Began January 31, 1957 · 383 days long
1957: year of the Fire Rooster
The Rooster year started on January 31, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1957 before that date is a Monkey.
- Opening new moon
- Jan 30, 1957 9:25 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 5:25 AM Thu, Jan 31 · sets the date
- Year of the Rooster
- 383 days 13 lunar months, one of them leap
- It ends
- Feb 18, 1958 3:39 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1957: the new moon in your city
The Fire Rooster year opened with the new moon at 9:25 PM UTC on January 30, 1957 — 5:25 AM on January 31 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 4:25 PM on January 30 in New York, 9:25 PM on January 30 in London and 7:25 AM on January 31 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Wed, Jan 30, 1957 |
| Honolulu United States | 11:25 AM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 11:25 AM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 1:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 2:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 2:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 3:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 3:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 4:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 4:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 4:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 4:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 4:55 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 5:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 6:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 6:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 8:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 9:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 10:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 10:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 10:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 11:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 11:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 11:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 11:25 PM Wed, Jan 30, 1957 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 12:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 12:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 12:55 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 1:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 2:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 2:55 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 2:55 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 3:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 4:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 4:55 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 4:55 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+7:30 |
| Beijing China | 5:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 5:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 5:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 5:55 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+8:30 |
| Tokyo Japan | 6:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 6:55 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 7:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 7:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 9:25 AM Thu, Jan 31, 1957 · UTC+12 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1957 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Fire Rooster personality
Anyone born from January 31, 1957 through February 17, 1958 is a Fire Rooster: the yin fire stem 丁 over the 酉 branch.
Fire controls the Rooster's own Metal in the five-element cycle, so the year's element pushes against the sign rather than with it. Fire brings intensity, visibility and speed — traditionally the most driven version, and the quickest to burn through its own energy.
Stem and branch
1957 is 丁酉 (Dīngyǒu)
Na yin — the sounding element
Fire at the Foot of the Mountain 山下火
Fire burning low, below the peak, often read as evening light. A gentler, more modest fire than the mountain-top image: warmth close at hand rather than a beacon.
1957 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
A double spring year
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 1957 and February 4, 1958, Beijing time. The Rooster year spans January 31, 1957 to February 17, 1958, so both dates sit inside it: a double spring year (双春). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1957 Rooster
The 酉 branch puts a 1957 Rooster opposite the Rabbit on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Rabbit year after it was 1963. Its harmony partner is the Dragon, whose year came round 7 years later, in 1964. How the Rooster and Rabbit get on →
Roosters born in 1957 turn 69 in 2026 — 70 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1957
- Born January 1 – January 30, 1957: a Fire Monkey, the animal of 1956.
- Born January 31, 1957 or later in the year: a Fire Rooster.
A year-only calculator mislabels 30 days of 1957, everything from January 1 to January 30. Roughly one US birth in 13 falls on those dates — 7.9% in SSA records for 2000–2014. Check your exact date →
The Rooster across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Rooster.
The lunar calendar of 1957
Why 383 days, and not 365
1957 repeated its eighth month: the leap month 闰八月 ran from September 24 to October 22 and stretched the year to 383 days. Six of the 13 months had 30 days.
The 30-day months were the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 9th and 11th.
Festival dates in the 1957 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Thu, Feb 14, 1957 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Sun, Jun 2, 1957 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Fri, Aug 2, 1957 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Sat, Aug 10, 1957 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Sun, Sep 8, 1957 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Thu, Oct 31, 1957 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Sun, Dec 22, 1957 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Mon, Jan 27, 1958 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 12:37 AM on February 15, the day after the Lantern Festival. The festival night of September 8 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 12:54 PM Beijing time on September 9 — 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 1957
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, 1957 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 34 fall earlier in the calendar and 70 later. Five other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1945 began on February 13; twelve years later, 1969 began on February 17 — both marked in lavender with the other Rooster years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1957: Zodiac Year of the Fire Rooster.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1957/
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