Chinese zodiac

Rat

Notice small clues

Resourcefulness and curiosity · A cultural symbol, not a personality diagnosis or a prediction.

An idea to reflect on

Try looking at a familiar day through a new question.

Chinese zodiac

We match the Gregorian birthday you enter to the Hong Kong Observatory lunar calendar. The animal changes on Lunar New Year, not 1 January or Li Chun. This date-only cultural lookup uses your recorded local birthday without converting it to another time zone; time of birth is not required.

Zi Wei is separate: it converts the birth instant to Beijing time and uses its own late-Zi-hour day rule. Near a date or New Year boundary, its chart year can differ. Neither result predicts your future.

Calendar source · Hong Kong Observatory