2026 — Year of the Horse 馬 丙午

2026 is the year of the Horse 馬 — year pillar 丙午, Yang Fire. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 2026-02-04 04:02:05 · CNY 2026-02-17 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 2026

In 2026, Lichun 立春 falls first (2026-02-04) and Chinese New Year 13 days later (2026-02-17). Anyone born inside that 13-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 (2026-02-04 04:02:05, 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 2026

Born inside 2026 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2026) mod 9 = 1 → Kan 坎 · female (2026 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 5 → Gen 艮. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 2025 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

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

By the exact Lichun instant: from 2026-02-04 04:02:05 Beijing to the Lichun of 2027. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2026-02-17) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 13 days of 2026 — see the window note above.

Is 2026 a leap month year?

No — the lunar year 2026 has 12 months and no leap month.

What is my Kua number if I was born in 2026?

For births after Lichun: male 1 (坎), female 5 (艮). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 2025 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 2026 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2026-02-17) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Horse years