# Chinese Zodiac Calculator

> Chinese zodiac calculator: find your animal sign AND element from your birth year, with traits, lucky numbers, and compatibility. Free, instant, private.

- **Canonical URL:** https://boringtoolskit.com/chinese-zodiac-calculator/
- **Category:** Astrology
- **Evidence level:** authored-methodology
- **Reviewed:** July 26, 2026
- **Last verified:** 2026-10-12
- **Privacy:** Inputs and results stay in this browser unless the page clearly labels an external request.

## How it works

Zodiac sign = the animal whose 12-year cycle contains the birth year; the cycle anchors to Chinese New Year, not January 1.

## Worked example

June 15, 1995 falls in the Year of the Pig (1995), so that birthdate is a Pig.

## Assumptions

- The sign changes at Chinese New Year, between late January and mid February.
- Births in January or early February may belong to the previous year's animal.

## Related tools

- /birthday-calculator/
- /age-calculator/
- /day-of-week-calculator/

## Sources

- [Chinese zodiac year boundaries](/methodology/)
- [Calculation methodology](/methodology/)

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