Chinese Zodiac Age Table
Find your Chinese zodiac animal and age from a birth year, across all 12 animals and 5 elements, with earthly branch, ROC year and traditional attributes.
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Chinese Zodiac Age Table
Find your Chinese zodiac animal and age from a birth year, across all 12 animals and 5 elements, with earthly branch, ROC year and traditional attributes.
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About Chinese Zodiac Age Table
Gregorian, ROC, zodiac, and age columns
Each row connects a Gregorian year with Taiwan ROC year, Chinese zodiac animal, Earthly Branch, element, actual age, and traditional virtual age. It is useful for forms, family conversations, cultural notes, and quick year conversion.
Query sentence, zodiac filter, and jump to this year
Pick Gregorian year, ROC year, age this year, or birth date at the start of the sentence and fill in one number to get the zodiac sign and ages at once; the table below can be filtered to one animal or jumped to the current year.
Cultural calendar reference, not fortune telling
This is a year-level cultural reference and does not predict personality, luck, relationships, or compatibility. For legal age, identity verification, exact lunar-new-year boundaries, or official forms, confirm the precise date with the relevant authority or calendar source.
FAQ
Common questions and answers about this topic.
What is Chinese Zodiac Age Table?
View Chinese zodiac signs with corresponding Gregorian and ROC years and ages.
Is Chinese Zodiac Age Table free to use?
Yes, Chinese Zodiac Age Table is completely free to use.
What is the difference between virtual age and actual age?
Actual age starts at 0 at birth. Virtual age (East Asian reckoning) starts at 1 at birth and increments each Lunar New Year.
What is the ROC year and how is it calculated?
The ROC year is used in Taiwan. It equals the Gregorian year minus 1911. For example, 2024 is ROC 113.
How do I find the Chinese zodiac for a specific age?
Scan the current actual-age column for the age you need, or type the birth year into the query sentence once you know it. The matching row shows the birth year, Chinese zodiac animal, virtual age, Gregorian year, and ROC year; if the birthday falls in January or early February, enter the full birth date under the “birthday” unit of the query sentence to see both conventions.
How does the 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle work?
The Chinese zodiac repeats every 12 years in a fixed order of animals. Your zodiac sign is determined by your birth year.
I was born in January or early February — which zodiac sign am I?
Traditionally the zodiac changes at Lunar New Year (late January to mid-February), not on January 1, and Chinese astrology (Bazi) changes it at Lichun, the Start of Spring, so two answers can both be correct. Switch the query sentence at the top of this page to “birthday”: enter your birth date and it shows that year's Lunar New Year and Lichun dates with the sign under each convention.
Data Sources
This tool's data is compiled from the authoritative sources below.
- Hong Kong Observatory - The 12-Year Animal Cycle(opens in a new tab)
- Hong Kong Observatory - Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches(opens in a new tab)
- Hong Kong Observatory - Gregorian-Lunar Calendar Conversion Table(opens in a new tab)
- Hong Kong Observatory - Date and Time of the 24 Solar Terms(opens in a new tab)
- Taiwan Ministry of the Interior Household Registration - Year and Age Comparison Table(opens in a new tab)
- Taiwan Central Weather Administration - Calendar Data Tables(opens in a new tab)
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