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1946 is the year of the Fire Dog in the Chinese calendar, from 2 February 1946 to 21 January 1947: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 2 February 1946? That is still the Wood Rooster year.
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354 days · Year of the Fire Dog
Sexagenary year
Fire generates Earth: the year stem is Fire, while theDog's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
354 days
Across 12 lunar months.
Leap month
None
The year runs its ordinary twelve months.
Beginning of Spring
Once
立春 falls once, as it usually does.
Year name explained
Why Fire Dog
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Dog’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Fire Dog” 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 1946
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 1946.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 2 February 1946 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 4 March 1946 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 2 April 1946 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 1 May 1946 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 31 May 1946 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 29 June 1946 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 28 July 1946 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 27 August 1946 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 25 September 1946 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 25 October 1946 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 24 November 1946 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 23 December 1946 | 30 |
The solar year within it
24 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4 February 1946 · 18:03:53 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1946 · 14:08:30 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1946 · 12:24:38 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1946 · 13:32:37 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1946 · 17:38:32 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1946 · 01:02:08 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1946 · 11:21:29 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1946 · 00:33:53 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1946 · 15:48:42 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1946 · 08:44:17 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1946 · 02:10:48 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1946 · 19:37:00 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1946 · 11:51:35 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1946 · 02:26:19 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1946 · 14:27:25 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1946 · 23:40:34 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1946 · 05:40:47 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1946 · 08:34:39 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1946 · 08:27:09 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1946 · 05:46:15 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1946 · 01:00:11 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1946 · 18:53:17 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1947 · 12:06:20 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1947 · 05:31:30 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1946 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 2 February 1946lunar 1/1
- 16 February 1946lunar 1/15
- 4 June 1946lunar 5/5
- 3 August 1946lunar 7/7
- 11 August 1946lunar 7/15
- 10 September 1946lunar 8/15
- 3 October 1946lunar 9/9
- 30 December 1946lunar 12/8
- 21 January 1947lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1946
Each Gregorian month of 1946, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.