Today's lunar date for your time zone, the zodiac year, this lunar month beside the Gregorian dates, and the next Chinese New Year, Qingming, Dragon Boat and Mid-Autumn festivals.
Today in Beijing
Month 9, day 9
九月初九
Year of the Fire Horse (丙午)
Sunday, 18 October 2026
Zodiac
Horse · Fire · yang
Days
Month 9 has 30 days · Day 244 of 354
Coming up
Today: Double Ninth Festival (month 9, day 9)Next: Dongzhi, the winter solstice · in 65 days
Month 9, Year of the Fire Horse (丙午)
九月
10 October 2026 to 8 November 2026 · 30 days
Month 9 Year of the Fire Horse (丙午), with the Gregorian dates
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110 Oct
211
312
413
514
615
716
817
918
1019
1120
1221
1322
1423
1524
1625
1726
1827
1928
2029
2130
2231
231 Nov
242
253
264
275
286
297
308
Large number: day in this calendar. Small: the Gregorian date.
918 OctDouble Ninth Festival (month 9, day 9)
Coming up
Notable dates ahead
Notable dates in the Chinese calendar, the next occurrence of each
Each Chinese month begins on the day of the new moon, as reckoned in China Standard Time (UTC+8), and has 29 or 30 days. The month that contains the December solstice is always the 11th. When 13 new moons fall between two such months, the first month without a principal solar term becomes a leap month and repeats the previous month's number, which keeps the year in step with the seasons.
Chinese New Year is the first day of month 1, between 21 January and 20 February. Each year carries one of 12 animals and one of five elements in a 60-year cycle of stems and branches; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on 1 January.
How Hourora computes it
We compute the calendar from the Sun and Moon using the rules of the Chinese national standard GB/T 33661-2017: new moons from Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms (to within a minute), and the Sun's longitude for the solar terms. The results match the Hong Kong Observatory's published conversion tables; browsers' built-in Chinese calendars occasionally put a new moon close to midnight on the wrong day (Chinese New Year 2027 is 6 February, not 7). Supported years: 1901–2100.
Questions
Good to know
What is today's date in the Chinese calendar?
In Beijing it is Day 9 of Month 9, Year of the Fire Horse (丙午) (Sunday, 18 October 2026). The card at the top shows the lunar date in your own time zone.
When is the next Chinese New Year?
The next Chinese New Year is Saturday, 6 February 2027, starting the Year of the Fire Goat (丁未).
What is a leap month?
Twelve lunar months are about 11 days shorter than a solar year, so roughly every third year has a 13th month. It takes the number of the month before it, such as leap month 6 in 2025, and is placed where a month contains no principal solar term.
Which zodiac year is it?
Until the next Chinese New Year it is the Year of the Fire Horse (丙午).