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1966 is the year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese calendar, from 21 January 1966 to 8 February 1967: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 3. Born before 21 January 1966? 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 3
29 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 1966
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 1966.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 21 January 1966 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 20 February 1966 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 22 March 1966 | 30 |
| Leap month 3 | 21 April 1966 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 20 May 1966 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 19 June 1966 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 18 July 1966 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 16 August 1966 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 15 September 1966 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 14 October 1966 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 12 November 1966 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 12 December 1966 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 11 January 1967 | 29 |
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4 February 1966 · 14:37:48 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1966 · 10:37:47 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1966 · 08:51:21 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1966 · 09:52:54 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1966 · 13:56:29 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1966 · 21:11:30 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1966 · 07:30:26 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1966 · 20:32:01 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1966 · 11:49:37 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1966 · 04:33:21 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1966 · 22:06:59 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1966 · 15:23:10 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1966 · 07:48:56 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1966 · 22:17:42 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1966 · 10:32:01 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1966 · 19:43:08 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1966 · 01:56:43 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1966 · 04:50:45 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1966 · 04:55:15 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1966 · 02:14:05 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1966 · 21:37:45 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1966 · 15:28:08 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1967 · 08:48:19 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1967 · 02:07:30 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1967 · 20:30:49 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1966 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 21 January 1966lunar 1/1
- 4 February 1966lunar 1/15
- 23 June 1966lunar 5/5
- 22 August 1966lunar 7/7
- 30 August 1966lunar 7/15
- 29 September 1966lunar 8/15
- 22 October 1966lunar 9/9
- 18 January 1967lunar 12/8
- 8 February 1967lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1966
Each Gregorian month of 1966, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.