2078 Chinese Zodiac: Earth Dog

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2078?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2078. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.

2078 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 2078 – February 11, 2078	Fire Rooster 鸡
February 12, 2078 – December 31, 2078	Earth Dog 狗

The full 2078 lunar year continues into 2079, through February 1, 2079. A birthday on February 11, 2078 belongs to the Rooster; a birthday one day later, on February 12, 2078, belongs to the Dog.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Dog is 2078?

2078 is a Earth Dog year. Its stem-branch name is 戊戌 (wù-xū): the heavenly stem 戊 carries yang earth, and the earthly branch 戌 corresponds to the Dog.

Zodiac animal: Dog · 狗
Year element: Earth
Stem & branch: 戊戌 · wù-xū
Lunar year length: 355 days

Dog personality in tradition

The Dog commonly symbolizes loyalty and companionship in popular accounts of the zodiac.

The phrase “loyal & sincere” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 2078. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属狗。

Wǒ shǔ gǒu. “I was born in the Year of the Dog.”

Dog compatibility in folklore

Dog, Tiger and Horse form a traditional harmony group of three. Dragon sits opposite Dog, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.

Explore traditional pairings →

03 / A closer look at the dates

2078 lunar calendar at a glance

This Dog year contains 12 lunar months and 355 days. There is no leap lunar month in this year. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 2079.

Lunar months of 2078: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 12, 2078	March 13, 2078	30
Month 2	March 14, 2078	April 11, 2078	29
Month 3	April 12, 2078	May 11, 2078	30
Month 4	May 12, 2078	June 9, 2078	29
Month 5	June 10, 2078	July 8, 2078	29
Month 6	July 9, 2078	August 7, 2078	30
Month 7	August 8, 2078	September 5, 2078	29
Month 8	September 6, 2078	October 5, 2078	30
Month 9	October 6, 2078	November 4, 2078	30
Month 10	November 5, 2078	December 3, 2078	29
Month 11	December 4, 2078	January 2, 2079	30
Month 12	January 3, 2079	February 1, 2079	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Dog

The Dog returns every 12 years; the same Earth Dog combination returns every 60. These are the other Dog years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1910Metal Dog 1922Water Dog 1934Wood Dog 1946Fire Dog 1958Earth Dog 1970Metal Dog 1982Water Dog 1994Wood Dog 2006Fire Dog 2018Earth Dog 2030Metal Dog 2042Water Dog 2054Wood Dog 2066Fire Dog 2090Metal Dog

Sources & calendar convention

Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.