1918 — Year of the Horse 馬 戊午

1918 is the year of the Horse 馬 — year pillar 戊午, Yang Earth. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 1918-02-04 22:53:12 · CNY 1918-02-11 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 1918

In 1918, Lichun 立春 falls first (1918-02-04) and Chinese New Year 7 days later (1918-02-11). Anyone born inside that 7-day window gets a different zodiac animal and year pillar depending on which convention their tool follows — BaZi practice switches at the exact Lichun instant (1918-02-04 22:53:12, Beijing), folk calendar practice at the new moon. This is not an edge case we gloss over — it is the single most common source of wrong zodiac years, and our engine comparison tool shows it live with three engines side by side.

Your Kua number for 1918

Born inside 1918 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 1918) mod 9 = 1 → Kan 坎 · female (1918 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 5 → Gen 艮. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 1917 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

When does the year of the Horse (戊午) start and end?

By the exact Lichun instant: from 1918-02-04 22:53:12 Beijing to the Lichun of 1919. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (1918-02-11) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 7 days of 1918 — see the window note above.

Is 1918 a leap month year?

No — the lunar year 1918 has 12 months and no leap month.

What is my Kua number if I was born in 1918?

For births after Lichun: male 1 (坎), female 5 (艮). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 1917 and use that year in the formula — most online calculators get early-February birthdays wrong here.

Tools for this year

All 24 solar terms of 1918 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (1918-02-11) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Horse years