Began February 4, 1935 · 354 days long
1935: year of the Wood Pig
The Pig year started on February 4, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1935 before that date is a Dog.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 3, 1935 4:28 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 12:28 AM Mon, Feb 4 · sets the date
- Year of the Pig
- 354 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 24, 1936 7:19 AM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1935: the new moon in your city
The Wood Pig year opened with the new moon at 4:28 PM UTC on February 3, 1935 — 12:28 AM on February 4 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 11:28 AM on February 3 in New York, 4:28 PM on February 3 in London and 2:28 AM on February 4 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Sun, Feb 3, 1935 |
| Honolulu United States | 5:58 AM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−10:30 |
| Anchorage United States | 6:28 AM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 8:28 AM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 9:28 AM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 9:28 AM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 10:28 AM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 10:28 AM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 11:28 AM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 11:28 AM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 11:28 AM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 11:28 AM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 11:58 AM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 12:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 1:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 1:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 3:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 4:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 5:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 4:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC |
| Berlin Germany | 5:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 6:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 6:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 6:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 6:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 7:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 6:58 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+2:30 |
| Tehran Iran | 7:53 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+3:25 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 8:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 9:58 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 9:58 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 9:58 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 10:21 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+5:53 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 11:28 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 11:58 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 11:48 PM Sun, Feb 3, 1935 · UTC+7:20 |
| Beijing China | 12:28 AM Mon, Feb 4, 1935 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 12:28 AM Mon, Feb 4, 1935 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 12:28 AM Mon, Feb 4, 1935 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 1:28 AM Mon, Feb 4, 1935 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 1:28 AM Mon, Feb 4, 1935 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 1:58 AM Mon, Feb 4, 1935 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 2:28 AM Mon, Feb 4, 1935 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 2:28 AM Mon, Feb 4, 1935 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 4:28 AM Mon, Feb 4, 1935 · UTC+12 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1935 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Wood Pig personality
Anyone born from February 4, 1935 through January 23, 1936 is a Wood Pig: the yin wood stem 乙 over the 亥 branch.
The Pig's own Water feeds Wood here, which drains as much as it gives: productive, but inclined to spend itself. Wood brings growth, patience and cooperation — traditionally the most flexible version, one that expands rather than forces.
Stem and branch
1935 is 乙亥 (Yǐhài)
Na yin — the sounding element
Fire on the Mountain Top 山頭火
A fire high on a mountain, visible from far away. Readings give these years visibility and reach, with the caution that a fire in an exposed place burns brightly but is hard to keep going.
1935 therefore carries wood from its stem and fire from its na yin. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
An ordinary single-spring year
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 5, 1935 and February 5, 1936, Beijing time. The Pig year spans February 4, 1935 to January 23, 1936, so exactly one of them sits inside it. What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1935 Pig
The 亥 branch puts a 1935 Pig opposite the Snake on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Snake year after it was 1941. Its harmony partner is the Tiger, whose year came round 3 years later, in 1938. How the Pig and Snake get on →
Pigs born in 1935 turn 91 in 2026 — 92 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1935
- Born January 1 – February 3, 1935: a Wood Dog, the animal of 1934.
- Born February 4, 1935 or later in the year: a Wood Pig.
A year-only calculator mislabels 34 days of 1935, everything from January 1 to February 3. Roughly one US birth in 11 falls on those dates — 9.0% in SSA records for 2000–2014. Check your exact date →
The Pig across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Pig.
The lunar calendar of 1935
Why 354 days, and not 365
No leap month this time: from February 4, 1935 to January 23, 1936, 1935 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 1935 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Mon, Feb 18, 1935 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Wed, Jun 5, 1935 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Mon, Aug 5, 1935 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Tue, Aug 13, 1935 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Thu, Sep 12, 1935 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Sun, Oct 6, 1935 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Mon, Dec 23, 1935 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Thu, Jan 2, 1936 |
At the Lantern Festival on February 18 the year's first full moon came that same day, at 7:16 PM Beijing time. The festival night of September 12 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 4:17 AM Beijing time on September 13 — 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 1935
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, 1935 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 50 fall earlier in the calendar and 58 later. One other year shares the date. Twelve years later, 1947 began on January 22 — marked in lavender with the other Pig years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1935: Zodiac Year of the Wood Pig.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1935/
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