Chinese Calendar Animals 2003. The chinese new year day is on january 22nd, 2004. The chinese zodiac calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, while the western calendar (or gregorian calendar) is a solar calendar.
Chinese new year marks the beginning of the chinese calendar year, and each year is named after an animal. According to the chinese zodiac and the five elements theory, people born in the year of 1943 (feb. This calendar was called the taichu calendar.
After every 12 years the chinese calendar repeats itself.
The chinese zodiac is part of an elaborate and laborious system based on chinese astrology, cosmology, and divination.it was calibrated to track the waxing and waning phases of the moon, used as a method for counting years, months, days and hours in the chinese imperial court and civil calendar, and utilized to forecast one’s future and determine one’s character. For those born before feb. Chinese zodiac has a long history of more than 2,000 years. 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 and 2027.