2053 — Year of the Rooster 雞 癸酉

2053 is the year of the Rooster 雞 — year pillar 癸酉, Yin Water. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 2053-02-03 17:12:33 · CNY 2053-02-19 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 2053

In 2053, Lichun 立春 falls first (2053-02-03) and Chinese New Year 16 days later (2053-02-19). Anyone born inside that 16-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 (2053-02-03 17:12:33, 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 2053

Born inside 2053 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2053) mod 9 = 1 → Kan 坎 · female (2053 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 5 → Gen 艮. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 2052 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

When does the year of the Rooster (癸酉) start and end?

By the exact Lichun instant: from 2053-02-03 17:12:33 Beijing to the Lichun of 2054. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2053-02-19) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 16 days of 2053 — see the window note above.

Is 2053 a leap month year?

No — the lunar year 2053 has 12 months and no leap month.

What is my Kua number if I was born in 2053?

For births after Lichun: male 1 (坎), female 5 (艮). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 2052 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 2053 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2053-02-19) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Rooster years