Began February 9, 1967 · 355 days long
1967: year of the Fire Goat
The Goat year started on February 9, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1967 before that date is a Horse.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 9, 1967 10:45 AM UTC
- In Beijing
- 6:45 PM Thu, Feb 9 · sets the date
- Year of the Goat
- 355 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 29, 1968 4:30 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1967: the new moon in your city
The Fire Goat year opened with the new moon at 10:45 AM UTC on February 9, 1967 — 6:45 PM on February 9 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 5:45 AM on February 9 in New York, 10:45 AM on February 9 in London and 8:45 PM on February 9 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Thu, Feb 9, 1967 |
| Honolulu United States | 12:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 12:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 2:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 3:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 3:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 4:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 4:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 5:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 5:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 5:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 5:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 6:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 6:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−4 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 7:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 8:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 9:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC−1 |
| London United Kingdom | 10:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 11:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 11:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 11:45 AM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 12:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 12:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 12:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 12:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 1:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 1:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 2:15 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 2:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 3:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 4:15 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 4:15 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 4:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 5:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 5:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 6:15 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+7:30 |
| Beijing China | 6:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 6:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 6:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 7:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 7:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 8:15 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+9:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 8:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 8:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+10 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 10:45 PM Thu, Feb 9, 1967 · UTC+12 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1967 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Fire Goat personality
Anyone born from February 9, 1967 through January 29, 1968 is a Fire Goat: the yin fire stem 丁 over the 未 branch.
Fire feeds the Goat's own Earth in the five-element cycle, so this Goat 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
1967 is 丁未 (Dīngwèi)
Na yin — the sounding element
Water of the Heavenly River 天河水
Rain, and the Milky Way seen as a river in the sky. Traditionally the most generous water image — nourishment that falls on everyone, unowned and far-reaching.
1967 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, 1967 and February 5, 1968, Beijing time. The Goat year spans February 9, 1967 to January 29, 1968, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1967 Goat
The 未 branch puts a 1967 Goat opposite the Ox on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Ox year after it was 1973. Its harmony partner is the Horse, whose year came round 11 years later, in 1978. How the Goat and Ox get on →
Goats born in 1967 turn 59 in 2026 — 60 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1967
- Born January 1 – February 8, 1967: a Fire Horse, the animal of 1966.
- Born February 9, 1967 or later in the year: a Fire Goat.
A year-only calculator mislabels 39 days of 1967, everything from January 1 to February 8. That is about one US birth in 10 (10.3%, SSA records 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 1967
Why 355 days, and not 365
No month was doubled in 1967, so the year ended on January 29, 1968 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, 4th, 5th, 8th, 10th and 12th.
Festival dates in the 1967 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Thu, Feb 23, 1967 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Mon, Jun 12, 1967 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Sat, Aug 12, 1967 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Sun, Aug 20, 1967 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Mon, Sep 18, 1967 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Thu, Oct 12, 1967 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Fri, Dec 22, 1967 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Sun, Jan 7, 1968 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 1:43 AM on February 25, two days after the Lantern Festival. The festival night of September 18 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 12:59 AM Beijing time on September 19 — 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 1967
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, 1967 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 69 fall earlier in the calendar and 38 later. Two other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1955 began on January 24; twelve years later, 1979 began on January 28 — both marked in lavender with the other Goat years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1967: Zodiac Year of the Fire Goat.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1967/
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