Cycle position 41 of 60 · 甲辰
2024 Chinese zodiac year
甲辰 Yang Wood Dragon
The outer Dragon year began on 10 February 2024. Its Heavenly Stem is 甲 Jia, carrying yang Wood.
- Begins
- 10 February 2024
- Ends
- 28 January 2025
- Animal
- Dragon
One year name · two turning points
Chinese New Year and Li Chun in 2024
The popular animal-year reading turns on Chinese New Year. Four Pillars uses Li Chun, the solar term that also opens the Tiger month. The dates below show exactly where the two systems separate. The Li Chun moment is shown in China Standard Time (CST).
Chinese New Year
Begins the Dragon interval, which ends 28 January 2025.
Read the lunar-year boundary →立春 Li Chun
Opens the 甲辰 stem–branch year and its first solar-term month.
Open Li Chun in the solar-term cycle →Li Chun arrived 6 calendar days before Chinese New Year. In the gap, Four Pillars had entered this stem–branch year while the outer zodiac animal still belonged to the preceding year.
The complete annual coordinate
What 甲辰 fixes for 2024
The year name is one valid meeting of the ten-stem and twelve-branch sequences. Each linked coordinate has its own reference page.
- Cycle position
- 41 of 60
- Heavenly Stem
- 甲 Jia
- Phase
- Wood
- Polarity
- Yang
- Earthly Branch
- 辰 Chen · Dragon
Twelve-year branch · sixty-year pillar
When the Dragon and 甲辰 return
A branch repeats every twelve years; the same stem and branch meet every sixty. These are every matching year in the supported 1901–2099 annual range.
Twelve jie boundaries · China Standard Time (CST)
The 2024 solar-term month calendar
Each jie term opens one branch month. The sequence begins at Li Chun in 2024 and closes at Minor Cold in 2025; the timestamp, branch and complete month pillar change from month to month. Every timestamp is shown in China Standard Time (CST).
Month01立春Start of SpringLìchūn · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 寅TigerYin
- Month pillar
- 丙寅Yang Fire TigerYang Fire
Month02惊蛰Awakening of InsectsJīngzhé · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 卯RabbitMao
- Month pillar
- 丁卯Yin Fire RabbitYin Fire
Month03清明Clear and BrightQīngmíng · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 辰DragonChen
- Month pillar
- 戊辰Yang Earth DragonYang Earth
Month04立夏Start of SummerLìxià · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 巳SnakeSi
- Month pillar
- 己巳Yin Earth SnakeYin Earth
Month05芒种Grain in EarMángzhòng · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 午HorseWu
- Month pillar
- 庚午Yang Metal HorseYang Metal
Month06小暑Minor HeatXiǎoshǔ · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 未GoatWei
- Month pillar
- 辛未Yin Metal GoatYin Metal
Month07立秋Start of AutumnLìqiū · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 申MonkeyShen
- Month pillar
- 壬申Yang Water MonkeyYang Water
Month08白露White DewBáilù · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 酉RoosterYou
- Month pillar
- 癸酉Yin Water RoosterYin Water
Month09寒露Cold DewHánlù · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 戌DogXu
- Month pillar
- 甲戌Yang Wood DogYang Wood
Month10立冬Start of WinterLìdōng · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 亥PigHai
- Month pillar
- 乙亥Yin Wood PigYin Wood
Month11大雪Major SnowDàxuě · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 子RatZi
- Month pillar
- 丙子Yang Fire RatYang Fire
Month12小寒Minor ColdXiǎohán · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 丑OxChou
- Month pillar
- 丁丑Yin Fire OxYin Fire