Began February 13, 1926 · 354 days long
1926: year of the Fire Tiger
The Tiger year started on February 13, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1926 before that date is an Ox.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 12, 1926 5:21 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 1:21 AM Sat, Feb 13 · sets the date
- Year of the Tiger
- 354 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Feb 2, 1927 8:55 AM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1926: the new moon in your city
The Fire Tiger year opened with the new moon at 5:21 PM UTC on February 12, 1926 — 1:21 AM on February 13 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 12:21 PM on February 12 in New York, 5:21 PM on February 12 in London and 3:21 AM on February 13 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Fri, Feb 12, 1926 |
| Honolulu United States | 6:51 AM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−10:30 |
| Anchorage United States | 7:21 AM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 9:21 AM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 10:21 AM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 10:21 AM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 11:21 AM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 10:21 AM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−7 |
| New York United States | 12:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 12:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 12:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 12:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 12:51 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 12:38 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−4:42 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 1:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−4 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 2:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 4:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 5:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 6:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 5:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC |
| Berlin Germany | 6:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 7:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 7:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 7:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 7:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 7:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+2 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 7:51 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+2:30 |
| Tehran Iran | 8:46 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+3:25 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 9:21 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 10:51 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 10:51 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 10:51 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 11:14 PM Fri, Feb 12, 1926 · UTC+5:53 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 12:21 AM Sat, Feb 13, 1926 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 12:41 AM Sat, Feb 13, 1926 · UTC+7:20 |
| Singapore | 12:21 AM Sat, Feb 13, 1926 · UTC+7 |
| Beijing China | 1:21 AM Sat, Feb 13, 1926 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 1:21 AM Sat, Feb 13, 1926 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 1:21 AM Sat, Feb 13, 1926 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 2:21 AM Sat, Feb 13, 1926 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 2:21 AM Sat, Feb 13, 1926 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 2:51 AM Sat, Feb 13, 1926 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 3:21 AM Sat, Feb 13, 1926 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 3:21 AM Sat, Feb 13, 1926 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 4:51 AM Sat, Feb 13, 1926 · UTC+11:30 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1926 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Fire Tiger personality
Anyone born from February 13, 1926 through February 1, 1927 is a Fire Tiger: the yang fire stem 丙 over the 寅 branch.
The Tiger's own Wood feeds Fire here, which drains as much as it gives: productive, but inclined to spend itself. Fire brings intensity, visibility and speed — traditionally the most driven version, and the quickest to burn through its own energy.
Stem and branch
1926 is 丙寅 (Bǐngyín)
Na yin — the sounding element
Fire in the Furnace 爐中火
Fire contained and put to work. The image is heat with a purpose — energy that shapes things when it is directed, and burns out when it has nothing to act on. Associated with craft, effort and transformation.
1926 therefore carries fire from its stem and fire from its na yin — the same element twice. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A "blind" year with no spring
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 1926 and February 5, 1927, Beijing time. The Tiger year spans February 13, 1926 to February 1, 1927, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1926 Tiger
The 寅 branch puts a 1926 Tiger opposite the Monkey on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Monkey year after it was 1932. Its harmony partner is the Pig, whose year came round 9 years later, in 1935. How the Tiger and Monkey get on →
Tigers born in 1926 turn 100 in 2026 — 101 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1926
- Born January 1 – February 12, 1926: a Wood Ox, the animal of 1925.
- Born February 13, 1926 or later in the year: a Fire Tiger.
This is one of the late new years: 43 days, from New Year's Day to February 12, still belong to the Ox. That is about one US birth in 9 (11.4%, SSA records 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Tiger across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Tiger.
The lunar calendar of 1926
Why 354 days, and not 365
No leap month this time: from February 13, 1926 to February 1, 1927, 1926 ran twelve months, six of 30 days and six of 29 — 354 days.
The 30-day months were the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th.
Festival dates in the 1926 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Sat, Feb 27, 1926 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Mon, Jun 14, 1926 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Sat, Aug 14, 1926 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Sun, Aug 22, 1926 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Tue, Sep 21, 1926 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Fri, Oct 15, 1926 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Wed, Dec 22, 1926 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Tue, Jan 11, 1927 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 12:50 AM on February 28, the day after the Lantern Festival. The festival night of September 21 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 4:18 AM Beijing time on September 22 — lunar day 16.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 1926
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 22 of the 110 new years in the table fall later in the calendar than February 13. Four other years share the date. Twelve years later, 1938 began on January 31 — marked in lavender with the other Tiger years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1926: Zodiac Year of the Fire Tiger.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1926/
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