2000 — Year of the Dragon 龍 庚辰

2000 is the year of the Dragon 龍 — year pillar 庚辰, Yang Metal. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 2000-02-04 20:40:29 · CNY 2000-02-05 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 2000

In 2000, Lichun 立春 falls first (2000-02-04) and Chinese New Year 1 day later (2000-02-05). 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 (2000-02-04 20:40:29, 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 2000

Born inside 2000 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2000) mod 9 = 9 → Li 离 · female (2000 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 6 → Qian 乾. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 1999 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

When does the year of the Dragon (庚辰) start and end?

By the exact Lichun instant: from 2000-02-04 20:40:29 Beijing to the Lichun of 2001. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2000-02-05) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 1 day of 2000 — see the window note above.

Is 2000 a leap month year?

No — the lunar year 2000 has 12 months and no leap month.

What is my Kua number if I was born in 2000?

For births after Lichun: male 9 (离), female 6 (乾). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 1999 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 2000 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2000-02-05) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Dragon years