Began February 11, 1937 · 354 days long
1937: year of the Fire Ox
The Ox year started on February 11, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1937 before that date is a Rat.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 11, 1937 7:35 AM UTC
- In Beijing
- 3:35 PM Thu, Feb 11 · sets the date
- Year of the Ox
- 354 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 31, 1938 1:36 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1937: the new moon in your city
The Fire Ox year opened with the new moon at 7:35 AM UTC on February 11, 1937 — 3:35 PM on February 11 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 2:35 AM on February 11 in New York, 7:35 AM on February 11 in London and 5:35 PM on February 11 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Thu, Feb 11, 1937 |
| Honolulu United States | 9:05 PM Wed, Feb 10, 1937 · UTC−10:30 |
| Anchorage United States | 9:35 PM Wed, Feb 10, 1937 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 11:35 PM Wed, Feb 10, 1937 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 12:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 12:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 1:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 1:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 2:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 2:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 2:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 2:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 3:05 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 3:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 4:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 4:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 6:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 7:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 8:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 7:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC |
| Berlin Germany | 8:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 9:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 9:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 9:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 9:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 10:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 10:20 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+2:45 |
| Tehran Iran | 11:05 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 11:35 AM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 1:05 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+5:30 |
| New Delhi India | 1:05 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 1:05 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 1:28 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+5:53 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 2:35 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 3:05 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 2:55 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+7:20 |
| Beijing China | 3:35 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 3:35 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 3:35 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 4:35 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 4:35 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 5:05 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 5:35 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 5:35 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 7:35 PM Thu, Feb 11, 1937 · UTC+12 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1937 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Fire Ox personality
Anyone born from February 11, 1937 through January 30, 1938 is a Fire Ox: the yin fire stem 丁 over the 丑 branch.
Fire feeds the Ox's own Earth in the five-element cycle, so this Ox is the best supported of the five. Fire brings intensity, visibility and speed — traditionally the most driven version, and the quickest to burn through its own energy.
Stem and branch
1937 is 丁丑 (Dīngchǒu)
Na yin — the sounding element
Water in the Ravine 澗下水
Clear water running at the bottom of a gully. The image is purity and persistence in a narrow course — quiet, clean energy that finds its way through difficult ground.
1937 therefore carries fire from its stem and water 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, 1937 and February 4, 1938, Beijing time. The Ox year spans February 11, 1937 to January 30, 1938, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1937 Ox
The 丑 branch puts a 1937 Ox opposite the Goat on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Goat year after it was 1943. Its harmony partner is the Rat, whose year came round 11 years later, in 1948. How the Ox and Goat get on →
Oxen born in 1937 turn 89 in 2026 — 90 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1937
- Born January 1 – February 10, 1937: a Fire Rat, the animal of 1936.
- Born February 11, 1937 or later in the year: a Fire Ox.
This is one of the late new years: 41 days, from New Year's Day to February 10, still belong to the Rat. That is about one US birth in 9 (10.8%, SSA records 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 1937
Why 354 days, and not 365
No leap month this time: from February 11, 1937 to January 30, 1938, 1937 ran twelve months, six of 30 days and six of 29 — 354 days.
The 30-day months were the 1st, 4th, 7th, 9th, 10th and 11th. Three 30-day months ran back to back, from month 9 to month 11.
Festival dates in the 1937 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Thu, Feb 25, 1937 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Sun, Jun 13, 1937 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Thu, Aug 12, 1937 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Fri, Aug 20, 1937 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Sun, Sep 19, 1937 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Tue, Oct 12, 1937 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Wed, Dec 22, 1937 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Sun, Jan 9, 1938 |
At the Lantern Festival on February 25 the year's first full moon came that same day, at 3:42 PM Beijing time. The festival night of September 19 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 7:32 PM Beijing time on September 20 — 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 1937
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 30 of the 110 new years in the table fall later in the calendar than February 11. Two other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1925 began on January 24; twelve years later, 1949 began on January 29 — both marked in lavender with the other Ox years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1937: Zodiac Year of the Fire Ox.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1937/
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