Began February 18, 1958 · 355 days long
1958: year of the Earth Dog
The Dog year started on February 18, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1958 before that date is a Rooster.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 18, 1958 3:39 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 11:39 PM Tue, Feb 18 · sets the date
- Year of the Dog
- 355 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Feb 7, 1959 7:23 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1958: the new moon in your city
The Earth Dog year opened with the new moon at 3:39 PM UTC on February 18, 1958 — 11:39 PM on February 18 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 10:39 AM on February 18 in New York, 3:39 PM on February 18 in London and 1:39 AM on February 19 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Tue, Feb 18, 1958 |
| Honolulu United States | 5:39 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 5:39 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 7:39 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 8:39 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 8:39 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 9:39 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 9:39 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 10:39 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 10:39 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 10:39 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 10:39 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 11:09 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 11:39 AM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 12:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 12:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 2:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 3:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 4:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 4:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 4:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 5:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 5:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 5:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 5:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 6:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 6:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 7:09 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 7:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 8:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 9:09 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 9:09 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 9:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 10:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 11:09 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+7:30 |
| Singapore | 11:09 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+7:30 |
| Beijing China | 11:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 11:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 11:39 PM Tue, Feb 18, 1958 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 12:09 AM Wed, Feb 19, 1958 · UTC+8:30 |
| Tokyo Japan | 12:39 AM Wed, Feb 19, 1958 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 1:09 AM Wed, Feb 19, 1958 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 1:39 AM Wed, Feb 19, 1958 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 1:39 AM Wed, Feb 19, 1958 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 3:39 AM Wed, Feb 19, 1958 · UTC+12 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1958 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Earth Dog personality
Anyone born from February 18, 1958 through February 7, 1959 is an Earth Dog: the yang earth stem 戊 over the 戌 branch.
Earth is already the Dog's own element, so here it is doubled and everything typical of the sign runs at full strength. Of the five Dogs this is the most loyal, and the least inclined to compromise.
Stem and branch
1958 is 戊戌 (Wùxū)
Na yin — the sounding element
Wood of the Plain 平地木
Trees and crops growing on open, level ground. The image is ordinary growth with wide reach — usefulness to many, and a need for open space and light.
1958 therefore carries earth from its stem and wood 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 4, 1958 and February 4, 1959, Beijing time. The Dog year spans February 18, 1958 to February 7, 1959, so exactly one of them sits inside it. What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1958 Dog
The 戌 branch puts a 1958 Dog opposite the Dragon on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Dragon year after it was 1964. Its harmony partner is the Rabbit, whose year came round 5 years later, in 1963. How the Dog and Dragon get on →
Dogs born in 1958 turn 68 in 2026 — 69 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1958
- Born January 1 – February 17, 1958: a Fire Rooster, the animal of 1957.
- Born February 18, 1958 or later in the year: an Earth Dog.
This is one of the late new years: 48 days, from New Year's Day to February 17, still belong to the Rooster. That is about one US birth in 8 (12.7%, SSA records 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Dog across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Dog.
The lunar calendar of 1958
Why 355 days, and not 365
No month was doubled in 1958, so the year ended on February 7, 1959 after twelve months — seven long ones of 30 days and five short ones of 29, 355 days in all.
The 30-day months were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 10th and 12th. Three 30-day months ran back to back, from month 1 to month 3.
Festival dates in the 1958 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Tue, Mar 4, 1958 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Sat, Jun 21, 1958 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Thu, Aug 21, 1958 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Fri, Aug 29, 1958 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Sat, Sep 27, 1958 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Tue, Oct 21, 1958 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Mon, Dec 22, 1958 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Fri, Jan 16, 1959 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 2:27 AM on March 6, two days after the Lantern Festival. The festival night of September 27 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 5:43 AM Beijing time on September 28 — 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 1958
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 four of the 110 new years in the table fall later in the calendar than February 18. Two other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1946 began on February 2; twelve years later, 1970 began on February 6 — both marked in lavender with the other Dog years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1958: Zodiac Year of the Earth Dog.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1958/
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