Calculating your Chinese Ascendant lets you know the complementary profile of your Chinese astrological sign from your date of birth. In Chinese astrology, your birth time determines your "companion," your Chinese Ascendant. The mixture of your sign and your companion forms the synthesis of your personality. It allows you to nuance your character, temperament, and energy. The companion completes and nuances your sign, making you a unique person!

Chinese day has 12 hours of 120 minutes. These hours are named after a symbolic animal, like the years in the Chinese horoscope. For example, if you were born in a year of the Rat, at 4:00 p.m. Monkey time, you are Rat Ascendant Monkey. 

The time of birth that determines your Ascendant is solar (Greenwich Mean Time). This parameter is considered in our calculations, giving you your accurate and complete portrait.