Find the Chinese zodiac sign (and sexagenary cycle) from a year.
Chinese Zodiac
马
Horse
Sexagenary (Heavenly Stem + Earthly Branch)
丙午
丙 · 午
The Chinese zodiac assigns an animal to each of the 12 Earthly Branches and repeats every 12 years. Combined with the 10 Heavenly Stems (甲乙丙丁戊己庚辛壬癸), the full stem-branch cycle (干支) repeats every 60 years.
Yes. Enter a Gregorian year and it displays that year's zodiac animal (rat, ox, tiger ...) along with the sexagenary cycle designation (heavenly stem and earthly branch, e.g., 2024 → 甲辰).
They are mostly the same, but some animals differ (for example, the Japanese '猪' means wild boar, while the Chinese '猪' means pig). This tool displays the Chinese-style zodiac animals.
It is a 60-year cycle for naming years that combines the ten heavenly stems (甲, 乙, 丙 ...) with the twelve earthly branches (子, 丑, 寅 ...). The tool automatically determines and displays the combination for a given year.
