2050 — Year of the Horse 馬 庚午

2050 is the year of the Horse 馬 — year pillar 庚午, Yang Metal. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 2050-02-03 23:43:29 · CNY 2050-01-23 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 2050

In 2050, Chinese New Year 正月初一 falls first (2050-01-23) and Lichun 立春 11 days later (2050-02-03). Anyone born inside that 11-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 (2050-02-03 23:43:29, 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 2050

Born inside 2050 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2050) mod 9 = 4 → Xun 巽 · female (2050 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 2 → Kun 坤. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 2049 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

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

By the exact Lichun instant: from 2050-02-03 23:43:29 Beijing to the Lichun of 2051. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2050-01-23) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 11 days of 2050 — see the window note above.

Is 2050 a leap month year?

Yes — the lunar year 2050 has 13 months with a leap month 3 閏3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 2050?

For births after Lichun: male 4 (巽), female 2 (坤). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 2049 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 2050 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2050-01-23) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Horse years