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1976 is the year of the Fire Dragon in the Chinese calendar, from 31 January 1976 to 17 February 1977: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 8. Born before 31 January 1976? That is still the Wood Rabbit year.
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384 days · Year of the Fire Dragon
Sexagenary year
Fire generates Earth: the year stem is Fire, while theDragon's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 8
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 Dragon
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Dragon’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Fire Dragon” 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 1976
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 1976.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 31 January 1976 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 1 March 1976 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 31 March 1976 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 29 April 1976 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 29 May 1976 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 27 June 1976 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 27 July 1976 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 25 August 1976 | 30 |
| Leap month 8 | 24 September 1976 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 23 October 1976 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 21 November 1976 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 21 December 1976 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 19 January 1977 | 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 1976 · 00:39:28 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1976 · 20:39:55 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 1976 · 18:48:06 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 1976 · 19:49:36 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明4 April 1976 · 23:46:27 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1976 · 07:02:56 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 1976 · 17:14:24 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1976 · 06:21:04 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 1976 · 21:31:13 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 1976 · 14:24:11 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1976 · 07:50:50 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1976 · 01:18:26 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 1976 · 17:38:21 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1976 · 08:18:15 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 1976 · 20:28:12 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1976 · 05:48:11 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1976 · 11:58:03 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 1976 · 14:58:01 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 1976 · 14:58:34 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1976 · 12:21:28 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1976 · 07:40:56 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1976 · 01:35:06 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 1977 · 18:51:03 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1977 · 12:14:25 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1977 · 06:33:25 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1976 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 31 January 1976lunar 1/1
- 14 February 1976lunar 1/15
- 2 June 1976lunar 5/5
- 2 August 1976lunar 7/7
- 10 August 1976lunar 7/15
- 8 September 1976lunar 8/15
- 31 October 1976lunar 9/9
- 26 January 1977lunar 12/8
- 17 February 1977lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1976
Each Gregorian month of 1976, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.