Ancient Eighteen Flying Stars
Chinese New Year 2030 Date: Metal Dog
Chinese New Year 2030 falls on February 3. Check the Metal Dog dates, Geng-xu year, February 4 Li Chun boundary, and why results can differ.
Direct answer
Chinese New Year 2030 falls on Sunday, 3 February. The Hong Kong Observatory identifies 2030 as the Geng-xu (庚戌) year of the Dog. Under the public Lunar-New-Year convention, the Metal Dog interval runs from 3 February 2030 through 22 January 2031. Li Chun falls one day later, on 4 February 2030, and Destin Field uses that solar-term boundary for the chart's birth-year stem and branch.
How to read it
The Hong Kong Observatory's 2030 Gregorian-lunar conversion table identifies the Geng-xu year of the Dog. Geng is the Heavenly Stem conventionally associated with yang metal, while Xu is the Earthly Branch associated with the Dog. Metal Dog 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 table places the first day of the first lunar month on 3 February 2030. The Observatory's 2031 table places the following Lunar New Year on 23 January 2031, so the public Dog-year interval ends on 22 January 2031.
Lunar New Year begins on 3 February, while Li Chun begins on 4 February in 2030. Destin Field uses the exact Li Chun boundary supplied by its documented calendar calculation to determine the chart's year stem and branch. The lunar month and day still come from the separate lunisolar conversion.
That one-day gap matters for a birth on 3 February 2030. A public Lunar-New-Year animal list already assigns the Metal Dog, while a Li-Chun-based Destin Field chart still retains Ji-you and the Rooster until the solar-term boundary on 4 February. These are two declared conventions, not a mixed Dog-Rooster sign.
This page answers the 2030 calendar question only. It does not publish an annual horoscope, lucky colours, compatibility rankings, health warnings, wealth forecasts, or fixed personality claims. A year animal and stem element are broad labels; a twelve-palace chart requires the recorded birth date, time, place, and additional documented rules.
2030 Metal Dog dates at a glance
2030 stem-branch year
Geng-xu (庚戌): Geng is associated with yang metal, and Xu is the Dog branch.
Public zodiac interval
Lunar New Year begins on 3 February 2030, and the following Lunar New Year begins on 23 January 2031; the public Dog interval ends on 22 January 2031.
Destin Field chart boundary
Li Chun falls on 4 February 2030 and sets the chart's year stem and branch boundary.
Why the dates differ
Lunar New Year arrives one day before Li Chun in 2030, so the public animal label changes before the chart year boundary.
Example
For a birth on 3 February 2030, the public Lunar-New-Year convention has entered the Metal Dog year. A Destin Field chart still uses Ji-you and the Rooster until the exact Li Chun boundary on 4 February. Keep the local birth moment and the named method instead of combining the two labels.
Common misunderstandings
- The public 2030 Dog year does not begin on 1 January or on Li Chun.
- Lunar New Year and Li Chun are separate boundaries even when only one day apart.
- Metal Dog is a calendar designation, not evidence of guaranteed character, luck, health, or events.
Reading boundary
This is a factual calendar and method guide. It does not provide a horoscope, scientific personality measure, or guaranteed prediction for 2030.
Questions people ask
What Chinese zodiac animal is 2030?
The Hong Kong Observatory identifies 2030 as the Geng-xu year of the Dog, commonly called the Metal Dog year.
When is Chinese New Year 2030?
Chinese New Year falls on Sunday, 3 February 2030.
When does the public 2030 Dog year end?
It ends on 22 January 2031 because the following Lunar New Year begins on 23 January 2031.
What if a birthday is 3 February 2030?
The public zodiac list uses the Dog, but the Li-Chun-based chart retains the preceding Ji-you Rooster year until the 4 February solar-term boundary.
Does this page predict the Metal Dog year?
No. It documents calendar names, dates, and method boundaries without predicting luck, personality, health, relationships, or money.
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Research sources
Chart positions are calculated from documented rules. The written interpretation explains those positions in modern language. A reply from the site owner is a separate human opinion; neither is presented as a quotation from the historical texts.
- System
- Textual Reconstruction of the Ancient Eighteen Flying Stars System
- Author
- Yilong Cheng
- Source review
- Destin Field source review
- Updated
- Wikisource — Purple Star Astrology, Xu Daozang edition
- Chinese Text Project — Purple Star Astrology, Volume One
- Historical edition — Complete Fine Manuscript of the Eighteen Flying Stars Purple Star Astrology, ISBN 9789866171680 (translated bibliographic title, not the Destin Field system name)
- Hong Kong Observatory — 2030 Gregorian-lunar conversion table
- Hong Kong Observatory — 2031 Gregorian-lunar conversion table
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