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1926 is the year of the Fire Tiger in the Chinese calendar, from 13 February 1926 to 1 February 1927: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 13 February 1926? That is still the Wood Ox year.
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354 days · Year of the Fire Tiger
Sexagenary year
Wood generates Fire: the year stem is Fire, while theTiger's fixed phase is Wood.
Length
354 days
Across 12 lunar months.
Leap month
None
The year runs its ordinary twelve months.
Beginning of Spring
Not within this year
立春 does not fall inside it — a springless year, 无春年.
Year name explained
Why Fire Tiger
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the Tiger’s fixed element supports the year element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Fire Tiger” comes from the year's heavenly stem; it is distinct from the animal's conventional fixed phase. Read the calendar glossary.
The 12 lunar months of 1926
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 1926.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 13 February 1926 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 14 March 1926 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 12 April 1926 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 12 May 1926 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 10 June 1926 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 10 July 1926 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 8 August 1926 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 7 September 1926 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 7 October 1926 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 5 November 1926 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 5 December 1926 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 4 January 1927 | 29 |
The solar year within it
23 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.
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1926 · 17:34:43 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1926 · 15:59:41 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1926 · 17:01:08 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1926 · 21:18:17 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1926 · 04:36:03 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1926 · 15:08:20 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1926 · 04:14:26 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1926 · 19:41:37 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1926 · 12:29:58 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1926 · 06:05:36 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1926 · 23:24:44 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1926 · 15:44:12 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1926 · 06:13:54 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1926 · 18:15:51 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1926 · 03:26:32 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1926 · 09:24:51 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1926 · 12:18:14 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1926 · 12:07:42 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1926 · 09:27:33 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1926 · 04:38:39 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1926 · 22:33:18 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1927 · 15:44:37 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1927 · 09:11:48 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1926 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 13 February 1926lunar 1/1
- 27 February 1926lunar 1/15
- 14 June 1926lunar 5/5
- 14 August 1926lunar 7/7
- 22 August 1926lunar 7/15
- 21 September 1926lunar 8/15
- 15 October 1926lunar 9/9
- 11 January 1927lunar 12/8
- 1 February 1927lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1926
Each Gregorian month of 1926, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.