Began February 2, 1927 · 355 days long
1927: year of the Fire Rabbit
The Rabbit year started on February 2, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1927 before that date is a Tiger.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 2, 1927 8:55 AM UTC
- In Beijing
- 4:55 PM Wed, Feb 2 · sets the date
- Year of the Rabbit
- 355 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 22, 1928 8:19 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1927: the new moon in your city
The Fire Rabbit year opened with the new moon at 8:55 AM UTC on February 2, 1927 — 4:55 PM on February 2 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 3:55 AM on February 2 in New York, 8:55 AM on February 2 in London and 6:55 PM on February 2 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Wed, Feb 2, 1927 |
| Honolulu United States | 10:25 PM Tue, Feb 1, 1927 · UTC−10:30 |
| Anchorage United States | 10:55 PM Tue, Feb 1, 1927 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 12:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 1:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 1:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 2:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 1:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−7 |
| New York United States | 3:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 3:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 3:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 3:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 4:25 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 4:12 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−4:42 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 4:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−4 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 5:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 7:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 8:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 9:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 8:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC |
| Berlin Germany | 9:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 10:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 10:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 10:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 10:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 10:55 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+2 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 11:25 AM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+2:30 |
| Tehran Iran | 12:20 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+3:25 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 12:55 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 2:25 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 2:25 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 2:25 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 2:48 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+5:53 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 3:55 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 4:15 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+7:20 |
| Singapore | 3:55 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+7 |
| Beijing China | 4:55 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 4:55 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 4:55 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 5:55 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 5:55 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 6:25 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 6:55 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 6:55 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 8:25 PM Wed, Feb 2, 1927 · UTC+11:30 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1927 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Fire Rabbit personality
Anyone born from February 2, 1927 through January 22, 1928 is a Fire Rabbit: the yin fire stem 丁 over the 卯 branch.
The Rabbit'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
1927 is 丁卯 (Dīngmǎo)
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.
1927 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
An ordinary single-spring year
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 5, 1927 and February 5, 1928, Beijing time. The Rabbit year spans February 2, 1927 to January 22, 1928, so exactly one of them sits inside it. What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1927 Rabbit
The 卯 branch puts a 1927 Rabbit opposite the Rooster on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Rooster year after it was 1933. Its harmony partner is the Dog, whose year came round 7 years later, in 1934. How the Rabbit and Rooster get on →
Rabbits born in 1927 turn 99 in 2026 — 100 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1927
- Born January 1 – February 1, 1927: a Fire Tiger, the animal of 1926.
- Born February 2, 1927 or later in the year: a Fire Rabbit.
A year-only calculator mislabels 32 days of 1927, everything from January 1 to February 1. Roughly one US birth in 12 falls on those dates — 8.4% in SSA records for 2000–2014. Check your exact date →
The Rabbit across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Rabbit.
The lunar calendar of 1927
Why 355 days, and not 365
No month was doubled in 1927, so the year ended on January 22, 1928 after twelve months — seven long ones of 30 days and five short ones of 29, 355 days in all.
The 30-day months were the 1st, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 12th. Three 30-day months ran back to back, from month 10 to month 12.
Festival dates in the 1927 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Wed, Feb 16, 1927 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Sat, Jun 4, 1927 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Thu, Aug 4, 1927 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Fri, Aug 12, 1927 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Sat, Sep 10, 1927 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Tue, Oct 4, 1927 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Fri, Dec 23, 1927 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Sat, Dec 31, 1927 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 12:17 AM on February 17, the day after the Lantern Festival. The festival night of September 10 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 8:53 PM Beijing time on September 11 — 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 1927
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.
By date, 1927 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 42 fall earlier in the calendar and 64 later. Three other years share the date. Twelve years later, 1939 began on February 19 — marked in lavender with the other Rabbit years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1927: Zodiac Year of the Fire Rabbit.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1927/
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