Began January 24, 1955 · 384 days long
1955: year of the Wood Goat
The Goat year started on January 24, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1955 before that date is a Horse.
- Opening new moon
- Jan 24, 1955 1:07 AM UTC
- In Beijing
- 9:07 AM Mon, Jan 24 · sets the date
- Year of the Goat
- 384 days 13 lunar months, one of them leap
- It ends
- Feb 11, 1956 9:39 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1955: the new moon in your city
The Wood Goat year opened with the new moon at 1:07 AM UTC on January 24, 1955 — 9:07 AM on January 24 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 8:07 PM on January 23 in New York, 1:07 AM on January 24 in London and 11:07 AM on January 24 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Mon, Jan 24, 1955 |
| Honolulu United States | 3:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 3:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 5:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 6:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 6:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 7:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 7:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 8:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 8:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 8:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 8:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 8:37 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 9:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 10:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 10:07 PM Sun, Jan 23, 1955 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 12:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 1:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 2:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 2:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 2:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 3:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 3:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 3:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 3:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 4:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 4:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 4:37 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 5:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 6:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 6:37 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 6:37 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 7:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 8:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 8:37 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 8:37 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+7:30 |
| Beijing China | 9:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 9:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 9:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 9:37 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+8:30 |
| Tokyo Japan | 10:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 10:37 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 11:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 11:07 AM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 1:07 PM Mon, Jan 24, 1955 · UTC+12 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1955 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Wood Goat personality
Anyone born from January 24, 1955 through February 11, 1956 is a Wood Goat: the yin wood stem 乙 over the 未 branch.
Wood controls the Goat's own Earth in the five-element cycle, so the year's element pushes against the sign rather than with it. Wood brings growth, patience and cooperation — traditionally the most flexible version, one that expands rather than forces.
Stem and branch
1955 is 乙未 (Yǐwèi)
Na yin — the sounding element
Gold in the Sand 沙中金
Grains of gold mixed into sand, found only by washing. Readings describe worth that has to be separated from the ordinary — value revealed through effort and sorting.
1955 therefore carries wood from its stem and metal from its na yin. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A double spring year
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 1955 and February 5, 1956, Beijing time. The Goat year spans January 24, 1955 to February 11, 1956, so both dates sit inside it: a double spring year (双春). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1955 Goat
The 未 branch puts a 1955 Goat opposite the Ox on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Ox year after it was 1961. Its harmony partner is the Horse, whose year came round 11 years later, in 1966. How the Goat and Ox get on →
Goats born in 1955 turn 71 in 2026 — 72 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1955
- Born January 1 – January 23, 1955: a Wood Horse, the animal of 1954.
- Born January 24, 1955 or later in the year: a Wood Goat.
Only the first 23 days of 1955 belong to the Horse, yet a year-only calculator still calls them Goats. Those dates hold 6.0% of US births (SSA, 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Goat across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Goat.
The lunar calendar of 1955
Why 384 days, and not 365
1955 repeated its third month: the leap month 闰三月 ran from April 22 to May 21 and stretched the year to 384 days. Seven of the 13 months had 30 days.
The 30-day months were the 2nd, leap 3rd, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 12th. Three 30-day months ran back to back, from month 10 to month 12.
Festival dates in the 1955 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Mon, Feb 7, 1955 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Fri, Jun 24, 1955 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Wed, Aug 24, 1955 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Thu, Sep 1, 1955 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Fri, Sep 30, 1955 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Mon, Oct 24, 1955 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Thu, Dec 22, 1955 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Fri, Jan 20, 1956 |
At the Lantern Festival on February 7 the year's first full moon came that same day, at 9:42 AM Beijing time. The true full moon came two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, at 3:17 AM Beijing time on October 2 — 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 1955
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 nine of the 110 new years in the table fall earlier in the calendar than January 24. Three other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1943 began on February 5; twelve years later, 1967 began on February 9 — both marked in lavender with the other Goat years.
Cite this page
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