Chinese Calendar Animals Months. There will not be another horse year for 12 years making 2026 the next chinese horse year. As such, the chinese lunar years have different start and end dates from the classic gregorian calendar, when new year's day is on january 1st.
Each hour, day, and month have their own expression of feng shui energy. The chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. A year in the gregorian calendar always has 12 months, whereas a year in the chinese calendar usually has 12 but in about one year in three it has 13 months.
The calendar is adjusted to the length of the solar year by the addition of extra months at regular intervals.
The year of the dog is associated with earth. For example, 2012 was the year of the dragon. Months are a direct consequence of the lunar cycle. Each chinese calendar year has a zodiac sign, 12 or 13 months and each month has 29 or 30 days.