1960 — Year of the Rat 鼠 庚子

1960 is the year of the Rat 鼠 — year pillar 庚子, Yang Metal. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 1960-02-05 03:23:20 · CNY 1960-01-28 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 1960

In 1960, Chinese New Year 正月初一 falls first (1960-01-28) and Lichun 立春 8 days later (1960-02-05). Anyone born inside that 8-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 (1960-02-05 03:23:20, 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 1960

Born inside 1960 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 1960) mod 9 = 4 → Xun 巽 · female (1960 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 2 → Kun 坤. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 1959 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

When does the year of the Rat (庚子) start and end?

By the exact Lichun instant: from 1960-02-05 03:23:20 Beijing to the Lichun of 1961. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (1960-01-28) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 8 days of 1960 — see the window note above.

Is 1960 a leap month year?

Yes — the lunar year 1960 has 13 months with a leap month 6 閏6月, computed by the GB/T 33661-2017 rules (no-zhongqi method, with the 2033-type edge cases handled).

What is my Kua number if I was born in 1960?

For births after Lichun: male 4 (巽), female 2 (坤). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 1959 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 1960 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (1960-01-28) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Rat years