Zaomatou Lunar Calendar Converter

What the yearly labels represent

This lookup selects a year and displays its stem-branch year name, zodiac animal, and five traditional labels: “How many dragons control water,” “how many oxen plow the fields,” “how many people share a cake,” “days to obtain gold,” and “days to obtain xin.” These are folk-calendar sayings. The page is an annual reference; it does not convert a Gregorian date to a lunar date or show a month calendar.

How the day counts are formed

The count begins on the first day of the first lunar month for the selected year. The tool scans forward to the first matching day: the earthly branch Chen (辰) supplies the dragon count, Chou (丑) the ox count, and the heavenly stems Bing (丙), Geng (庚), and Xin (辛) supply the other three labels. The day’s position in the month becomes the number in the saying. For example, if the first Chen day falls on lunar day five, the label reads “five dragons control water.”

Heavenly stems and earthly branches form a 60-pair cycle called Gan-Zhi. HKO’s reference lists the ten stems, twelve branches, and their cycle. In this lookup, the year’s Gan-Zhi and animal identify the year, while the five sayings count selected day signs in its first lunar month.

Read year information separately from sayings

The year name and animal are descriptive calendar labels. The five “how many” results are separate day-count conventions. A result such as “seven oxen plow the fields” means the first Chou day occurs on lunar day seven; it does not mean seven oxen or a measured amount of farming activity.

Choose a year and inspect its five entries

1. Select a year from the list or move one year at a time with the arrows. Use the current-year control to return to the present year.

2. Read the Gan-Zhi year name and zodiac animal first, then review each of the five folk labels and its accompanying explanation.

3. For a label, note its number as a lunar-month day position. Keep that day-count result distinct from the selected year’s animal and year name.

Questions about the labels

Keep folk interpretation within its scope

“Control water,” “plow fields,” “share a cake,” and “obtain gold” are traditional labels, not measured forecasts. Do not use them as evidence about rainfall, harvests, finances, luck, or personal decisions. For civil dates and calendar rules, consult the relevant official calendar reference for the jurisdiction you need; the cited national standard concerns China’s calendar.