2048 — Year of the Dragon 龍 戊辰

2048 is the year of the Dragon 龍 — year pillar 戊辰, Yang Earth. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 2048-02-04 12:04:18 · CNY 2048-02-14 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 2048

In 2048, Lichun 立春 falls first (2048-02-04) and Chinese New Year 10 days later (2048-02-14). Anyone born inside that 10-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 (2048-02-04 12:04:18, 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 2048

Born inside 2048 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2048) mod 9 = 6 → Qian 乾 · female (2048 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 9 → Li 离. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 2047 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

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

By the exact Lichun instant: from 2048-02-04 12:04:18 Beijing to the Lichun of 2049. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2048-02-14) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 10 days of 2048 — see the window note above.

Is 2048 a leap month year?

No — the lunar year 2048 has 12 months and no leap month.

What is my Kua number if I was born in 2048?

For births after Lichun: male 6 (乾), female 9 (离). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 2047 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 2048 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2048-02-14) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Dragon years