The lunar calendar is China's traditional calendar, which divides a month based on the cycle of the moon's phases and uses the solar year as the basis for the length of a year, incorporating the 24 solar terms and leap months. Nowadays, most people celebrate their birthdays according to the Gregorian calendar, which is the date on their ID card, and some even don't know their birth date in the lunar calendar. Here, the editor will introduce how to check your lunar birthday and recommend some query tools.

How to check your lunar birthday?

The simplest method is to open your phone's "Calendar" app or the "Calendar" interface on your computer,
enter your Gregorian birth date,
and then you can find out the lunar date for that day.

Why is there a "lunar and solar calendar" debate?

In order to align with international standards and for convenience in daily life, we now use the solar calendar, which is a common "Gregorian calendar" worldwide.
In daily life, whether it's merchants or friends, they usually choose the solar calendar when giving birthday wishes. However, the closest people, such as parents and partners, often celebrate your "lunar" birthday.
In fact, the so-called "lunar and solar calendar" debate is essentially a collision of habits. According to traditional Chinese customs, we should be accustomed to celebrating the lunar calendar, but the calculation of the lunar calendar is more complicated.
In the past, there were calendars that could be checked every day, but now most people check dates through their phones, gradually weakening the concept of the lunar calendar, and they won't even remember others' lunar birthdays.
Therefore, for convenience, many people "celebrate the lunar birthday according to the solar calendar".

Recommended Query Tools

There are many tools for checking lunar birthdays. The editor recommends that you can go to Shuimo Master's website to check, which also includes detailed fortune analysis.