Chinese New Year and Li Chun
Two boundaries can explain two different answers.
Source-linked guide · Updated 28 September 2026Chinese New Year is the first day of the first lunar month. Li Chun, translated here as Start of Spring, is a solar term. They are not the same event and need not occur on the same date.
NYOO uses Chinese New Year for its year-animal calculation. It does not provide a Li Chun-based birth chart or calculate a birth-time boundary. If another service uses a different convention, a different animal near the beginning of the year is not necessarily a transcription error.
Before comparing results, ask which boundary each service uses. A claim of exact birth-chart precision also requires inputs and rules beyond a birth date alone. NYOO makes the simpler calendar convention visible and does not offer compatibility percentages or fate scores.
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Sources & further reading
Sources checked 21 September 2026. Written with AI assistance, reviewed by the owner, and checked against the linked material.