Chinese Zodiac Year Wheel Screensaver
The Chinese Zodiac Year Wheel screensaver highlights today's real animal year on a 12-animal wheel. It is free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the Chinese Zodiac Year Wheel screensaver works
The saver holds a real table of Lunar New Year transition dates.
Today's real date is checked against that table to find the current year.
The wheel highlights that year's real animal and element pairing.
Everything is computed locally — no network, no key.
A worked example
Just after a real Lunar New Year date passes, the wheel's highlighted animal and element both real-ly advance.
Settings & tips
- The Chinese calendar pairs 12 animals with 5 elements over 60 real years.
- Accent recolours the wheel and highlighted year.
- The year turns over on the real Lunar New Year, not January 1st.
Frequently asked questions
- Why doesn't the year change on January 1st?
- Because the real Chinese zodiac year begins on the Lunar New Year, a date that shifts each year.
- Are the element pairings real?
- Yes — the traditional 5-element, 12-animal, 60-year cycle used in the Chinese calendar.
- Is a key needed?
- No. Everything is computed locally in your browser.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.