1954 — Year of the Horse 馬 甲午

1954 is the year of the Horse 馬 — year pillar 甲午, Yang Wood. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 1954-02-04 16:30:53 · CNY 1954-02-03 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 1954

In 1954, Chinese New Year 正月初一 falls first (1954-02-03) and Lichun 立春 1 day later (1954-02-04). Anyone born inside that 1-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 (1954-02-04 16:30:53, 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 1954

Born inside 1954 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 1954) mod 9 = 1 → Kan 坎 · female (1954 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 5 → Gen 艮. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 1953 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

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

By the exact Lichun instant: from 1954-02-04 16:30:53 Beijing to the Lichun of 1955. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (1954-02-03) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 1 day of 1954 — see the window note above.

Is 1954 a leap month year?

No — the lunar year 1954 has 12 months and no leap month.

What is my Kua number if I was born in 1954?

For births after Lichun: male 1 (坎), female 5 (艮). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 1953 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 1954 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (1954-02-03) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Horse years