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2046 is the year of the Fire Tiger in the Chinese calendar, from 6 February 2046 to 25 January 2047: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 6 February 2046? 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 2046
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 2046.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 6 February 2046 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 8 March 2046 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 6 April 2046 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 6 May 2046 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 4 June 2046 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 4 July 2046 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 2 August 2046 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 1 September 2046 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 30 September 2046 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 29 October 2046 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 28 November 2046 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 27 December 2046 | 30 |
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18 February 2046 · 20:15:42 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 2046 · 18:17:52 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 2046 · 18:57:57 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明4 April 2046 · 22:45:03 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 2046 · 05:39:01 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2046 · 15:40:46 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 2046 · 04:28:35 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 2046 · 19:32:19 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2046 · 12:14:43 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2046 · 05:40:21 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑22 July 2046 · 23:08:46 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2046 · 15:33:24 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2046 · 06:24:36 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 2046 · 18:43:23 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 2046 · 04:21:48 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2046 · 10:42:30 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2046 · 14:03:38 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2046 · 14:14:15 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2046 · 11:56:21 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2046 · 07:21:22 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 2046 · 01:28:33 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 2047 · 18:42:27 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2047 · 12:10:02 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2046 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 6 February 2046lunar 1/1
- 20 February 2046lunar 1/15
- 8 June 2046lunar 5/5
- 8 August 2046lunar 7/7
- 16 August 2046lunar 7/15
- 15 September 2046lunar 8/15
- 8 October 2046lunar 9/9
- 3 January 2047lunar 12/8
- 25 January 2047lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2046
Each Gregorian month of 2046, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.