2056 — Year of the Rat 鼠 丙子

2056 is the year of the Rat 鼠 — year pillar 丙子, Yang Fire. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 2056-02-04 10:46:45 · CNY 2056-02-15 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 2056

In 2056, Lichun 立春 falls first (2056-02-04) and Chinese New Year 11 days later (2056-02-15). 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 (2056-02-04 10:46:45, 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 2056

Born inside 2056 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2056) mod 9 = 7 → Dui 兑 · female (2056 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 8 → Gen 艮. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 2055 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

When does the year of the Rat (丙子) start and end?

By the exact Lichun instant: from 2056-02-04 10:46:45 Beijing to the Lichun of 2057. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2056-02-15) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 11 days of 2056 — see the window note above.

Is 2056 a leap month year?

No — the lunar year 2056 has 12 months and no leap month.

What is my Kua number if I was born in 2056?

For births after Lichun: male 7 (兑), female 8 (艮). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 2055 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 2056 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2056-02-15) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Rat years