2098 — Year of the Horse 馬 戊午

2098 is the year of the Horse 馬 — year pillar 戊午, Yang Earth. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 2098-02-03 15:28:45 · CNY 2098-02-01 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 2098

In 2098, Chinese New Year 正月初一 falls first (2098-02-01) and Lichun 立春 2 days later (2098-02-03). 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 (2098-02-03 15:28:45, 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 2098

Born inside 2098 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 2098) mod 9 = 1 → Kan 坎 · female (2098 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 5 → Gen 艮. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 2097 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

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

By the exact Lichun instant: from 2098-02-03 15:28:45 Beijing to the Lichun of 2099. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (2098-02-01) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 2 days of 2098 — see the window note above.

Is 2098 a leap month year?

No — the lunar year 2098 has 12 months and no leap month.

What is my Kua number if I was born in 2098?

For births after Lichun: male 1 (坎), female 5 (艮). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 2097 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 2098 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (2098-02-01) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Horse years