Began January 24, 1925 · 385 days long
1925: year of the Wood Ox
The Ox year started on January 24, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1925 before that date is a Rat.
- Opening new moon
- Jan 24, 1925 2:46 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 10:46 PM Sat, Jan 24 · sets the date
- Year of the Ox
- 385 days 13 lunar months, one of them leap
- It ends
- Feb 12, 1926 5:21 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1925: the new moon in your city
The Wood Ox year opened with the new moon at 2:46 PM UTC on January 24, 1925 — 10:46 PM on January 24 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 9:46 AM on January 24 in New York, 2:46 PM on January 24 in London and 12:46 AM on January 25 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Sat, Jan 24, 1925 |
| Honolulu United States | 4:16 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−10:30 |
| Anchorage United States | 4:46 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 6:46 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 7:46 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 7:46 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 8:46 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 7:46 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−7 |
| New York United States | 9:46 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 9:46 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 9:46 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 9:46 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 10:16 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 10:03 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−4:42 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 10:46 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−4 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 11:46 AM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 1:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 2:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 3:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 2:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC |
| Berlin Germany | 3:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 4:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 4:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 4:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 4:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 4:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+2 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 5:16 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+2:30 |
| Tehran Iran | 6:11 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+3:25 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 6:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 8:16 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 8:16 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 8:16 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 8:39 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+5:53 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 9:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 10:06 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+7:20 |
| Singapore | 9:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+7 |
| Beijing China | 10:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 10:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 10:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 11:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 11:46 PM Sat, Jan 24, 1925 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 12:16 AM Sun, Jan 25, 1925 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 12:46 AM Sun, Jan 25, 1925 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 12:46 AM Sun, Jan 25, 1925 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 2:16 AM Sun, Jan 25, 1925 · UTC+11:30 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1925 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Wood Ox personality
Anyone born from January 24, 1925 through February 12, 1926 is a Wood Ox: the yin wood stem 乙 over the 丑 branch.
Wood controls the Ox's own Earth in the five-element cycle, so the year's element pushes against the sign rather than with it. Wood brings growth, patience and cooperation — traditionally the most flexible version, one that expands rather than forces.
Stem and branch
1925 is 乙丑 (Yǐchǒu)
Na yin — the sounding element
Gold in the Sea 海中金
Metal lying deep under water: real worth that is not yet visible. Traditional readings give these years ability that needs time, or the right circumstances, to surface — value that is recognized late rather than early.
1925 therefore carries wood from its stem and metal from its na yin. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A double spring year
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 1925 and February 4, 1926, Beijing time. The Ox year spans January 24, 1925 to February 12, 1926, so both dates sit inside it: a double spring year (双春). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1925 Ox
The 丑 branch puts a 1925 Ox opposite the Goat on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Goat year after it was 1931. Its harmony partner is the Rat, whose year came round 11 years later, in 1936. How the Ox and Goat get on →
Oxen born in 1925 turn 101 in 2026 — 102 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1925
- Born January 1 – January 23, 1925: a Wood Rat, the animal of 1924.
- Born January 24, 1925 or later in the year: a Wood Ox.
Only the first 23 days of 1925 belong to the Rat, yet a year-only calculator still calls them Oxen. Those dates hold 6.0% of US births (SSA, 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Ox across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Ox.
The lunar calendar of 1925
Why 385 days, and not 365
1925 repeated its fourth month: the leap month 闰四月 ran from May 22 to June 20 and stretched the year to 385 days. Eight of the 13 months had 30 days.
The 30-day months were the 1st, 3rd, leap 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 12th.
Festival dates in the 1925 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Sat, Feb 7, 1925 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Thu, Jun 25, 1925 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Tue, Aug 25, 1925 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Wed, Sep 2, 1925 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Fri, Oct 2, 1925 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Mon, Oct 26, 1925 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Tue, Dec 22, 1925 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Thu, Jan 21, 1926 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 5:48 AM on February 9, two days after the Lantern Festival. This time the calendar and the sky agreed: the Moon was exactly full on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, at 1:22 PM Beijing time on October 2.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 1925
Lengths differ because a leap month is inserted every two or three years. This is what makes the new year date jump rather than drift.
Only nine of the 110 new years in the table fall earlier in the calendar than January 24. Three other years share the date. Twelve years later, 1937 began on February 11 — marked in lavender with the other Ox years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1925: Zodiac Year of the Wood Ox.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1925/
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