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1986 is the year of the Fire Tiger in the Chinese calendar, from 9 February 1986 to 28 January 1987: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 9 February 1986? 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 1986
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 1986.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 9 February 1986 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 10 March 1986 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 9 April 1986 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 9 May 1986 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 7 June 1986 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 7 July 1986 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 6 August 1986 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 4 September 1986 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 4 October 1986 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 2 November 1986 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 2 December 1986 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 31 December 1986 | 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 1986 · 06:57:31 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1986 · 05:12:08 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1986 · 06:02:41 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1986 · 10:06:07 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1986 · 17:12:08 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1986 · 03:30:36 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1986 · 16:27:55 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1986 · 07:44:23 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1986 · 00:29:57 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1986 · 18:00:45 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1986 · 11:24:23 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1986 · 03:45:36 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1986 · 18:25:47 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1986 · 06:34:37 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1986 · 15:58:52 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1986 · 22:06:45 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1986 · 01:14:11 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1986 · 01:12:49 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1986 · 22:44:20 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1986 · 18:00:56 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1986 · 12:02:07 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1987 · 05:13:00 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1987 · 22:40:23 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1986 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 9 February 1986lunar 1/1
- 23 February 1986lunar 1/15
- 11 June 1986lunar 5/5
- 12 August 1986lunar 7/7
- 20 August 1986lunar 7/15
- 18 September 1986lunar 8/15
- 12 October 1986lunar 9/9
- 7 January 1987lunar 12/8
- 28 January 1987lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1986
Each Gregorian month of 1986, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.