Calculating the BaZi: The GanZhi/Chinese Astrology Workbook

by Karin Taylor Wu

Rather, with respect to our BaZi practice, the calendar “begins” with LiChun 立春 (the beginning of spring). LiChun, or the exact moment that the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 315°, typically occurs on 4 or 5 February each year by the Gregorian (solar) calendar.1

(Beijing Standard Time—please remember to modify the LiChun time to the local time of the birth in question),