lunar year in step with the seasons, which is why Chinese New Year always falls between 21 January and 20 February.
The dates here come from a standard Chinese calendar library and are spot-checked against the Hong Kong Observatory’s official conversion tables.
Questions readers ask
When is Chinese New Year 2027?
6 February 2027. It starts the Year of the Goat (Fire Goat, 丁未). Chinese New Year always falls between 21 January and 20 February.
How do I find my lunar birthday?
Convert your date of birth to the Chinese calendar, note the lunar month and day, then look that lunar date up in the year you want. The converter does this for you and lists the Western dates of your lunar birthday for the next few years.
What is a leap month?
Twelve lunar months are about 354 days, 11 days short of a solar year, so seven leap months are added every 19 years. A leap month repeats the month before it and has the same number, for example a leap 6th month in 2025.
Why do Chinese festivals move every year?
Most festivals are fixed in the lunar calendar, such as Mid-Autumn on the 15th day of the 8th month, so their Western dates change. Qingming and the Winter Solstice are solar terms, so they stay within a day or two of 5 April and 22 December.
When is the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2026?
25 September 2026, the 15th day of the 8th lunar month.
Which time zone does the Chinese calendar use?
Beijing time (UTC+8). New moons and solar terms are timed in Beijing, so a date near midnight can differ from calendars computed for other time zones.
Related tools
Sources
- Hong Kong Observatory, Gregorian-Lunar calendar conversion tables, 1901–2100 · accessed 28 Oct 2026
- Wikipedia, Chinese calendar (months, leap months and solar terms) · accessed 28 Oct 2026
Update log. 28 October 2026 — published. Next review due 26 January 2027. Suggest a correction
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