Chinese New Year 2024 Date: Wood Dragon

How to read it

The Hong Kong Observatory's 2024 Gregorian-lunar conversion table identifies the Jia-chen year of the Dragon. The Heavenly Stem Jia is conventionally associated with yang wood, while the Earthly Branch Chen is associated with the Dragon. Wood Dragon is therefore a calendar designation, not a guaranteed personality description or event forecast.

Under the common public zodiac convention, the annual animal changes on Lunar New Year. The official 2024 table places the first day of the first lunar month on 10 February. The 2025 table places the following Lunar New Year on 29 January 2025, so the public Dragon-year interval ended on 28 January 2025.

Li Chun fell on 4 February 2024, six days before Lunar New Year. These are different calendar events on different civil dates: Li Chun is a solar term, while Lunar New Year begins the first lunar month. Destin Field uses the exact Li Chun boundary from its documented calendar calculation for the chart's birth-year stem and branch.

A birth from the exact Li Chun moment on 4 February through 9 February 2024 can therefore receive different year labels under the two named conventions. A Destin Field chart has changed to Jia-chen, while a public zodiac lookup keeps the preceding Rabbit until Lunar New Year. The recorded local date, time, birthplace, and stated convention all matter near the boundary.

This page answers the 2024 calendar question only. It does not publish an annual horoscope, lucky-colour list, compatibility ranking, health warning, wealth forecast, or fixed personality claim. A year animal and stem element are broad labels; a twelve-palace chart requires the recorded birth date, time, place, and additional documented rules.