2046 — Year of the Tiger 虎 丙寅

2046 is the year of the Tiger 虎 — year pillar 丙寅, Yang Fire. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 2046-02-04 00:30:44 · CNY 2046-02-06 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 2046

In 2046, Lichun 立春 falls first (2046-02-04) and Chinese New Year 2 days later (2046-02-06). Anyone born inside that 2-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 (2046-02-04 00:30:44, 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 2046

Born inside 2046 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2046) mod 9 = 8 → Gen 艮 · female (2046 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 7 → Dui 兑. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 2045 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

When does the year of the Tiger (丙寅) start and end?

By the exact Lichun instant: from 2046-02-04 00:30:44 Beijing to the Lichun of 2047. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2046-02-06) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 2 days of 2046 — see the window note above.

Is 2046 a leap month year?

No — the lunar year 2046 has 12 months and no leap month.

What is my Kua number if I was born in 2046?

For births after Lichun: male 8 (艮), female 7 (兑). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 2045 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 2046 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2046-02-06) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Tiger years