Chinese Date Today
As of Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM, today's Chinese (Lunisolar) date is:
Today's Chinese (Lunisolar) date — full detail
- Date
- Year of the Horse, 4th Lunar Month, Day 2
- Chinese
- 丙午年 四月初二
- Short form
- 丙午年四月二日
- Year
- 2026 Sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches)
- Weekday
- Xīngqī Yī (Monday)
- Gregorian
- Tuesday, May 19, 2026
- Zodiac sign of the year
- Horse (午, Wǔ)
- Heavenly Stem
- Bing (丙) — Yang Fire
- Earthly Branch
- Wu (午) — the Horse
- Element this year
- Fire over Fire — intense, expansive, action-oriented
Why today matters
Today is the 2nd day of the 4th lunar month in the year Bingwu (丙午) — the Year of the Horse. The Horse zodiac sign is associated with energy, freedom, and active determination.
The Horse runs with fire — but knows when to rest. — Chinese proverb
How we compute this
Chinese (Lunisolar) is a lunisolar calendar. Each year contains 353–355 days (common) or 383–385 days (leap, with 13 months), with each month averaging 29 or 30 days, aligned to the new moon. Years are counted from Traditionally counted from the reign of the Yellow Emperor (2697 BCE) (era: Sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches)).
The Chinese calendar is among the world's oldest, with documented origins reaching back to the Shang dynasty (c. 1600 BCE). The current sexagenary cycle pairs ten "heavenly stems" with twelve "earthly branches" to produce a unique name for each year in a 60-year cycle. Although the Gregorian calendar is the official civil calendar of the People's Republic of China, the traditional lunisolar calendar still governs Chinese New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and most agricultural and folk observances.
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