2042 — Year of the Dog 狗 壬戌

2042 is the year of the Dog 狗 — year pillar 壬戌, Yang Water. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 2042-02-04 01:12:33 · CNY 2042-01-22 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 2042

In 2042, Chinese New Year 正月初一 falls first (2042-01-22) and Lichun 立春 13 days later (2042-02-04). 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 (2042-02-04 01:12:33, 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 2042

Born inside 2042 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2042) mod 9 = 3 → Zhen 震 · female (2042 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 3 → Zhen 震. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 2041 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

When does the year of the Dog (壬戌) start and end?

By the exact Lichun instant: from 2042-02-04 01:12:33 Beijing to the Lichun of 2043. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2042-01-22) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 13 days of 2042 — see the window note above.

Is 2042 a leap month year?

Yes — the lunar year 2042 has 13 months with a leap month 2 閏2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 2042?

For births after Lichun: male 3 (震), female 3 (震). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 2041 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 2042 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2042-01-22) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Dog years