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1906 is the year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese calendar, from 25 January 1906 to 12 February 1907: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 4. Born before 25 January 1906? That is still the Wood Snake year.
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384 days · Year of the Fire Horse
Sexagenary year
Fire reinforces Fire: the year stem is Fire, while theHorse's fixed phase is Fire.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 4
30 days in the repeated month.
Beginning of Spring
Twice
立春 falls twice — a double-spring year, 双春年.
Year name explained
Why Fire Horse
Fire is both the year element and the Horse’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Fire.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Fire Horse” comes from the year's heavenly stem; it is distinct from the animal's conventional fixed phase. Read the calendar glossary.
The 13 lunar months of 1906
A lunar month begins on the day of the new moon, so its Gregorian start date moves every year. These are the exact correspondences for 1906.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 25 January 1906 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 23 February 1906 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 25 March 1906 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 24 April 1906 | 29 |
| Leap month 4 | 23 May 1906 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 22 June 1906 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 21 July 1906 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 20 August 1906 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 18 September 1906 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 18 October 1906 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 16 November 1906 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 16 December 1906 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 14 January 1907 | 30 |
The solar year within it
25 solar terms
Solar terms track the sun rather than the moon, so they sit at almost the same Gregorian date every year while the lunar months move by weeks. A twelve-month year is about eleven days shorter than the solar year and so holds fewer of them than a thirteen-month one.
- Beginning of Spring立春5 February 1906 · 01:03:54 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1906 · 21:14:27 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1906 · 19:36:06 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1906 · 20:52:47 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明6 April 1906 · 01:07:16 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1906 · 08:39:10 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1906 · 19:08:29 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1906 · 08:24:55 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1906 · 23:48:54 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1906 · 16:41:48 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1906 · 10:15:16 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑24 July 1906 · 03:32:32 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1906 · 19:51:34 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1906 · 10:13:32 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1906 · 22:16:12 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1906 · 07:14:59 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1906 · 13:14:53 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1906 · 15:54:43 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1906 · 15:46:54 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1906 · 12:53:51 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1906 · 08:09:25 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至23 December 1906 · 01:53:16 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1907 · 19:11:25 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1907 · 12:30:47 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春5 February 1907 · 06:58:49 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1906 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 25 January 1906lunar 1/1
- 8 February 1906lunar 1/15
- 26 June 1906lunar 5/5
- 26 August 1906lunar 7/7
- 3 September 1906lunar 7/15
- 2 October 1906lunar 8/15
- 26 October 1906lunar 9/9
- 21 January 1907lunar 12/8
- 12 February 1907lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1906
Each Gregorian month of 1906, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.