Began February 10, 1929 · 354 days long
1929: year of the Earth Snake
The Snake year started on February 10, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1929 before that date is a Dragon.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 9, 1929 5:56 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 1:56 AM Sun, Feb 10 · sets the date
- Year of the Snake
- 354 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 29, 1930 7:08 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1929: the new moon in your city
The Earth Snake year opened with the new moon at 5:56 PM UTC on February 9, 1929 — 1:56 AM on February 10 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 12:56 PM on February 9 in New York, 5:56 PM on February 9 in London and 3:56 AM on February 10 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Sat, Feb 9, 1929 |
| Honolulu United States | 7:26 AM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−10:30 |
| Anchorage United States | 7:56 AM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 9:56 AM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 10:56 AM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 10:56 AM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 11:56 AM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 11:56 AM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 12:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 12:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 12:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 12:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 1:26 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 1:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 1:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−4 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 2:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 4:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 5:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 6:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 5:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC |
| Berlin Germany | 6:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 7:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 7:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 7:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 7:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 7:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+2 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 8:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 9:21 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+3:25 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 9:56 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 11:26 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 11:26 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 11:26 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 11:49 PM Sat, Feb 9, 1929 · UTC+5:53 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 12:56 AM Sun, Feb 10, 1929 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 1:16 AM Sun, Feb 10, 1929 · UTC+7:20 |
| Singapore | 12:56 AM Sun, Feb 10, 1929 · UTC+7 |
| Beijing China | 1:56 AM Sun, Feb 10, 1929 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 1:56 AM Sun, Feb 10, 1929 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 1:56 AM Sun, Feb 10, 1929 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 2:56 AM Sun, Feb 10, 1929 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 2:56 AM Sun, Feb 10, 1929 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 3:26 AM Sun, Feb 10, 1929 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 3:56 AM Sun, Feb 10, 1929 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 3:56 AM Sun, Feb 10, 1929 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 5:56 AM Sun, Feb 10, 1929 · UTC+12 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1929 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Earth Snake personality
Anyone born from February 10, 1929 through January 29, 1930 is an Earth Snake: the yin earth stem 己 over the 巳 branch.
The Snake's own Fire feeds Earth here, which drains as much as it gives: productive, but inclined to spend itself. Earth brings steadiness, practicality and patience — traditionally the most reliable version, and the slowest to change direction.
Stem and branch
1929 is 己巳 (Jǐsì)
Na yin — the sounding element
Wood of the Great Forest 大林木
Not one tree but a whole forest. Readings describe strength in numbers and slow, broad growth: people and projects that do best as part of something larger, sheltering others as they grow.
1929 therefore carries earth from its stem and wood from its na yin. 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, 1929 and February 4, 1930, Beijing time. The Snake year spans February 10, 1929 to January 29, 1930, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1929 Snake
The 巳 branch puts a 1929 Snake opposite the Pig on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Pig year after it was 1935. Its harmony partner is the Monkey, whose year came round 3 years later, in 1932. How the Snake and Pig get on →
Snakes born in 1929 turn 97 in 2026 — 98 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1929
- Born January 1 – February 9, 1929: an Earth Dragon, the animal of 1928.
- Born February 10, 1929 or later in the year: an Earth Snake.
A year-only calculator mislabels 40 days of 1929, everything from January 1 to February 9. That is about one US birth in 9 (10.6%, SSA records 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Snake across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Snake.
The lunar calendar of 1929
Why 354 days, and not 365
No leap month this time: from February 10, 1929 to January 29, 1930, 1929 ran twelve months, six of 30 days and six of 29 — 354 days.
The 30-day months were the 2nd, 5th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 12th. Three 30-day months ran back to back, from month 10 to month 12.
Festival dates in the 1929 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Sun, Feb 24, 1929 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Tue, Jun 11, 1929 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Sun, Aug 11, 1929 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Mon, Aug 19, 1929 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Tue, Sep 17, 1929 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Fri, Oct 11, 1929 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Sun, Dec 22, 1929 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Tue, Jan 7, 1930 |
At the Lantern Festival on February 24 the year's first full moon came that same day, at 2:58 AM Beijing time. The true full moon came two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, at 7:15 AM Beijing time on September 19 — lunar day 17.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 1929
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, 1929 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 72 fall earlier in the calendar and 33 later. Four other years share the date. Twelve years later, 1941 began on January 27 — marked in lavender with the other Snake years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1929: Zodiac Year of the Earth Snake.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1929/
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