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2006 is the year of the Fire Dog in the Chinese calendar, from 29 January 2006 to 17 February 2007: 385 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 7. Born before 29 January 2006? That is still the Wood Rooster year.
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385 days · Year of the Fire Dog
Sexagenary year
Fire generates Earth: the year stem is Fire, while theDog's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
385 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 7
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 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 13 lunar months of 2006
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 2006.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 29 January 2006 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 28 February 2006 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 29 March 2006 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 28 April 2006 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 27 May 2006 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 26 June 2006 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 25 July 2006 | 30 |
| Leap month 7 | 24 August 2006 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 22 September 2006 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 22 October 2006 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 21 November 2006 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 20 December 2006 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 19 January 2007 | 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4 February 2006 · 07:27:16 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 2006 · 03:25:34 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 2006 · 01:28:40 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 2006 · 02:25:34 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 2006 · 06:15:31 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 2006 · 13:26:03 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2006 · 23:30:39 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 2006 · 12:31:33 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 2006 · 03:36:59 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2006 · 20:25:52 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2006 · 13:51:27 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 2006 · 07:17:42 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2006 · 23:40:47 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2006 · 14:22:35 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 2006 · 02:39:01 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 2006 · 12:03:22 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2006 · 18:21:23 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2006 · 21:26:28 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2006 · 21:34:51 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2006 · 19:01:45 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2006 · 14:26:49 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 2006 · 08:22:06 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 2007 · 01:40:10 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2007 · 19:00:50 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 2007 · 13:18:12 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2006 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 29 January 2006lunar 1/1
- 12 February 2006lunar 1/15
- 31 May 2006lunar 5/5
- 31 July 2006lunar 7/7
- 8 August 2006lunar 7/15
- 6 October 2006lunar 8/15
- 30 October 2006lunar 9/9
- 26 January 2007lunar 12/8
- 17 February 2007lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2006
Each Gregorian month of 2006, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.